Admission

The candidate must prove their descent from a person who, before 1795, was admitted to one of the Lineages of Brussels, or who is known to have held a position reserved for members of the Lineages in the city administration.

This lineage must be proven, degree by degree, in such a way as to leave no room for error by homonymy. It must be established that X spouse of Y is indeed the same as X child of A and B.

The entire procedure is described in detail in the Vade-Mecum.

The Vade-Mecum provides all the information and steps to follow to create and send the most complete possible file to the Commission des Preuves.

You can consult it: 

• - in French
• - in Dutch

In parallel to the documents of the file, the candidate must provide, for all the persons for whom the request is made:

• - the last name and first name,

• - the date of birth

• - the postal address,

• - the email address,

Once the file has been analyzed by the Commission des Preuves and approved by the Board of Directors, the candidate is notified by email. It is only after this double validation that the candidate is invited to pay the membership fee corresponding to their status (annual or lifetime).

The official admission document is issued only after the effective receipt of the membership fee. From this moment on, the candidate is recognized as “member of the Royal Association of Descendants of the Lineages of Brussels” and may claim this title in all their dealings.