Gelderland, The Netherlands Genealogy

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Guide to Gelderland, The Netherlands ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Jurisdictions in Gelderland

 * Municipalities before 2006
 * Municipalities after 2006

Abolished municipalities
The following municipalities were abolished on 1 January 2005; see further information(in Dutch) for more detailed information on these changes.

These municipalities were merged with neighbouring ones:
 * Angerlo was merged into Zevenaar.
 * Dinxperlo was merged into Aalten.
 * Gorssel was merged into Lochem.
 * Lichtenvoorde was merged into Groenlo (later: Oost Gelre, see below).
 * Warnsveld was merged into Zutphen.
 * Wehl was merged into Doetinchem.

These municipalities were merged and given a new name:
 * Borculo, Eibergen, Neede, and Ruurlo became Berkelland.
 * Hengelo, Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Vorden, and Zelhem became Bronckhorst.
 * Bergh and Didam became Montferland.
 * Gendringen and Wisch became Oude IJsselstreek.
 * Lichtenvoorde, Groenlo, Lievelde, Zieuwent and smaller neighbouring villages became Oost Gelre.

Websites

 * Genealogie in de Achterhoek
 * Gelderland Archive: This web-site give you options to search in 'Archive', 'Picture and Sound', 'Family history', 'Area history', 'World War II' and 'Middle Ages'.
 * Genealogiedomein, Transcribed church records of the eastern part of Gelderland, including Aalten, Dinxperlo, Varsseveld and Winterswijk. Select the name of the town on the left and then click ‘doopboeken’ (baptismal records), ‘trouwboeken’ (marriage records), ‘begraafboeken’ (burial records) or any of the other records that are available.