J. SOILLE, Un ancêtre de la résistance. Le Wavrien Corneille Stevens, Wavriensia Tome IV 1955 n° 1, pp : 1-16 Aigreth, Amand, Anciaux - Baugniet, Berlo, Bonaparte, Bonnier, Boucqueau, Brabant - Charpentier, Chavée, Collon, Counson,...
The different Géniwal tracks
Find all the publications edited by Géniwal under different categories.
- All our tracks
- Library
- Our lines of research
- In memoriam
- Genealogy
- Karolus
- Paleography
- Belgian personalities
- Association
GéniWal Library (Wavriensia 1954 - 1-2-3-4)
Jean Martin, l'Affaire Bellet, Wavriensia Tome III 1954 n° 1, pp : 1-15 Amand, Annart - Baillet, Beda, Begaus, Bellet, Bernard, Bette, Brassine, Briers, Brion, Buseau - Christoffel, Claerboets, Colart, Collon, Corremans - Dangilles, de Bequo,...
GéniWal Library (Wavriensia 1953 - 1-2-3-4)
J. SOILLE, Les oeuvres d'art de la région de Wavre saisies sous la révolution Françaises, Wavriensia 1953 n° 1, pp : 1-7 Blendeff, Bosschaert - Cornelissen - Deberiot - Soille - Torfs - Verhaegen -...
Library of GéniWal (Wavriensia 1952 - 1-2-3-4)
List of surnames found in the 1952 reviews of this journal N.N., Preface, Statutes, Extract from the internal regulations, Puplications, List of members of the Cercle Historique et Archéologique de Wavre et sa Région, Wavriensia Tome I...
Deaths in France from 1970 to date
INSEE, the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies, which is "responsible for the production, analysis and publication of official statistics in France", published its latest statistics...
The Popp plans
Popp's plans are real curiosities, of interest to genealogists, historians, regionalists, archaeological circles, tourist or ecological associations, etc. These are old lithographs, produced by Monsieur Popp between 1842 and 1879,...
MEURICE Jean Luc
Jean-Luc, our friend. You were born on 17/10/1954. 65 years later, on 20/10/2019, you left us. You made us laugh and cry with your little talks. There will always be a part of you...
MAGRITTE René François Ghislain
MAGRITTE René François Ghislain, surrealist painter, was born in Lessines on 21/11/1898, the son of MAGRITTE Léopold François Ghislain and Adeline Isabelle Régina BERTINCHAMPS. He was the eldest of three children. From 1916 to 1920, he attended the Académie des Beaux-Arts...
MERCIER Désiré Félicien François Joseph
Désiré Félicien François Joseph MERCIER, born in Braine-l'Alleud on 21 November 1851, fifth child of sons Paul Léon Hubert MERCIER and Marie Barbe CROQUET, died in Brussels on 22 January 1926, ordained a priest on 04/04 1874 by the...
List of elected representatives of the province of Luxembourg from 1815 to 1830
ADAMS Jean-Louis, from Bende, member of the provincial states of the order of campaigns from 1816 to 1819. ANDRE Arsène, provincial councillor for the canton of Sibret from 1872 to 1875. Permanent deputy from 1872 to 1875. ANDRE Claude, member of the provincial...
Italy
Italy (Italian: Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a country in southern Europe that physically corresponds to a peninsula in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea and the two largest islands in the...
Charleroi's religious heritage
Eglise Saint-Antoine (19th century), Charleroi Chapelle du Calvaire (18th century), Montignies-sur-Sambre Ancien Carmel (19th century), Mont-sur-Marchienne Basilique Saint-Christophe (18th century-transformations in 1955), Place Charles II in Charleroi Chapelle Saint-Fiacre (17th century), Charleroi Chapelle Saint-Ghislain...
Abbot of Villers-la Ville Abbey from 1200 to 1788
DE BOMAL Jacques 1276-1283 Abdicates DE BLOCQUERIE Robert 1283-1302 Abdicates End of abbatiate in December 1283 DE GEEST Nicolas 1303-1307 Abdicates DE MALINES Radouard 1308-1310 Dies in Cîteaux 14 September 1311. DE PLANCENOIT...
POELAERT Joseph
Joseph POELAERT son of Philippe POELAERT and Isabelle Marie Thérèse Marie STAS was born on 21 March 1817 in Brussels. He lived at no 1028, rue du Marché au Charbon. Married to TOUSSAINT Léonie Marie. Renowned architect...
Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta Wilcox
Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta Wilcox born in London on 10 October 1865, son of Rafael Carlos Merry del Val born in San Sebastian on 4 November and died on 29 August 1917 and Sofia Josefa de Zulueta (...
1840-1880 Indiana collective: "History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties, Indiana" Goodspeed Bros & Co originaly published in 1882 Internet edition from the web site of Deb Murray(see web links): Perry County Biographies 1860-1865...
Belgian in the United States
Belgians in the United States Belgians in America: colony by state (with statistics on Belgians from different sources) Belgians in America: American censuses 1850/1860/1870 Canadian census: 1851,1861,1871 Belgians in America:...
Arrival of emigrants at Ellis islands (New York)
Arrival of emigrants general index of ships in the port of New York Alphabetical index of arrivals by port between 1820 and 1870 Document relating to immigration Arrival of emigrants: regulations and legislation Representative...
Belgians in the American Civil War (Confederate)
THE SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL WAR Volunteers by state Belgian soldier in the Confederate army To find out more about your Belgian ancestors who took part in the Session War, here is a link that will help you...
Belgians in the American Civil War (Union)
THE SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL WAR : American volunteers by state Medals of honour Staff and special units List of people registered as Belgian in the regular forces In the navy Soldier's places of residence...
CLOQUETTE Antoine Joseph
Antoine Joseph CLOQUETTE, son of François Joseph CLOQUETTE and Anne Marie RAOUX, was born in Ath on 8 February 1744. After brilliant studies, he enrolled at the Faculty of Douai, and...
Claude JAILLARD
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of a great name in genealogy. Claude Jaillard has passed away. President of the Généalogie en Corrèze association, he devoted all his free time to...
de BROUCKERE Charles Marie Joseph Ghislain
Son of Charles de BROUCKERE (born 06 October 1757 in Torhout and died 29 April 1850 in Bruges) and STOOP Charlotte Marie Anne Colette (born 24 September 1767 in Bruges and died...
MASSON Arthur
Etienne Arthur Joseph Ghislain MASSON was born on 22 February 1896 in Rièzes-les Chimay (Rièzes (in Walloon Rieze) is a section of the Belgian town of Chimay. It was a commune in its own right before the...
History of the lords of Tournai of the house of Mortagne
Bibliography The castellans we are going to discuss were never prominent figures. However, they did derive particular importance from the situation of the territories over which they held sway, territories...
Tournai, a town founded by a soldier of Tullus Hostilius?
On the legendary origins of the City of Five Bell Towers Extract from the dissertation defended by Isabelle Glorieux during her doctorate "Tournai and all the territory dependent on it,...
The almost total loss of the Tournai archives
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...
The battlefields of Belgium
1 The Cow War 1273-1275 2 The Battle of Courtrai (Golden Spurs) 11 July 1302 3 The Destruction of Binche 21-22 July 1554 4 Seneffe 11 August 1674 5 Steenkerque 3 August...
Archives of the Ancien Régime (2)
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...
Archives of the Ancien Régime (1)
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,...
Notarial archives
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 history of foundlings in Tournai
The history of foundlings in Tournai is relatively well known; several local historians have studied it. Hoverlant (a Tournai lawyer and justice of the peace, known for the enormous work he bequeathed, entitled...
The foundlings tour
The creation of towers The "tower" was a cylinder set into the wall and pivoting on an axis. One side of the cylinder was open. An external bell, placed next to it, made it possible...
Protestant registers
GéniWal web page on Protestants http://www.geniwal.eu/pg.php?id_menu=70 Protestant registers From the 16th century onwards, baptisms, marriages and burials were recorded by pastors in the registers of Reformed parishes. Many of these...
Parish registers (Hainaut)
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...
the walloon churches of the barrier
Towards the end of the War of Spanish Succession, France signed the Treaty of the Barriers with the United Provinces in 1713. This treaty granted the United Provinces the right to establish strongholds in various towns in the Austrian Netherlands (Charleroi, Veurne, Ghent, Menin, Mons, Namur, Tournai and Ypres).....
The Mayors of the 30 villages of Tournai
Bourgmestres New presentation of the work on the Bourgmestres of tournai 30/06/2013 LES BOURGMESTRES DES 30 VILLAGES DE TOURNAI digital version...
Cathedrals and collegiate churches
Systematic directory of the funds and collections available at the Tournai State Archives for cathedrals and collegiate churches1 In the jurisdiction of Antoing: Notre-Dame Chapter, 1255-1880 (25 items). Benedictine priory attested in...
War memorials in the Tournais region
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Military cemeteries in Tournaisis
History of the Livre d'Or des Cartes du Feu The Livre d'Or was published by J. Rosez in Brussels in the 1930s, with the final edition in 1940. It is...
From parish registers to today's civil records
From parish registers to current civil status: The general parish framework for Belgium The oldest known Belgian parish registers date back to 1406 for Brussels, 1504 for Saint-Denis (Mons district),...
