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Population Register

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This page is part of the Berghapedia, the free online encyclopaedia of the municipality of Bergh, which has existed in the east of the Netherlands from the early 19th century until 2005. During this period, a number of mergers and border corrections were carried out.

The Berghapedia is in Dutch, but on special request an English version of the page Bevolkingsregister is provided here.


Introduction

The population registers of the former municipality of Bergh (including Netterden until 1863) cover the period from 1829 to 1937. They can be seen by the public on Wednesdays in the municipal archive of the town hall in 's-Heerenberg. The registered names can also be found on the website of the Streekarchivariaat Regio Achterhoek, which covers several municipal archives in the area. This website is only in Dutch, but instructions in English on how to search its database follow in the next section on this page.

The population registers do not mention a person's place of birth. This can only be found in the Civil Register, which was started in 1811 (see external link at the bottom of this page). The population register usually does mention a person's date of birth, but especially in the early years this information is not reliable.

Searching the population register online

Each page of the population register books provides a list of all persons who were residing at a given address during the period in question. In addition to the name the register usually mentions each person's birth date, relation to the principal occupier (relative, employee, lodger, etc.) and, if applicable, the date of arrival or departure and where the person came from or moved to.

In most cases not all persons on the same page belonged to one family. Personnel, lodgers and other residents were registered as well. When the principal occupier and his family left and new occupiers moved in, those who had left were crossed out and the new occupiers’ names were entered. Thus, persons registered at the same address were not necessarily living there at the same time. When the register books were getting full and/or too many names had been crossed out, new register books were taken and everyone was registered anew.

When a widow remarried, a new page was started and her new husband was registered as the new principal occupier. This was done from the time when the population registers were organised alphabetically rather then according to house numbers, which was the way it was done initially. Thus, a page of the population register shows the names of all of those who have been living there at some time or another during the period concerned. The names that are crossed out are of those who had left before others moved in.

Most of this information cannot be obtained from the website of the Streekarchivariaat. However, it is possible to indirectly reconstruct the list of names on a page of the population register’s books (and from that a family). To do so one has to know at least one person that belonged to the household of interest.

  1. On the left side of the homepage of the Streekarchivariaat Regio Achterhoek click <Onderzoek> and then <Bevolkingsregister>
  2. Enter the known data into the search fields.
    1. Leave Alle velden ("All Fields") blank
    2. Gemeente = Municipality. Choose Bergh
    3. Achternaam = Surname
    4. Voornaam = Christian name
    5. Periode (in jaren) van … tot = Period (in years) from … to. The period in which the person was born should be entered here. When the exact year of birth is known the same year should be entered twice.
  3. Click zoeken (search). The last column of the search result shows the registers/pages where a person is mentioned that matches the data.
  4. Suppose, for example, that page 66 of Register 4 (shown as 4/66) is the page you are now interested in.
  5. To find all persons on that page enter 66 into the search field Alle velden and choose gemeente "Bergh" in the next search field ("4/66" gives no search results).
  6. The search results give page 66 of each register books of the municipality of Bergh.
  7. Click Register/bladzijde in the last column to sort for this parameter.
  8. Scroll down to the results of 4/66, which are all entries on page 66 of Register 4. Remember that these results include also those who have moved out during the period in question (and have been crossed out in the original register).

This method won’t always work for low page number, because the number of hits may be too large for the system to handle. Another limitation is the fact that there are 63 Bergh register books. Thus, for page numbers 63 and below there may be too many hits, because system will return not only page numbers, but register numbers as well.

The registers

It is helpful to write the inventory and page numbers of interest down before visiting the municipal archive in 's-Heerenberg. The inventory numbers are written on the spine of the register books.

Reg. = register

Reg. Page numbers       Place               Period      Inventory
1    1-35               Lengel              1829-1837   1156 
1    36-137             's-Heerenberg       1829-1837   1156 
1    137-189            Stokkum             1829-1837   1156 
1    190-284            Beek                1829-1837   1156
2    1-76               Zeddam              1829-1837   1157
2    77-105             Vinkwijk            1829-1837   1157 
2    106-123            Dijk- and Vethuizen 1829-1837   1157       
2    124-178            Wijnbergen          1829-1837   1157
2    179-235            Kilder              1829-1837   1157
2    236-278            Braamt              1829-1837   1157
3    1-45               Netterden           1829-1837   1158
3    46-102             Groot Azewijn       1829-1837   1158
3    103-115            Klein Azewijn       1829-1837   1158
4    1-37               Lengel              1838-1840   1159
4    38-210             's-Heerenberg       1838-1840   1159
4    211-265            Stokkum             1838-1840   1159
4    266-360            Beek                1838-1840   1159
5    1-82               Zeddam              1838-1840   1160 
5    83-110             Vinkwijk            1838-1840   1160 
5    111-129            Dijk- and Vethuizen 1838-1840   1160 
5    130-191            Wijnbergen          1838-1840   1160 
5    192-254            Kilder              1838-1840   1160 
5    255-299            Braamt              1838-1840   1160 
6    1-48               Netterden           1838-1840   1161  
6    49-111             Groot Azewijn       1838-1840   1161 
6    112-124            Klein Azewijn       1838-1840   1161
7    1-39               Lengel              1840-1850   1162 
7    40-223             's-Heerenberg       1840-1850   1162
8    1-55               Stokkum             1840-1850   1163  
8    56-154             Beek                1840-1850   1163
9    1-80               Zeddam              1840-1850   1164
9    81-108             Vinkwijk            1840-1850   1164
9    109-127            Vethuizen           1840-1850   1164
9    128-191            Wijnbergen          1840-1850   1164 
9    192-259            Kilder              1840-1850   1164
9    260-324            Braamt              1840-1850   1164
10   1-50               Netterden           1840-1850   1165
10   51-115             Groot Azewijn       1840-1850   1165
10   116-129            Klein Azewijn       1840-1850   1165
11   1-309              's-Heerenberg       1850-1860   1166
12   1-55               Lengel              1850-1860   1167
12   62-135             Stokkum             1850-1860   1167
12   146-277            Beek                1850-1860   1167
13   1-109              Zeddam              1850-1860   1168
13   110-149            Vinkwijk            1850-1860   1168
13   158-184            Vethuizen           1850-1860   1168
14   1-84               Wijnbergen          1850-1860   1169
14   86-181             Kilder              1850-1860   1169
14   182-255            Braamt              1850-1860   1169
14   256-265            Kilder              1850-1860   1169 
15   1-68               Netterden           1850-1860   1170
15   74-152             Groot Azewijn       1850-1860   1170
15   158-175            Klein Azewijn       1850-1860   1170 
16   I (A-K)            's-Heerenberg       1860-1880   1171
17   II (K-Z)           's-Heerenberg       1860-1880   1172
18   1-97               Lengel              1860-1880   1173 
18   98-240             Stokkum             1860-1880   1173
18   241-478            Beek                1860-1880   1173
19   1-196              Zeddam              1860-1880   1174
19   198-266            Vinkwijk            1860-1880   1174
19   268-409            Braamt              1860-1880   1174
20   1-214              Kilder              1860-1880   1175
20   216-365            Wijnbergen          1860-1880   1175
20   366-403            Vethuizen           1860-1880   1175
21   1-122              Groot Azewijn       1860-1880   1176
21   124-278            Klein Azewijn       1860-1880   1176
21   280-311            Netterden           1860-1880   1176
22       A-J            's-Heerenberg       1860-1890   1177
23       K-Z            's-Heerenberg       1860-1890   1178
24                      Lengel              1860-1890   1179
25                      Stokkum             1860-1890   1180
26                      Beek                1860-1890   1181
27                      Zeddam              1860-1890   1182
28   1-88               Vinkwijk            1860-1890   1183
28   92-150             Vethuizen           1860-1890   1183
29                      Braamt              1860-1890   1184
30                      Kilder              1860-1890   1185
31                      Wijnbergen          1860-1890   1186
32  1-163               Groot Azewijn       1860-1890   1187
32  175-216             Klein Azewijn       1860-1890   1187
33         A-H          's-Heerenberg       1890-1910   1188
34         Ha-On        's-Heerenberg       1890-1910   1189
35         On-Z         's-Heerenberg       1890-1910   1190
36                      Lengel              1890-1910   1191
37                      Stokkum             1890-1910   1192
38                      Beek                1890-1910   1193
39                      Zeddam              1890-1910   1194
40  1-115               Vinkwijk            1890-1910   1195
40  123-167             Vethuizen           1890-1910   1195
41                      Braamt              1890-1910   1196
42                      Kilder              1890-1910   1197
43                      Wijnbergen          1890-1910   1198
44  1-159               Groot Azewijn       1890-1910   1199
44  161-199             Klein Azewijn       1890-1910   1199
45        A-D           's-Heerenberg       1910-1937   1200
46        E-H           's-Heerenberg       1910-1937   1201
47        J-O           's-Heerenberg       1910-1937   1202
48        P-S           's-Heerenberg       1910-1937   1203
49        T-Z           's-Heerenberg       1910-1937   1204
50                      Lengel              1910-1937   1205
51                      Stokkum             1910-1937   1206
52                      Beek                1910-1937   1207
53                      Zeddam              1910-1937   1208
54  1-134               Vinkwijk            1910-1937   1209
54  144-181             Vethuizen           1910-1937   1209
55                      Braamt              1910-1937   1210
56                      Kilder              1910-1937   1211
57                      Wijnbergen          1910-1937   1212
58  2-184               Groot Azewijn       1910-1937   1213
58  185-238             Klein Azewijn       1910-1937   1213
59                      Loerbeek            1910-1937   1214
60  Bonifatiushuis      's-Heerenberg       1910-1937   1215 (= monastery)
61  Gasthuis Zeddam     Zeddam              1910-1937   1216 (= Gerardus Majella)

External links

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