Burgess Rolls and House Books for Belgium

silentbeauty

Hi

I am trying to help a friend. She sent me this: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Belgium_Occupations and then sent me some names she wanted me to look for. I am new to this area of the world for research and so am wondering how I access the records it is talking about. Any ideas?

A van Helsdingen

You will need to know the town/city where these people lived, as these records were kept by each town in it's own format. I have experience with these sorts of records in the Netherlands and they vary considerably by town. Some towns won't have any surviving records, while others have very informative and helpful records.

I suggest firstly looking at the FamilySearch Catalog, and then looking for a provincial or local archive or genealogical society. You'll probably need to browse the records manually, though some may be indexed.