BELGIUM-ROOTS Project The Southern Netherlands (until 1795) County of Loon Outline related to Belgian Emigration

Present Description

Now partly in Belgium (Province of Limburg) and the Netherlands.

Territorial Subdivisions

• List

  • Overview of the municipalties of Belgian Limburg, with their names in local Limburgish dialect by Roger Thijs

• Map

  • The allodial seigneuries (mainly Limburg area)

Short History with Bibliography

• General

• Ancien Régime (until 1795)

  The County of Loon was in 1794 a quarter of the Prince-Bishopric Liege.

• French regime (1795-1814)

  The County of Loon was suppressed the 1st October 1795 and integrated in the departement Nedermaas.

• Contemporary history

  See the province of Limburg.

Sources

Repositories

Societies

Migration / Emigration / Immigration

Families and Family Histories

Sciences

• Cartography

  • Limburg of the States Map (1648)

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\loon\index.html (br_bel_ar) This Global file was last updated 18/01/2007 23:48:06 CET and uploaded Thursday, 18-Jan-2007 16:11:51 MST