BSKEMPEN Civil Registry of the Campine, Antwerp Province


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.

 Click here  for the indexes of all  246.130 records in one downloadable database.
 Click here  for more information on downloading our entire set of images of records (217.841 pages, 341 Gb).

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.


     EINDHOUT  (Laakdal)   Civil Registry   1797-1911 (6542 records)
  Transcription of the tables of the parish registry 1659-1791
     GEEL   Civil Registry  1797-1907  (74.504 records)
  Registry parish  Zammel  1754 -1776  (694 records)
     HERENTALS   Civil Registry  1798 -1911  (33.956 records)
  Parish registry  1775-1805 (4510 records)  and 1584 -1796  (baptisms, 20.475 records)
     HERSELT   Civil Registry  1800 - 1881 (18.037 records)
     HOOGSTRATEN   Civil Registry  1797 - 1880 (in progress, 3664 records)
     HOUTVENNE   (Hulshout)   Civil Registry   1800 - 1911 (3377 records)
     HULSHOUT      Civil Registry  1813 - 1911  (6024 records)
     LOENHOUT    (Wuustwezel)   Civil Registry  1802 - 1910  (in progress, 10.933 records)
     MORKHOVEN  (Herentals)   Civil Registry  1792 -1911  (3475 records)
     NOORDERWIJK  (Herentals)   Civil Registry  1797 -1911  (7822 records)
  Parish Registry 1605-1797 (baptisms 5545 records, marriages 1476 records, deaths 2814 records)
     OEVEL  (Westerlo)   Civil Registry 1792 -1900  (5705 records)
     OLEN   Civil Registry   1797 -1910  (12.684 records)
  Census  1867 -1880
     STOKKEM    (Dilsen-Stokkem)   Civil Registry  1876 - 1880  (562 records)
     STOKROOIE    (Hasselt)   Civil Registry  1846 - 1890  (1939 records)
     TESSENDERLO      Civil Registry  1800 - 1890  (in progress, 3797 records)
     TONGERLO  (Westerlo)   Civil Registry  1799 -1900  (10.496 records)
     VARENDONK  (Laakdal)   Civil Registry  1801 - 1911 (1111 records)
     VEERLE  (Laakdal)    Civil Registry  1803 - 1911 (9631 records)
     VORST  (Laakdal)   Civil Registry  1792 -1911  (14.102 records)
  Parish registry 1598-1800 (baptisms and funerals)
     WESTERLO   Civil Registry  1802 -1900  (15.104 records)
     WESTMEERBEEK  (Hulshout)   Civil Registry  1813 - 1911  (3741 records)
  Conscription list 1851-1880
     ZOERLE PARWIJS  (Westerlo)   Civil Registry  1802 - 1900  (3107 records)