Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands Genealogy

Netherlands Overijssel

Kampen is a city and municipality in Overijssel. It lies at the very mouth of the IJssel river. It nowadays has a population of 50,000. It has always been one of the prominent cities of Overijssel.

The municipalitiy contains the following places: Kampen, Grafhorst, 's-Heerenbroek, IJsselmuiden, Wilsum, Zalk, Bisschopswetering, De Heuvels,  Hogeweg,  Kampereiland,  Kamperveen,  Nieuwstad,  Oude Wetering,  Oosterholt,  De Roskam,  Veecaten,  De Zande and Zuideinde

The modern municipality is compromised of several former municipalities. It absorbed the former island of Schokland in 1859, then in 2001 it absorbed IJsselmuiden, which had itself absorbed Grafthorst, Wilsum, Zalk en Veecaten and Kamperveen.

Church Records
The Gemeente Archief Kampen(GAK) holds all church records for Kampen.

Baptisms
The website of the GAK has an online searchable index of baptims, births and circumcisons before 1811 in the current municiplaity of Kampen.