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BS-Kempen is the name of a group of people whose goal is to make all the public records of the Civil Registry (births, deaths and marriages) of all the municipalities of the region known as De Kempen in the province of Antwerp, available in a digitised and indexed form on the internet. This ensures that the original documents can be kept in a secure and protective environment and, at the same time, that the information is nevertheless available without restrictions We digitise the pages of the Civil Registry that are in the public domain either by scanning or photographing the original documents (or a microfilm version of them), and save them in a digital image format. A separate index is then compiled for births, deaths and marriages. Each index can either be consulted directly, or downloaded from this site. For each record, the index indicates on which original page(s) it is to be found. Scans of records can be requested and are either sent to you by e-mail, or placed on the website for download. Neither the index files, nor the scans, may be used for commercial purposes. On February 1, 2012, our indices contained entries to 246.130 records from the Civil Registry and 35.795 records from various parish registries. The number of scanned records requested was 28.558. If you wish to contribute to this initiative, or if you are willing to help in one way or the other, please do not hesitate to send us a message. This service is free of charge. However, you could do us a small favour. Click here for details. A summary of the latest additions and changes made to the files is available here.
The table lists the municipalities for which data are currently available. Work in progress is also indicated. Click on a shield of arms shown below to gain access to the indices of the municipality indicated. |