I know there is (was) a list of aliens in Antwerp on line. Is there a similar list of aliens in Brussels? Thanks Sherry (it stopped raining at lunch time, but it's very windy now, Salford)

Sherry, The city archives of Brussels (I stress, of the city of Brussels itself, not the communes around it) also have files on aliens who settled there. There are aliens files for the whole country at the National Archives in Brussels and there are also the records of the Vreemdelingendienst - Office des Etrangers in Brussels. How far these overlap is not clear. It's been confirmed that in the near future the records of the Vreemdelingendienst will be transferred to the National Archives. Don't ask me if that will make research easier. Jan Bousse, Oostende, Belgium janbousse@skynet.be ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherry with Sky" <SherryELanda@sky.com> To: "BRITISH-JEWRY@rootsweb.com" <british-jewry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 5:07 PM Subject: [BRITISH-JEWRY] Aliens in Brussels >I know there is (was) a list of aliens in Antwerp on line. Is there a > similar list of aliens in Brussels? > > Thanks > Sherry (it stopped raining at lunch time, but it's very windy now, > Salford)

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) > The city archives of Brussels (I stress, of the city of Brussels itself, not > the communes around it) also have files on aliens who settled there. There > are aliens files for the whole country at the National Archives in Brussels > and there are also the records of the Vreemdelingendienst - Office des > Etrangers in Brussels. How far these overlap is not clear. It's been > confirmed that in the near future the records of the Vreemdelingendienst > will be transferred to the National Archives. Don't ask me if that will make > research easier.