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Archives[edit | edit source]

The National Office for the Caribbean Netherlands on Saba
The Bottom
Saba, Caribbean Netherlands
General phone number: +599 416 39 34
E-mail: info@rijksdienstcn.com

The National Archives of the Netherlands has two other record groups that have information about St. Eustatius, including civil registration:

1828-1860 - St. Eustatius and Saba after 1828, mostly 1828-1845 (record group 1.05.13.02). 1828-1860 finding aids
1709-1828 - St. Eustatius and Saba before 1828, mostly 1790-1828 (record group 1.05.13.01). 1709-1828 finding aids

Most of the records are not online yet.

The National Archives contact page

Visitors address:
Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 20
2595 BE The Hague
The Netherlands

Postal address:
Nationaal Archief
PO Box 90520
2509 LM The Hague
The Netherlands

Telephone: +31 (0)70 3315400
Email

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Queen Wilhelmina Library
The Bottom
Saba, Caribbean Netherlands
Website

Museums[edit | edit source]

Harry L. Johnson Museum
Park Lane
Windwardside
Saba, Dutch Caribbean

Phone: +599-416-2231 or +599-416-2322
Website

Dutch Museum
Park Lane Street 12
Windwardside, Saba
(on the corner just above Juliana's hotel)

Phone: +599-4169423, or 4166030
E-mail: caderius@mac.com
Website

Record Offices[edit | edit source]

Civil Registry Department Saba
Government Administration Building
Saba

Telephone: (+599) 416-3497
Email: census@sabagov.com or nellie.peterson@sabagov.nl^[1]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ U.S. SSA, Program Operations Manual System (POMS) for Procedure For Obtaining Birth, Marriage, And Death Certificates From Caribbean Netherlands.

[1] U.S. SSA, Program Operations Manual System (POMS) for Procedure For Obtaining Birth, Marriage, And Death Certificates From Caribbean Netherlands.

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