The CBG Centrum voor familiegeschiedenis ''(formerly called: Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie)'' (CBG) is the

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research centre for

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and

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studies. It is a

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that has been founded on May 15, 1945, with the aim of bringing together a number of archive collections and making research of genealogy and related studies easier. The centre is located at the Prins Willem Alexanderhof in

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together with the National Archive. The CBG publishes many books pertaining to genealogy, for instance the series Nederland's Adelsboek and Nederland's Patriciaat.

External links

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Official website of the Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie
Genealogical libraries Historiography of the Netherlands {{Netherlands-stub