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The information in Genlias is taken directly from the Civil Register, the most important Dutch source for genealogical research. Since 1811 the most important events in the life of every person resident in the Netherlands – birth, marriage and death – have been systematically recorded.
Death records from the Civil Register enter the public domain
after 50 years, marriage records after 75 years and birth
records after 100 years. All records are released in 10-year
blocks. At present, the following records are in the public
domain:
- records of births prior to 1903
- records of marriages prior to 1923
- records of deaths prior to 1953
It is information from these records in the public domain which is recorded in Genlias. More recent records of births, marriages and deaths are held by local authorities and may be inspected upon request to them.
Marriage records are the first to be entered into the system. After that the participating archives will start entering records of birth and death.
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