The parish records of Sint-Pieters-Rode. The entire story of the reconstruction of the disappeared records. Currently, there are four registers found back. The search for the original parish records of Sint-Pieters-Rode. After more tan five years of research there are some parish record books found  The missing records have been reconstructed, based on secondary sources. The oldest parish record of the Hageland. is from the year 1574 in a baptism-book of Sint-Pieters-Rode, bound in a book of Nieuwrode. The history of Sint-Pieters-Rode. A contribution to the history of the area, completed with some very recent studies about our local history. This on-line book in straight Flemish/Dutch is not yet translated in English. The Liege lords and vassals of  Horst, Rode en Cortelke Some extracts of a levy (tax)-book from the year  1526 Page 20 and  page 37