BELGIUM-ROOTS Project Prov. Hainaut (Belgium) District Thuin Outline related to Belgian Emigration

Description

Territorial Subdivisions

• 1977-now

  The municipalities are:

  Andrelues, Beaumont, Binche, Chimay, Erquelinnes, Estinnes, Froidchapelle, Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes, Lobbes, Merbes-le-Chateau, Momignies, Morlanwez, Sivry-Rance, Thuin.

• A map with the municipalities (and their limits) of the judicial district Charleroi can be found at:
  Gendarmerie District Charleroi

Short History with Bibliography

Sources

Repositories

Societies

• Internet

  • Geneanet

    A group of Geneanet volunteers covers the area around Chimay.
    The municipalities are:

    Beaumont, Sivry-Rance, Chimay, Momignies (Hainaut, Belgium)
    

    Couvin (Namur, Belgium)

    Eppe-Sauvage, Moustiers-en-Fagne, Trélon, Fourmies (France)

    Hirson (France)

    Their lists of surnames are indexed by Geneanet

    Point of contact, if you need some support for a specific problem, concerning this region:

    Joelle Petit

  • Sivry

    • Généalogie au Pays de la Thure by Andre Brogniet (French)

Migration / Emigration / Immigration

Families and Family Histories

• WW II

  • Soldiers of WWII at Hainaut

Sciences

This web site is the collective work of the subscribers to the mail list BELGIUM-ROOTS-L founded June 1998 by Georges Picavet (see our members page and the copyrights page for more info) Q:\webbeta\rw_belgiumroots\bel\5hai\56\index.html (br_bel_wht) This Global file was last updated 18/01/2007 23:48:09 CET and uploaded Thursday, 18-Jan-2007 16:11:22 MST