Bottelare

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Matthias Storme said: Would it be possible to publish online the missing films of the Civil registration of Bottelare, Oost Vlaanderen, belgium ? I'm looking for the register of deaths of 1918
Matthias Storme

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A van Helsdingen said: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/...

Only since December 2018 has Belgium started to make post-1915 civil registration records available to the public. The limits are now 50 years for deaths (i.e. 1969 and earlier as of 2020).

I looked at the website of the State Archives of Belgium. It appears that a tienjarigetafel (10 year index) of deaths up to 1920 is available, but the actual records are only there up to 1910.

On the FS Catalog, I see film 4796350 has deaths from 1911-1920. But it is restricted to FHCs and Affiliate Libraries (often closed due to the pandemic). I suggest contacting FS and sending them this link: https://search.arch.be/nl/tips/101-bu... which has information about the new laws about access to civil registration records. Hopefully they'll look into making the film accessible to all from a computer from home, as they are now legally permitted to. However, having tried this myself for other records, FS may never respond or may take a very long time.

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Matthias Storme said: What is the best e-mail address to contact them ?

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A van Helsdingen said: FS Staff do read this forum, but it's probably better to also send a request to Support. Click on the question mark in the top right corner and click on "Contact Us". Make sure to include the film number and the weblink I included as evidence.

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Matthias Storme said: thanks !