BELGIUM-ROOTS Project The Southern Netherlands (until 1795) Duchy of Limburg Outline related to Belgian emigration

Present Description

Now partly in Belgium (Province of Liege and Province of Limbourg) and the Netherlands (Province of Limbourg)

Territorial Subdivision

Short History with Bibliography

• General

• Contemporary history

  See the province of Liège.

• Ancien Régime

  • Languages

    • Dialecte et langue du pays
    • Dialect en streektaal

Sources

Repositories

• Internet

  • SDCDC (French)

    Sources et Archives dans les anciens duché de Limbourg et comté de Dalhem

    (Sources and archives in the former Duchy of Limbourg and County of Dalhem)

    Towns:

    Aubel, Baelen, Berneau, Bilstain, Bolland, Bombaye, Cheratte, Clermont, Dalhem, Eupen, Fouron-le-Comte, Fouron-Saint-Martin, Gemmenich, Goé, Grand-Rechain, Henri-Chapelle, ban de Herve ( Charneux et Thimister ), franchise de Herve, Hombourg, Housse, Julémont, Limbourg, Lontzen, Montzen, Moresnet, Mortier, Mortroux, Neufchâteau, Olne, Petit-Rechain, Raeren, Richelle, Sippenaeken, Soiron, Teuven, Trembleur, Walhorn, Warsage, Wodémont

Societies

Migration / Emigration / Immigration

Families and Family Histories

• General

  • Genealogies of the "Pays de Herve" (French)

Sciences

• Onomastics

  Surnames in the old Duchy of Limbourg (French)

• Cartography

  • Limburg of the States Map (1648)
  • Map of the Land of Overmaas/Outre-Meuse (17th century)
  • Map of the Duchy of Limbourg (1790)

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\bel_ar\limburg\index.html (br_bel_ar) This Global file was last updated 18/01/2007 23:48:06 CET and uploaded Thursday, 18-Jan-2007 16:11:50 MST