Dataset Persistent ID
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doi:10.34934/DVN/BZ6R5B |
Publication Date
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2020-10-07 |
Title of Dataset
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Foreigners Police. Alphabetical file cards of the individual files opened between 1835 and 1912 (files nos. 1-999.999)
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Author
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Heynssens, Sarah (State Archives Belgium) - ORCID: 0000-0001-8384-402X
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Contact
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Willems, Bart (State Archives Belgium)
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Description
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The State Archives in Brussels (Belgium) hold more than 154,000 original nominal file cards that provide an entry to the collection of individual foreigners' files between 1830 to 1890. The files were transferred to the State Archives in 1948 and cover about 286 meters. They are arranged chronologically according to the opening date. The alphabetically ordered nominal file cards, that contain basic individual details on each foreigner such as name, geographical origin, occupation and file number, constitute the main source to retrieve a person's file.
The archives of the Foreigners Police form a unique and essential source for both genealogical and historical research. In October 2015, the IMMIBEL project 'Outcast or Embraced? Clusters of Foreign Immigrants in Belgium c. 1840-1890' started under the guidance of Dr Bart Willems and Filip Strubbe. The project was funded by the Federal Science Policy Office within the framework of the research program BRAIN-be. The aim of the project was to provide a digitally accessible index to the file cards, so that the Foreigners' files are easier to find and consult. For two years project employee Sarah Heynssens was responsible for coordinating the entry of the data from the file cards into a database.
STATISTICS
Number of persons: 151.863
Last updated: April 26th, 2018
Input: Sarah Heynssens
Status: Finished
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Subject
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Arts and Humanities; Social Sciences
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Keyword
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Immigration
Foreigners Police
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Topic Classification
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Migration (CESSDA Topic Classification) https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/#!detail/TopicClassification
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Related Publication(s)
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Bart Willems, Sarah Heynssens & Filip Strubbe,
Migratiegeschiedenis 1830-1960 (Zoekwijzers, 45), Algemeen Rijksarchief en Rijksarchief in de Provinciën, Brussel, 2017. isbn: 978 94 9274 837 9
Bart Willems, Sarah Heynssens & Filip Strubbe,
Histoire des migration 1830-1960 (Jalon de recherche, 46), Archives générales du Royaume et Archives de l'État dans les Provinces, Bruxelles, 2020. isbn: 978 94 6391 122 1
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Language(s) of the Data
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French
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Producer
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State Archives of Belgium http://www.arch.be
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Production Date
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2018-02-21
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Production Place
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State Archives of Belgium, Brussels
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Depositor
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Willems, Bart
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Deposit Date
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2020-09-25
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Time Period Covered
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Start: 1835 ; End: 1912
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Series
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Entry to the collection of individual foreigners' files
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Software Used to Create the Dataset
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Excel
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