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==Resources==
''[[Africa]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] '''[[Mauritius Genealogy|Mauritius]]'''
*'''1728-1811''' [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=ILE%20DE%20FRANCE Ile de France (Mauritius) French Overseas Civil Registration and Parish Registers, 1728-1811], iREL (free) - index & images
*[https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/beta/search-results?page=1&place=199 Birth, marriage, and death records] for various years of various places in Mauritius, FamilySearch (free) - images, can be filtered by place
 
===Offices to Contact===
 
[https://csd.govmu.org/Pages/index.aspx Civil Status Division]<br>
7th Floor,Emmanuel Anquetil Building<br>
Port Louis<br>
 
Phone Number: 201-2279<br>
Fax Number: 00230 211 2420<br>
Email: [mailto:civstat@govmu.org civstat@govmu.org]<br>
 
Registration offices on the various islands also have records.  For contact information, see [https://csd.govmu.org/Pages/Contact-Us.aspx Districts of Mauritius: Port-Louis, Pamplemousses, Riviere du Rempart, Flacq,  Moka, Plaine Wilhems, Black River, Grand Port, Savanne, Dependencies] addresses and phone numbers
 
==Background==


Civil Registration in Mauritius dates back to the 18th century. The Central Civil Status Office in Port Louis holds records as far back as 1812 and the older ones that are of interest to genealogists are kept at the National Archives in the DBM Complex, Industrial Zone, Coromandel.


*[https://undataforum.org/WorldDataForum/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/TA2.09_Ayelou.Mauritius-Presentation-Cape-Town-final-2.pdf History of Mauritius Civil Status Division 1715 - current]]
==Civil Registration==
*[http://csd.pmo.govmu.org/English/Pages/Offices.aspx Civil Status Offices all Districts of Mauritius] includes contact information and addresses


==Coverage and Compliance==
Research use: A primary source of information.


Population coverage is estimated at 55%.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Western Indian Ocean,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990, 2000.</ref>
Record type: Births, marriages, and deaths.


The FamilySearch Library has filmed most of the pre-1930 civil registration records, including an index for the country and the civil registration records kept by the towns.
Time period: 1790-1930


==Information Recorded in the Records==
Contents: Birth – name, birth date and place, parents’ names, father’s occupation and residence. Marriages – name of bride and groom, their places of residence and date of marriage, parents’ names and residence. Death – name, death date and place, residence at time of death.


'''Birth'''
Location: Registration offices on the various islands.


*Name
Percentage in Family History Library: Near complete pre-1930 collection.
*Birth date and place
*Parents’ names
*Father’s occupation and residence


'''Marriages'''
Population coverage: Estimated at 55%.
*Names of bride and groom
*Their places of residence
*Date of marriage
*Parents’ names and residence


'''Death'''
Reliability: Recognized as an official record.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Western Indian Ocean,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990, 2000.</ref>
*Name
*Death date and place
*Residence at time of death


== References ==
== References ==
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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Research use: A primary source of information.

Record type: Births, marriages, and deaths.

Time period: 1790-1930

Contents: Birth – name, birth date and place, parents’ names, father’s occupation and residence. Marriages – name of bride and groom, their places of residence and date of marriage, parents’ names and residence. Death – name, death date and place, residence at time of death.

Location: Registration offices on the various islands.

Percentage in Family History Library: Near complete pre-1930 collection.

Population coverage: Estimated at 55%.

Reliability: Recognized as an official record.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Western Indian Ocean,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990, 2000.
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