Quick tip: There is no village called ‘Burgerlijke Stand’

23 April 2014 by 2 Comments

In some of the records at Familysearch, the place of birth is listed as ‘Burgerlijke Stand’ followed by the name of a municipality in the Netherlands. ‘Burgerlijke Stand’ means ‘Civil Registration‘ and is not a location. The way it is included in the record sets on Familysearch makes it look like a village.

When these records were imported by Ancestry.com, these errors were copied too. This particular mistake has now been fixed on Ancestry.com, but can still be found on Familysearch.

Read more about these problems with the new Dutch records on Ancestry.com

Burgerlijke Stand Arnhem

Example of someone born in ‘Burgerlijke Stand’

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About Yvette Hoitink

Yvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG®, QG™ is a professional genealogist, writer, and lecturer in the Netherlands. She has a Master of Letters in Family and Local History from the University of Dundee, and holds the Certification of Genealogist and Qualified Genealogist credentials. Yvette served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Genealogists and won excellence awards for her articles in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly. Yvette has been doing genealogy for over 30 years. She helps people from across the world find their ancestors from the Netherlands and its former colonies, including New Netherland. Read about Yvette's professional genealogy services.

Comments

  1. Bob Coret says
    23 April 2014 at 12:26 pm

    Yvette,

    Ancestry.com shows the correct info, the screenshot is outdated. FamilySearch (the source of the information you are referencing) strangely enough haven’t corrected these faulty placenames.

    Bob

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