>From: fhn@everton.com >To: history@everton.com >Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 04:39:04 -0500 >Subject: FHN: 17 February 2000 >X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12a) >Sender: owner-history@everton.com > >EVERTON'S FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLINE >Thursday, 17 February 2000 > >French Conscripts from Mechelen, Belgium > >Between 1797 (when Belgium was released from Austrian control) and >1814 (when it combined with the Netherlands), Belgium was under >French control. In those Revolutionary times, France naturally levied >a tariff, requiring a certain number of Belgian men to serve the >French military cause. > >The Mechelen Archives has data on about 2,000 of these conscripts >from their area (about midway between Antwerp and Brussels), and has >posted an index to over 1,600 of these to the Web. > >The index is in alphabetic order by surname, with the complete name >of each conscript, his date of birth, occupation, and a source >reference. This reference allows the researcher to follow up with >other data in the Mechelen Archives on that conscript, and the birth >data also allows a genealogist easier access to personal data in >local parish registers. > >This relatively short index is a valuable tool for those whose >Belgian ancestry includes family members in and near Mechelen, and is >a good example of how much help even a "small" index can be when it >is well-prepared and posted for worldwide use on the Web. > >Resources: > >Mechelen Conscripts for the French Army, 1798-1814 >http://www.mechelen.be/archief/ConscritIndex2.html > >The Mechelen Archives >http://www.mechelen.be/archief/ > >Genealogy: Belgium >http://www.everton.com/resources/world/belgium.htm > > >Copyright 2000, Everton Publishers >All rights reserved >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLINE is a free daily genealogy news service from >Everton Publishers >P.O. Box 368 >Logan, UT 84323 >Toll-free: 1-800-443-6325 >http://www.everton.com >To subscribe, send a message to lists@everton.com with the >message: subscribe history >To unsubscribe, send a message to lists@everton.com with the >message: unsubscribe history >Recent articles are available online at http://www.everton.com/FHN/ > >