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Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 6,889 Send Message	RolloTheRed	Report	13 Apr 2013 10:37
	Most countries in Western Europe limit access for BMD records to immediate family for records less than 50 years old ( France 100 years ). In order to access these records you must provide documentary proof of the relationship, usually by production of the livret famille (family book). AFAIK few other countries are as open on BMD as the UK and USA. Even in the UK it is no longer possible to access records post 2006 on line and access to any for the last 50 years has been tightened. Other than that there are the usual newspaper BMD announcements and OP trees. British citizens born /deceased abroad would normally be registered at the consulate going back at least 200 years. good luck
	Researching: The Man In the High Castle
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73,136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	13 Apr 2013 10:25
	care to give details in case we can help you? www.familysearch.org - free site covers Belgium
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: September 2012 Posts: 38 Send Message	Paul	Report	13 Apr 2013 10:10
	Does anyone know of a way to research people who were born in Belgium?