The 'Persoonskaart', or 'person card', has been in use by the Dutch civil registery from 1939 to 1995. During that time, there was one card for each individual, stored at city hall in the town where the person lived, containing all the civil registry information of that person. Information on the card included the full name, date and place of birth, names and date of birth of the parents, all mariages with name and birth data of the spouse, date of marriage and (if applicable) date of divorce. Children were listed either on their father's or on their mother's card (sometimes on both).
The nice thing about these cards from a genealogical point of view is the fact that when a person died these cards would be handed over to the Central Bureau of Genealogy in The Hague, which provides a copy of this card for a small fee. Some information, like religion and address information, is not included in the copy, but there is still a lot of information that can be obtained using these cards.
Note: the copy is provided by the Central Bureau of Genealogy on the condition that it is not copied or otherwise distributed. The source text of a 'Persoonskaart' will therefore not be published on this Web site.
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