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Offices to Contact

Service Etat Civil (Civil Status Service)
Place de la Mairie
BP 523
98015 Monaco cedex

Telephone: (+377) 93 15 28 51

(+377) 93 15 29 64

Fax: (+377) 93 15 61 77
Email: etatcivil@mairie.mc

For additional information, see Civil register offices.

Background

Time period: 1792-present[1]

Monaco is less than one square mile (465 acres) and includes the communes of Monaco, Monte Carlo and La Condamine. Some records have been kept and stored in the French departmental archives.[1]

Coverage and Compliance

Population coverage: 95%[1]

Generally yearly, but could include two, three, five and ten year indexes to births, marriages, divorces and deaths. Some are alphabetical, others chronological, by first letter of the surname, all letters, given names, etc.

Information Recorded in the Records

Birth Records

  • Child’s name
  • Birth date and place
  • Parents’ names, residence, and occupation
  • Witnesses’ names, ages, relationships, residences[1]

Marriage Records

  • Names of bride and groom
  • Ages
  • Residences
  • Occupations
  • Sometimes birth dates and places
  • Parents' names, death dates and places
  • Marriage date and place
  • Residences
  • Occupations
  • Witnesses
  • Officer who performed ceremony
  • Date of marriage contract
  • Notary’s name
  • Former spouses[1]

Marriage supplements

  • Names of marriage partners
  • Documents showing proofs of births
  • Deaths
  • Prior marriages or divorces
  • Proclamations
  • Intentions
  • Parental consents
  • Contracts, etc.[1]

Death registers

  • Name of deceased
  • Age
  • Death date and place
  • Occupation
  • Name of surviving spouse
  • Informant’s name and residence
  • Cause of death
  • Sometimes birth dates and places
  • Sometimes names of parents or children[1]

Divorce Records

Listed on the back of the marriage registers in the municipality where the marriage took place. Includes:

  • Names
  • Ages
  • Dates and places
  • Occupations
  • Residences[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Monaco,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990-2000.