Thanks for the invitation!! My mother, Leonia Ludovica GOETKINT was from Antwerp, Belgium. Nicki

Do you need help with your research? A little more information would be needed. Thank You for accepting the invitation! Guy, Mieke and Regine

Hello Everyone who accepted Guy's invitation! A couple of weeks ago or so I created this group in the hope we could transfer what we had on Yahoogroups to here. Some people have written concerned that

As we start this group at the start of a new year, allow me to take a minute to point you to our archived newsletters available for free online http://sites.rootsweb.com/~inbr/belgian_laces.htm Not

Any one have a Belgium language book, on how to learn the language?

Hello, There is no "Belgian" language. In Belgium, the languages spoken officially are Dutch, French and German. Familysearch has a word book that might help. It's on their

A brief history of the languages spoken in Belgium at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Belgium Guy Gallez

Antwerp, where my mother was born, speaks flemish (dutch). My 2nd cousin who still lives in Brussels speaks French. So it depends on where you are at.

Hello, I guess wallon/ Flemish would be the language parents used. Does anyone have a translation book on that? Kevin

I would agree that there is no flemish/belgian language. My family spoke french. It was the tying language when they married into a French-Canadian family. My family came from the Namur area and

Kevin, Here in Wisconsin there has been some efforts to create a written version of Walloon. https://www.uwec.edu/news/news/blugold-research-team-strives-to-save-a-dying-language-627/ A book will be

If you are interested....It's dutch, not Flemish, but maybe one of these will help. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=%22dutch+dictionary%22&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Here is a Wisconsin update. Professor Kelly D. Biers (University of North Carolina) plans to create a Wisconsin Walloon primer that will be easily accessible to the Wisconsin Belgian community. The

He needs to talk to Jose. He has focused on Walloon. Keep in mind there are many dialects. The one preserved in Wisconsin is unique. Jose has continued to advocate for Walloon the way others advocate

Great idea Lucien! Merci José! Je viens juste de trouver les messages. Sounds like this would be a good plan to add the Wisconsin spelling to the site and have a way to compare the way the two were

Since I didn't make any of the meetings when Kelly Biers was interviewing members of the Peninsula Belgian American Club/Belgian Heritage Center, I don't really know if he has many Walloon language

Hello, I was given the name of your group by the Belgian Consulate in New York. My mother, Annette Ansay Burke, will turn 80 in December of 2021. She was born to a man named Albert Jean Ansay who

René my thanks to the Belgian Consulate for referring you to this listserv group. The website familysearch.org has online the film of the civil registration for the village of Lambermont, Liege,

Hello Rene, I did not find any Ansay born in Lambermont in 1902, 1903 or 1904 Lambermont is their last residence, Population registers should help you find that answer but most are not available on

The birth record DOES state he was born in Lambermont, though the birth was recorded in nearby Muno On Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 1:12:18