Sherry, The national languages of Belgium are Dutch, French and German. The majority in Belgium, 60%, is Dutch speaking. The archives are in the official language of the country, the town or the province, as may be the case. It's difficult for people to do research in Poland when they don't speak Polish, the same for Germany, France, wherever. So Belgium is no exception. As for being available on the internet, the only information online are the indexes of the "Vreemdelingenregisters" (sorry, the language there is Dutch) in Antwerpen (Antwerp for the English). Jan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherry with Sky" <SherryELanda@sky.com> To: <british-jewry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [BRITISH-JEWRY] Aliens in Brussels > Thanks Jan, > > It is very confusing for non-Vlaams speaking people to try to research > ;-) I don't mind them moving the data to another repository, I just > hope that they keep it available on the internet. > > Sherry (still in Salford)

Hi Jan, I know that! Hence the smiley after the sentence. Sherry (whose European geography & history leave rather a lot to be desired) On 21/01/2008, Jan Bousse <janbousse@skynet.be> wrote: > Sherry, > > The national languages of Belgium are Dutch, French and German. The majority > in Belgium, 60%, is Dutch speaking. The archives are in the official > language of the country, the town or the province, as may be the case.