BELGIUM-ROOTS Project Ports of departure Emigration port Antwerp (Belgium) Outline related to Belgian emigration

• The Port of Antwerp

  • Antwerp, a Port for All Nationalities

    Number of Belgian emigrants in 1844-1849

    Number of Belgian emigrants in 1892

    Number of Belgian emigrants in 1903

    Port of Antwerp: today

  • Images

    • Pictures of Antwerp around 1898

  • Sources

    • City Archives Antwerp - Stadsarchief Antwerpen (Dutch)
      • Inge Schoups: "Emigration to America", Stadsarchief Antwerpen, 1999
    • National Maritime Museum - Nationaal Scheepvaartmuseum (English)

• Emigration lists - Port of departure: Antwerp

  • Archives

    1. Only 1 (ONE) passenger register has survived WWI (the one for year 1855 - see publications)
    2. Venesoen interviews (1896-1914)
    3. Some INCOMPLETE passenger lists for the period 1920-1940 (Rijksarchief Beveren) - no indexes
    4. For more info, see "Emigration to America", Stadsarchief Antwerpen, 1999

  • Publications

    1. Emigration to America by Inge Schoups, Stadsarchief Antwerpen, 1999
    2. The Antwerp Emigration Index (1855) by the Mormon Church Community (C.H. Hall)
    3. VVF Emigranten I (1901 - Jul 1902)
    4. VVF Emigranten II (1903-1904)
    5. VVF Emigranten III (1905)
    6. VVF Emigranten IV (1906+)
    7. VVF Emigranten IV (1896-1899)

• Immigration lists - Port of departure: Antwerp

  • Transcribers

    1. Belgium-Roots
    2. Immigrant Ships Trancribers Guild - Volume 1
    3. Immigrant Ships Trancribers Guild - Volume 2

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