Civil registration—the recording of births, marriages, and deaths by civil authorities—was officially instituted in the Netherlands on 1 March 1811. However, in some areas of the Netherlands civil records were kept as early as 1795. Please see the archive list below for locality coverage. The majority of the records date between 1811 and 1965, though the extent of year coverage can vary by locality.
Records included in this collection come from the following archives:
Drenthe
Drenthe Archive (Drents Archief)
Flevoland
Nieuw Land Heritage (Nieuw Land Erfgoedcentrum)
Friesland
Tresoar (AlleFriezen) Historic Centre Leeuwarden (Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden)
Gelderland
Gelders Archive (Gelders Archief) Municipal Archives Ede (Gemeentearchief Ede) Regional Archives Rivierenland (Regionaal Archief Rivierenland)
Groningen
AlleGroningers (AlleGroningers)
Limburg
Municipal Archive Kerkrade (Gemeentearchief Kerkrade) Municipal Archive Venray (Gemeente Venray, gemeentearchief) Municipal Archives of Venlo (Gemeentearchief Venlo) Regional Historic Centre Limburg (Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg) Rijckheyt, Center for Regional History (Rijckheyt, centrum voor regionale geschiedenis)
North Brabant
Brabant Historical Information Centre (Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum) City Archive Breda (Stadsarchief Breda) Regional Historic Centre Eindhoven (Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven) West-Brabant Archive (West Brabants Archief) Regional Archive Tilburg (Regionaal Archief Tilburg)
North Holland
Regional Archive Alkmaar (Regionaal Archief Alkmaar)
Overijssel
City Archives Enschede (Stadsarchief Enschede) Historical Center Overijssel (Historisch Centrum Overijssel) Municipal Archive Hengelo (Gemeentearchief Hengelo)
South Holland
Archive Delft (Archief Delft) Heritage Leiden and Environs (Erfgoed Leiden en omstreken) Municipality Lisse (Gemeente Lisse) Municipal Archive Schiedam (Gemeentearchief Schiedam) Municipal Archive Wassenaar (Gemeentearchief Wassenaar) Regional Archives Dordrecht (Regional Archives Dordrecht) Provincial Archives South Holland (Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland) City Archives Rotterdam (Stadsarchief Rotterdam)
Utrecht
Eemland Archive (Archief Eemland) The Utrecht Archives (Het Utrechts Archief)
Zeeland
Municipal Archive Borsele (Gemeentearchief Borsele) Municipal Archive Schouwen-Duiveland (Gemeentearchief Schouwen-Duiveland) Zeeland Archives (Zeeuws Archief)