BELGIUM-ROOTS Project Prov. West-Flanders (Belgium) District Roeselare Outline related to Belgian Emigration

Description

This district (named 'District Roeselare' in Dutch at that moment) has been created in 1818 from parts of the districts Brugge, Ieper and Kortrijk.
It was renamed 'arrondissement Roeselare' in 1836.

Territorial Subdivisions

• Municipalities (1818-1822)

  Ardooie, Beveren-bij-Roeselare, Emelgem, Hooglede, Izegem, Kachtem, Oekene, Oostnieuwkerke, Roeselare, Rumbeke, Staden, Westrozebeke.

• Municipalities (1823-1976)

  Ardooie, Beveren-bij-Roeselare, Dadizele (from 1823 on), Emelgem (not in 1942-1944), Gits (from 18323 on), Hooglede, Ingelmunster (from 1823 on), Izegem, Kachtem, Ledegem (from 1823 on), Lichtervelde (from 1823 on), Moorslede (from 1823 on), Oekene, Oostnieuwkerke, Roeselare, Rollegem-Kapelle (from 1823 on), Rumbeke, Sint-Eloois-Winkel (from 1823 on), Staden, Westrozebeke.

• Municipalities (1977-now)

  • Hooglede (Hooglede, Gits)
  • Ingelmunster
  • Izegem (Izegem, Hemelgem, Kachtem)
  • Ledegem (Ledegem, Rollegem-Kapelle, Sint-Eloois-Winkel)
  • Lichtervelde
  • Moorslede (Dadizele, Moorslede)
  • Roeselare (Roeselare, Beveren, Rombeke, Oekene)
  • Staden (Staden, Oostnieuwkerke, Westrozebeke)

Short History with Bibliography

Sources

Repositories

Societies

• Genealogical associations

  • VVF Roeselare (Dutch)

Migration / Emigration / Immigration

Families and Family Histories

• Families

  • Genealogies of families Beernaert, Bernaert, ... and related families (Dutch/English),

    with branches in Lichtervelde, Rumbeke and Izegem.

    by Ivan Beernaert (BELGIUM-ROOTS-L subscriber)

  • Familie Van Coilge (Dutch)

    Surname Van Coilge, Van Coillie, ... and variants

    by Kobbe

    Emigrants with this surname are listed on one of the pages

    No 'deeplink' possible due to the protection methods used against plagiarism, etc ...

Sciences

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