The following boards (and boards categories) can be used for genealogical research related to Belgium in one way or an other. This listing is also a short introduction to the somewhat complex subdivision of Belgium. For more about this go to the territorial subdivisions page of the Belgium section.

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  • Category: Localities

    • Category: Western Europe

      • Category: Belgium

        	Belgium: All Boards

        
        

        • Federal

          • General Queries related to Belgium, that don't fit on an other Belgian board
          • Emigration Queries related to emigration from Belgium (if no regional or provincial board does fit)
          • Immigration Queries related to immigration from a country to Belgium (= General board)

        • Communities

          Territorial subdivision of Belgium, based on linguistic communities. The use of one or two of the other languages is authorized in 27 municipalities, called "municipalities with facilities". Brussels with 19 municipalities is a bi-lingual region

          • DGB

            Territorial entity where German is the administrative language for official use.
            • DGB

          • Vlaamse Gemeenschap

            Territorial entities where Dutch is the administrative language for official use. The administration of this level has merged with that of the "Vlaamse Gewest"
            • Brussels (bi-lingual region)
            • Flanders (region) - use this board if you only know that the emigrant did speak Dutch/Flemish
              • Antwerp (province)
              • East-Flanders (province)
              • Flemish Brabant (province)
              • Limburg (province)
              • West-Flanders (province)

          • Communauté Française de Belgique

            Territorial entities where French is the administrative language for official use. This entity has delegated most of his competences to the regions.
            • Brussels (bi-lingual region)
            • Wallonia (region) - use this board if you only know that the emigrant did speak French/Walloon
              • Brabant Wallon (province)
              • Brussels (bi-lingual region)
              • Hainaut (province)
              • Liege (province)
              • Luxembourg (province)
              • Namur (province)

        • Regions

          Territorial subdivision of Belgium, based on economic regions.

          • Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest - Bruxelles Région-Capitale

            • Brussels

          • Vlaams Gewest

            • Antwerp (province)
            • East-Flanders (province)
            • Flemish Brabant (province)
            • Limburg (province)
            • West-Flanders (province)

          • Région Wallonne

            This entity has delegated some of his competences in the DGB entitity to the administration of that entity.
            • Brabant Wallon (province)
            • Hainaut (province)
            • Liege (province)
              • DGB (community)
            • Luxembourg (province)
            • Namur (province)

  • Category: Topics

    • Category: Methods

    • Category: Immigration and Emigration

      (= immigration to Australia, Canada, USA, ...)

    • Category: Migration

      (Internal USA migration)

    • Category: Military

      • Category: French Military

      • Category: German Military

        (pre-1930)

      • Category: WW I

      • Category: WW II

        • WW II - Lost & Found

    • Category: Religions and Religious

      • Category: Huguenots

        • Huguenots-Walloons-Europe

      • Category: Jewish

    • Category: Rootsweb

      • Genealogy Classes
    • Heraldry and Coats of Arms
    • Lost Family and Friends

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