Important news for those of us with ancestors from the western part of Noord-Brabant: a new regional archive, the West-Brabants Archief, will now house the records of the following municipalities:
- Bergen op Zoom
- Etten-Leur
- Halderberge
- Moerdijk
- Roosendaal
- Rucphen
- Steenbergen
- Woensdrecht
- Zundert
Merger
The West-Brabants Archief is the result of a merger of the archives department of Markiezenhof, the municipal archives of Bergen op Zoom; the municipal archives of Roosendaal; and the Regionaal Archief West-Brabant, the regional archives of West-Brabant that already had the records of the other municipalities.
The reading room is at the Steenbergsestraat 6 in Bergen op Zoom. It is located in the Markiezenhof, a gorgeous building from the 1400s that formerly housed the court of the Marquis of Bergen op Zoom.
Markiezenhof. Credits: Liko_Foto, Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA).
Genealogical records
Many of their genealogical records have been scanned and indexed and can be accessed in the Voorouders [Ancestors] section of the website. Click the [+]-button next to the search box for advanced search options. Don’t forget that Dutch search engines only find exact matches, so don’t fill in too much and use * as a wildcard to search for variations.
The website offers an online chat function during (Dutch) opening hours if you need help using the website.
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