Welcome to the Digital Family Tree of the Regional Archives Leiden. Records belonging to the surrounding communities of Zoeterwoude, Warmond, Leiderdorp and Rijnsburg have also been placed in the custody of the Regional Archives Leiden.

The following indexes have been incorporated in the Digital Family Tree up till now:

Concerning Leiden

• Register of marriages of the Roman Catholic Church, 1642-1811
• Register of marriages before city magistrates, 1592-1795
• Register of banns (Calvinistic Churches), 1575-1712
• Register of baptisms of the Remonstrant church 1663-1904
• Register of marriages, 1863-1920

Concerning Warmond

• 10-yearly cumulative index on births, 1811-1892
• 10-yearly cumulative index on marriages, 1811-1902
• 10-yearly cumulative index on deaths,1811-1902

Concerning Rijnsburg

• 10-yearly cumulative index on births, 1811-1892
• 10-yearly cumulative index on marriages, 1812-1912
• 10-yearly cumulative index on deaths,1812-1912

Concerning Zoeterwoude

• Register of births, 1811-1904
• Register of marriages, 1811-1923
• Register of deaths, 1811-1954

Concerning Leiderdorp

• Register of marriages, 1812-1898
• Register of birth, 1812-1904
• Register of death,1812-1898

The most important sources for genealogical research on the period before 1811 are the registers of baptisms, marriages and funerals kept by the various churches. After 1811 in the Netherlands it was ordained by law that the municipal authorities should register births, marriages and deaths. Further information on people can be found in Bevolkingsregisters (municipal registers of inhabitants), census records, tax registers, the archives of the Weeskamers (orphans' courts or courts of chancery, public bodies that managed the assets of orphans) and the notary publics, Poorterboeken (registers of citizenship), addressbooks and Herenboekjes (books with the names of Leiden magistrates).

Law restricts public access to the registers of municipal registry offices in the Netherlands.

• Birth certificates become public after 100 years
• Marriage certificates become public after 75 years
• Death certificates become public after 50 years

All the records mentioned above can be accessed through indexes and duplicates of the original records can be seen and copied in the reading room.

It is the intention of the Regional Archives Leiden to incorporate the following indexes in the Digital Family Tree: the indexes on the church registers of baptisms, marriages and funerals and the indexes on the municipal registers of births, marriages and deaths for Leiden, Zoeterwoude, Warmond, Leiderdorp and Rijnsburg.

A group of volunteers is hard at work to put the remaining indexes into databases! If you are interested in joining this group, please contact us.

Opening times reading room:

Monday 13.00 - 17.00
Tuesday 09.30 - 17.00
Wednesday 09.30 - 17.00
Thursday 09.30 - 17.00
Friday 09.30 - 17.00
Saturday 09.00 - 12.15

On Saturday morning service is limited. No books or records can be brought from the depots. However, it is possible to reserve documents for the Saturday, by contacting the archive the preceding Friday before 12.00 at the latest. You can reserve documents if you know the exact document you want and its catalogue number and size by phone: +31(0)71 516 5355