ARCHIVES GENERALES DU ROYAUME (AGR) Rue de Ruysbroeck, 2-6 1000 Brussels tel. 00 32 (0)2 513 76 80 archives.generales@arch.be ARCHIVES DU PALAIS ROYAL Rue Ducale, 2 1000 Brussels tel. 00 32 (0)2 551 20...
In Belgium, there are several types of archive (notarial, military, religious or modern). Their role is to collect, classify, preserve and make available to the public the documents that bear witness to the history of Belgium and its institutions from the Middle Ages to the present day.
ARCHIVES GENERALES DU ROYAUME (AGR) Rue de Ruysbroeck, 2-6 1000 Brussels tel. 00 32 (0)2 513 76 80 archives.generales@arch.be ARCHIVES DU PALAIS ROYAL Rue Ducale, 2 1000 Brussels tel. 00 32 (0)2 551 20...
Seminary, 1603-1797 (40 items). In accordance with the provisions of the Council of Trent, a seminary was established in Namur in 1568, in the former beguinage of Rhisnes, near the Place Saint-Aubain, but it was...
In early May 1940, the city of Tournai was the scene of several light air attacks by German forces. Between 16 May and 18 May, several bombing raids...
Higher courts Bailiwick then Provincial Council of Tournai-Tournaisis, 1211-1794(11 items). Superior provincial court created in 1383 by Charles VI, King of France, to judge "all cases of jurisdiction, sovereignty and...
Central institution of the former principalities États du Tournaisis, 15th century - 16th century (906 items). Representative body of the Bailiwick of Tournaisis, constituted at the same time as the States of Tournai (city and suburbs) after the annexation,...
NOTARIES The law of 5 July 1963 authorises notaries to deposit in the Archives the minutes of their predecessors, which they hold by virtue of the law of 25 ventôse an XI, when these minutes...
The Tournai Archives hold the parish registers and alphabetical indexes deposited by the communes and cures (note that this deposit is optional), as well as the duplicates of the registers and the...