Châtellenie de Warneton, 16th-18th century(2936 items). Former seigneury of high justice detached from the châtellenie of Ypres and established in the 13th century as a county bailiwick, which was later given the name of...
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
Superior 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 other rights...
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,...
Gilberte ROUSSEAU
In memory of Mrs Gilberte Rousseau Born in Etterbeek on 12/04/194 Died in Woluwé-Saint-Pierre on 31/07/2011 Co-founder of GéniWal with her husband Claude Naulaers For Gigi It's a truism to say that...
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,...
Obituaries
An obituary (noun and adjective, from the Latin obitus: death, passing away) is a register containing the names of the dead and the date of their burial, so that religious services can be held to commemorate their...
Cartularies
A cartulary * (from medieval Latin chartularium, «collection of deeds»; from classical Latin charta, «paper») is «a collection of copies of its own documents drawn up by a natural or legal person, which, in a volume...
Presentation of the Michelin guide Flandre-Artois 1914-1918
To mark the centenary of the start of the Great War, Michelin is publishing a new Michelin Guide to the Flandres-Artois Battlefield 1914-1918. This famous tourist tool offers 15 new tours of the...
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...
Creating the towers
The "tower" was a cylinder set into the wall and pivoted on an axis. One side of the cylinder was open. An external bell, placed next to it, allowed those who placed...
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...
Tournaisis Armorial
ARMORIAL DE TOURNAI ET DU TOURNAISIS by Fr.J. BOZIERE in 1859. click on the coat of arms...
Cures, parishes, church buildings, chapels, altars, beguinages, confraternities, ecclesiastical hospitals
Cures and simple benefits A cure is the «charge of the soul» (from the Latin cura animarum), i.e. the spiritual responsibility for a parish. A maximum of one priest can be a parish priest - depending on the region...
Commonweath war graves commission
Commonwealth cemeteries in Tournaisis The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is responsible for listing and maintaining the graves of soldiers of the military forces of the Commonwealth States who fell in the two world wars....
Abbeys, Convents, Commanderies
Systematic directory of fonds and collections available in the Tournai State Archives for abbeys, convents, commanderies In the jurisdiction of Ath: Friars Minor, 1448 (1 item). Community of the order of Saint...
