BELGIUM-ROOTS Project Walloon Region (Belgium) Province Namur Outline related to Belgian Emigration

Description

Territorial Subdivisions

This province is subdivided in 3 administrative districts (with 38 municipalities):

• Distr. Dinant
• Distr. Namur
• Distr. Philippeville

Short History with Bibliography

• General

  Histoire de la Province de Namur (French)

• Ancien Régime (until 1795)

  See mainly the history of the County of Namur.

• Contemporary history

  • French Era (1795-1815)

    See also the history of the French "13 Reunited Departements".

  • Dutch Era (1815-1830)

    See also the history of the "United Kingdom of the Netherlands" (Southern Provinces).

  • Belgian Era (1830-now)

Sources

Repositories

Societies

• Genealogical

  • Office de Recherche Généalogqiue Héraldique d'Histoire Locale et Régional de l'District de PHILIPPEVILLE (GEPHIL)
  • Club de Généalogie de SAMBREVILLE (CGS)

• Internet

  • Rootsweb Message Board: Namur
  • Yahoo! Group: GeneaBE Namur

Migration / Emigration / Immigration

• Bibliography

  • Jean Ducat

    "Namurois au Nouveau Monde"

    Namur-Amérique

    Abstract (French): see site of GeniWal

Families and Family Histories

• Bruyere Family: Namur (BEL) -> Nevada (USA) (20th century)

Sciences

• Cartography

  Namvrcvm Comitatvs Auctore Iohann Surhonio by jan Jansson (ca 1650)

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