Zeeland

Genealogy in Zeeland

Main archives

Zeeuws Archief (Zeeland's Archive) is the provincial archive of Zeeland and also maintains the municipal archive of Middelburg. Address: Postbus 70, 4330 AB Middelburg, The Netherlands. Phone: +31 118 67 88 00. E-mail: info@zeeuwsarchief.nl.

Historical societies

As far as I know, there is no provincial historical society.

The foundation Stichting Cultureel Erfgoed Zeeland (Foundation Cultural Heritage Zeeland) promotes historical research.

Many cities, regions, towns and villages have their own historical society.

Online resources

Genlias, the national database of genealogy records maintained by the Dutch archives (read my Genlias article for more information).

Zeeuwen gezocht (Looking for Zeelanders), the provincial database of genealogy records maintained by the Zeeuws Archief and has many records not available in Genlias.

Internet resources Zeeland, an index to the many available online resources for Zeeland.

Genealogie Zeeland, a Zeeland genealogy portal site (in Dutch).

Images of the past

• Zeeland in beeld (Zeeland in pictures), the image collection of the Zeeland Archive. In Dutch.
• Beeldbank Zeeland (Image bank Zeeland), the image collection of the Zeeland libraries. In Dutch.

Message boards and mailing lists

• Ancestry message board: Zeeland (most messages are in English)
• Yahoo mailing list: Zeeland genealogielijst (most messages are in Dutch, messages in English seem to be accepted, membership is required for posting and reading)

Places in Zeeland

Map of Zeeland

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