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==Resources==
=== Hidden Civil Registration Records ===
===Online Resources===
*'''1590-1928''' {{RecordSearch|1804229|Caribbean Births and Baptisms, 1590-1928}} at FamilySearch — [[Caribbean Births and Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images; ''Also at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/1576/caribbean-births-and-baptisms-1590-1928 American Ancestors] ($), [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30247/caribbean-births-baptisms-1590-1928?s=275764761 MyHeritage]'' ($)
 
*'''1591-1905''' {{RecordSearch|1805647|Caribbean Marriages, 1591-1905}} at FamilySearch — [[Caribbean Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images; ''Also at: [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60247/ Ancestry]($), [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/1577/caribbean-marriages-1591-1905 American Ancestors]($), [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/caribbean-marriage-index-1591-1905 Findmypast] ($)''
*'''1666-1809''' [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=SAINT-DOMINGUE Santo Domingo (Haiti) French Overseas Civil Registration, 1666-1809], index & images.
 
*'''1790-1906''' {{RecordSearch|1809321|Caribbean Deaths and Burials, 1790-1906}} at FamilySearch — [[Caribbean Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images; ''Also at: [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60246/ Ancestry]($) [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/1575/caribbean-deaths-and-burials-1790-1906 American Ancestors]($)
 
*'''1794-2012''' {{RecordSearch|1482819|Haiti, Civil Registration, 1794-2012}} at FamilySearch — [[Haiti, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images. ''Also at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/cardcatalog.aspx#ccat=hc=25&dbSort=1&sbo=1&title=Haiti&keyword=& Ancestry]'' ($)
 
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=haiti British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Haiti], index & images ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=haiti British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Haiti], index & images ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
 
===Offices to Contact===
 
Archives Nationales d'Haiti<br>
22 Angle des Rues Borgella et Geffrard<br>
Port-au-Prince<br>
Haiti<br>
 
Telephone: (509)36615151<br>
Fax: (509)22468666 <br>
::(509)22468668<br>
Email: [mailto:bertrandlouissaint@yahoo.fr bertrandlouissaint@yahoo.fr] <ref>Caribbean Archives Association, Migan, [https://dloc.com/UF00083680/00001 Directory of Caribbean Archival Institutions], (accessed 5 February 2021).</ref>
 
==Background==
 
"The US Department of State Reciprocity Schedule provides the following information about birth certificates: Births can be registered by either the father or the mother. If the child is born out of wedlock and is registered by the mother, the father is not specified and the child is registered with the surname of the mother. Extraits can be obtained from the National Archives ... If no record exists or cannot be found, the National Archives can prepare an extrait ... and including the text of a baptismal certificate. These negative extraits are considered unreliable as proof of relationship. (25 Aug. 2005)"<ref name="refworld">UN Refugee Agency, refworld, [https://www.refworld.org/docid/485ba863c.html Haiti: Procedure to obtain a birth certificate], Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.(accessed 5 February 2021).</ref>
 
==Coverage and Compliance==
 
The president of the Insurance Association of Haiti, Fritz Decatalogne, said in an April 2004 article that "only 40 percent of the population possesses an acte de naissance" (birth certificate) (Haiti Press Network 8 Apr. 2004)." <ref name="refworld" />
 
==Information Recorded in the Records==
 
===Birth Records===
 
*Name of child
*Gender
*Baptism/birth date
*Baptism/birth place
*Father’s name
*Mother’s name
 
===Marriage Records===
 
*Names of bride and groom
*Date of marriage
*Place of marriage
*Names of parents
 
===Death Records===
 
*Name of the deceased
*Birth date of the deceased
*Ages of the deceased
*Residence
*Parent's name
*Spouse's name
*Event Date
*Event Place
 
== Hidden Civil Registration Records ==
                                  
                                  
The following tables list places in Haiti that can only be found in FamilySearch using the method described below.
The following tables list civil records for Haiti comunes that are not accessible in FamilySearch using the usual search mehod. In other words, these places are NOT visible in the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=330&query=%2Bplace%3AHaiti "Places within Haiti" catalog page].  


=== Finding Hidden Records ===
==== Finding Hidden Records ====
To access these records:
To find these hidden records:
# From the FamilySearch main page click the Search menu and select Catalog to open the Catalog main page.  
# From the main page click the Search menu and select Catalog to open the Catalog main page.  
# To open a search field, click either the Subjects link or the Keywords link. Make sure the Place field is blank.
# To open a search field, click either the Subjects link or the Keywords link. Make sure the Place field is blank.
# From one of the tables below, choose the commune, communal section, or communal place that you wish to research.
# From one of the tables below, choose the comune, comunal section, or comunal place that you wish to research.
# In the Subjects or Keywords field, enter the name you chose in Step 3, followed by the word "Haiti."  
# In the Subjects or Keywords field, enter the name you chosed in Step 3, followed by the word "Haiti."  
# Click the Search button.
# Click the Search button.
Note: The search mechanism may sometimes expect to find a diacritic mark. If your results are negative, try replacing those characters with wildcards.


=== Hidden Records by Departments ===
=== Hidden Records by Departments ===
Below are tables for nine of the ten departments in Haiti. In some cases, the records cover only a section or place in the commune, rather than the entire commune.
Below are tables for nine of the ten departments in Haiti. In some cases, the records cover only a section or place in the comune, rather than the entire comune.


==== Artibonite ====
==== Artibonite ====
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!Arrondissement
!Arrondissement
!Communne
!Communne
!Place
!Collection
!Range
!Comments
!Comments
|-
|-
|Dessalines
|Dessalines
|Dessalines
|Dessalines
|
|Civil  1845-1915
|1845-1915
|
|
|-
|-
|Dessalines
|Dessalines
|Petite Rivière de  l'Artibonite
|Petite Rivière de  l'Artibonite
|Savanne a Roche
|Civil  1989-2015
|1989-2015
|Savanne a Roche, communal section
|communal section
|-
|-
|Gonaïves
|Gonaïves
|L'Estère
|L'Estère
|
|Civil  1950-2016
|1950-2016
|
|
|-
|-
|Gonaïves
|Gonaïves
|Gonaïves
|Gonaïves
|Petite Riviere de Bayonnaise
|Civil  1989-2013
|1989-2013
|Petite Riviere de Bayonnaise, communal section
|communal section
|-
|-
|Gros-Morne
|Gros-Morne
|Anse Rouge
|Anse Rouge
|Civil  2009-2015
|Port-a-Piment-du-Nord
|Port-a-Piment-du-Nord
|2009-2015
|
|-
|-
|Gros-Morne
|Gros-Morne
|Terre-Neuve
|Terre-Neuve
|
|Civil  1845-2015
|1845-2015
|
|
|-
|-
|Marmelade
|Marmelade
|Saint Michel de l'Attalaye
|Saint Michel de l'Attalaye
|
|Civil  1873-2014
|1873-2014
|
|
|-
|-
|Saint-Marc
|Saint-Marc
|Liancourt
|Liancourt
|
|Civil  1954-2015
|1954-2015
|
|
|-
|-
|Saint-Marc
|Saint-Marc
|Montrouis
|Montrouis
|
|Civil  1987-2015
|1987-2015
|
|
|}
|}
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!Arrondissement
!Arrondissement
!Communne
!Communne
!Range
!Collection
!Comments
!Comments
|-
|Hinche
|Hinche
|civil  1836-2015
|
|-
|-
|Hinche
|Hinche
|Cerca-Carvajal
|Cerca-Carvajal
|1950-2015
|civil  1950-2015
|
|
|-
|-
|Hinche
|Hinche
|Thomonde
|Thomonde
|1886-1915
|civil  1886-1915
|
|
|-
|-
|Lascahobas
|Lascahobas
|Lascahobas
|Lascahobas
|1848-1915, 2004-2015
|civil  1848-1915, 2004-2015
|
|
|-
|-
|Lascahobas
|Lascahobas
|Belladère
|Belladère
|2004-2015
|civil  2004-2015
|
|
|-
|-
|Lascahobas
|Lascahobas
|Savanette
|Savanette
|1907-2014
|civil  1907-2014
|
|
|-
|-
|Mirebalais
|Mirebalais
|Saut-d'Eau
|Saut-d'Eau
|1890-1916
|civil  1890-1916
|
|
|-
|-
|Mirebalais
|Mirebalais
|Boucan-Carré
|Boucan-Carré
|2006-2014
|civil  2006-2014
|
|
|}
|}
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!Arrondissement
!Arrondissement
!Communne
!Communne
!Place
!Collection
!Range
!Comments
!Comments
|-
|-
|Anse d'Hainault
|Anse d'Hainault
|Anse-d'Hainault
|Anse-d'Hainault
|
|civil  1891-1915
|1891-1915
|
|
|-
|-
|Corail
|Corail
|Corail
|Corail
|
|civil  1827-2005
|1827-2005
|
|
|-
|-
|Corail
|Corail
|Roseaux
|Roseaux
|
|civil  1950-2004
|1950-2004
|
|
|-
|-
|Jérémie
|Jérémie
|Bonbon
|Bonbon
|
|civil  1950-1985
|1950-1985
|
|
|-
|-
|Jérémie
|Jérémie
|Chambellan
|Chambellan
|
|civil  1950-2003
|1950-2003
|
|
|-
|-
|Jérémie
|Jérémie
|Jérémie
|Jérémie
|Marfranc
|civil  1977-1985
|1977-1985
|Marfranc, communal  section
|communal  section
|-
|-
|Jérémie
|Jérémie
|Moron
|Moron
|
|civil  1951-1986
|1951-1986
|
|
|-
|-
|Jérémie
|Jérémie
|Moron
|Moron
|Sources Chaudes
|civil  1952-2005
|1952-2005
|Sources Chaudes, communal section
|communal section
|}
|}


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!Arrondissement
!Arrondissement
!Communne
!Communne
!Range
!Collection
!Comments
!Comments
|-
|Miragoâne
|Miragoâne
|civil  1830-1915
|
|-
|-
|Miragoâne
|Miragoâne
|Petite-Rivière-de-Nippes
|Petite-Rivière-de-Nippes
|1828-1920
|civil  1832-2015
|
|
|-
|-
|Anse-à-Veau
|Anse-à-Veau
|Anse-à-Veau
|Anse-à-Veau
|1830-2015
|civil  1830-2015
|
|
|-
|-
|Anse-à-Veau
|Anse-à-Veau
|L'Asile
|L'Asile
|2009-2012
|civil  2009-2012
|
|
|}
|}
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!Arrondissement
!Arrondissement
!Communne
!Communne
!Place
!Collection
!Range
!Comments
!Comments
|-
|-
|Acul-du-Nord
|Acul-du-Nord
|Acul-du-Nord
|Acul-du-Nord
|Camp Louise
|civil  2007-2012
|2007-2012
|Camp Louise, communal  section
|communal  section
|-
|-
|Acul-du-Nord
|Acul-du-Nord
|Acul-du-Nord
|Acul-du-Nord
|Grison Garde
|civil  2009-2015
|2009-2015
|Grison Garde, place in Acul-du-Nord
|
|-
|-
|Limbé
|Limbé
|Limbé
|Limbé
|Camp Coq
|civil  2005-2014
|2005-2014
|Camp Coq, communal section
|communal section
|-
|-
|Limbé
|Limbé
|Bas-Limbé
|Bas-Limbé
|
|civil  2008-2014
|2008-2014
|
|
|-
|-
|Plaissance
|Plaissance
|Pilate
|Pilate
|
|civil  1991-2015
|1991-2015
|
|
|-
|-
|Saint-Raphaël
|Saint-Raphaël
|Saint-Raphaël
|Saint-Raphaël
|
|civil  1844-1860
|1844-1860
|
|
|-
|-
|Saint-Raphaël
|Saint-Raphaël
|Ranquitte
|Ranquitte
|
|civil  1844-1911
|1844-1911
|
|
|}
|}
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!Arrondissement
!Arrondissement
!Communne
!Communne
!Range
!Collection
!Comments
!Comments
|-
|-
|Fort-Liberté
|Fort-Liberté
|Perches
|Perches
|1847-1898
|civil  1847-1898
|
|
|-
|-
|Ouanaminthe
|Ouanaminthe
|Capotille
|Capotille
|2006-2015
|civil  2006-2015
|
|
|-
|-
|(le) Trou-du-Nord
|(le) Trou-du-Nord
|Caracol
|Caracol
|2008-2014
|civil  2008-2014
|
|
|-
|-
|Vallières
|Vallières
|Mombin-Crochu
|Mombin-Crochu
|1892-1916
|civil  1892-1916
|
|
|}
|}
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!Arrondissement
!Arrondissement
!Communne
!Communne
!Place
!Collection
!Range
!Comments
!Comments
|-
|-
|l'Arcahaie
|l'Arcahaie
|l'Arcahaie
|l'Arcahaie
|Saintard
|civil  2013-2015
|2013-2015
|Saintard, place in commune
|
|-
|-
|l'Arcahaie
|l'Arcahaie
|Cabaret
|Cabaret
|
|civil  1848-1916
|1848-1916
|
|
|-
|-
|Croix-des-Bouquets
|Croix-des-Bouquets
|Thomazeau
|Thomazeau
|
|civil  1891-1915, 2014
|1891-1915, 2014
|
|
|-
|-
|Croix-des-Bouquets
|Croix-des-Bouquets
|Cornillon
|Cornillon
|Grand Bois
|civil  1830-1915, 2009-2014
|1830-1915, 2009-2014
|Grand Bois, place in commune
|
|-
|-
|La Gonâve
|La Gonâve
|Anse-à-Galets
|Anse-à-Galets
|
|civil  1997
|1997
|
|
|-
|-
|La Gonâve
|La Gonâve
|Pointe-à-Raquette.
|Pointe-à-Raquette.
|
|civil  1980
|1980
|
|
|-
|-
|Léogane
|Léogane
|Leogane
|Leogane
|Trouin
|civil  2013-2016
|2013-2016
|Trouin, place in commune
|
|-
|-
|Port-au-Prince
|Port-au-Prince
|Kenscoff
|Kenscoff
|
|civil  1974-2016
|1974-2016
|
|
|-
|-
|Port-au-Prince
|Port-au-Prince
|Kenscoff
|Kenscoff
|Furcy
|civil  2010-2015
|2010-2015
|Furcy, place in commune
|
|}
|}


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!Arrondissement
!Arrondissement
!Communne
!Communne
!Range
!Collection
!Comments
!Comments
|-
|-
|Bainet
|Bainet
|Côtes-de-Fer
|Côtes-de-Fer
|1836-1915
|civil  1836-1915
|
|
|-
|-
|Belle-Anse
|Belle-Anse
|Anse-à-Pitres
|Anse-à-Pitres
|2001-2013
|civil  2001-2013
|
|
|-
|-
|Belle-Anse
|Belle-Anse
|Grand-Gosier
|Grand-Gosier
|1885-1912
|civil  1885-1912
|
|
|}
|}
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!Arrondissement
!Arrondissement
!Communne
!Communne
!Place
!Collection
!Range
!Comments
!Comments
|-
|-
|Aquin
|Aquin
|Aquin
|Aquin
|Vieux-Bourg-d'Aquin
|civil  1966-2006
|1966-2006
|Vieux-Bourg-d'Aquin, place in commune
|
|-
|-
|Les  Cayes
|Les  Cayes
|Chantal
|Chantal
|
|civil  1950-2015
|1950-2015
|
|
|-
|-
|Les  Chardonnières
|Les  Chardonnières
|Les Chardonnières
|Les Chardonnières
|
|civil  1833-1912, 2011-2013
|1833-1912, 2011-2013
|
|
|-
|-
|Les Chardonnières
|Les Chardonnières
|Les Chardonnières
|Les Chardonnières
|Rendel
|civil  1976-2006
|1976-2006
|Rendel, communal section
|communal section
|-
|-
|Les  Chardonnières
|Les  Chardonnières
|Les Anglais
|Les Anglais
|
|civil  1883-2005
|1883-2005
|
|
|-
|-
|Les  Côteaux
|Les  Côteaux
|Roche-à-Bateau
|Roche-à-Bateau
|
|civil  1951-2007
|1951-2007
|
|
|}
|}


==References==
[[Category:Haiti Civil Registrations Files]]
 
[[Category:Haiti]]

Revision as of 10:20, 12 June 2018

Hidden Civil Registration Records[edit | edit source]

The following tables list civil records for Haiti comunes that are not accessible in FamilySearch using the usual search mehod. In other words, these places are NOT visible in the "Places within Haiti" catalog page.

Finding Hidden Records[edit | edit source]

To find these hidden records:

  1. From the main page click the Search menu and select Catalog to open the Catalog main page.
  2. To open a search field, click either the Subjects link or the Keywords link. Make sure the Place field is blank.
  3. From one of the tables below, choose the comune, comunal section, or comunal place that you wish to research.
  4. In the Subjects or Keywords field, enter the name you chosed in Step 3, followed by the word "Haiti."
  5. Click the Search button.

Note: The search mechanism may sometimes expect to find a diacritic mark. If your results are negative, try replacing those characters with wildcards.

Hidden Records by Departments[edit | edit source]

Below are tables for nine of the ten departments in Haiti. In some cases, the records cover only a section or place in the comune, rather than the entire comune.

Artibonite[edit | edit source]

Arrondissement Communne Collection Comments
Dessalines Dessalines Civil 1845-1915
Dessalines Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite Civil 1989-2015 Savanne a Roche, communal section
Gonaïves L'Estère Civil 1950-2016
Gonaïves Gonaïves Civil 1989-2013 Petite Riviere de Bayonnaise, communal section
Gros-Morne Anse Rouge Civil 2009-2015 Port-a-Piment-du-Nord
Gros-Morne Terre-Neuve Civil 1845-2015
Marmelade Saint Michel de l'Attalaye Civil 1873-2014
Saint-Marc Liancourt Civil 1954-2015
Saint-Marc Montrouis Civil 1987-2015

Center[edit | edit source]

Arrondissement Communne Collection Comments
Hinche Hinche civil 1836-2015
Hinche Cerca-Carvajal civil 1950-2015
Hinche Thomonde civil 1886-1915
Lascahobas Lascahobas civil 1848-1915, 2004-2015
Lascahobas Belladère civil 2004-2015
Lascahobas Savanette civil 1907-2014
Mirebalais Saut-d'Eau civil 1890-1916
Mirebalais Boucan-Carré civil 2006-2014

Grand-Anse[edit | edit source]

Arrondissement Communne Collection Comments
Anse d'Hainault Anse-d'Hainault civil 1891-1915
Corail Corail civil 1827-2005
Corail Roseaux civil 1950-2004
Jérémie Bonbon civil 1950-1985
Jérémie Chambellan civil 1950-2003
Jérémie Jérémie civil 1977-1985 Marfranc, communal section
Jérémie Moron civil 1951-1986
Jérémie Moron civil 1952-2005 Sources Chaudes, communal section

Nippes[edit | edit source]

Arrondissement Communne Collection Comments
Miragoâne Miragoâne civil 1830-1915
Miragoâne Petite-Rivière-de-Nippes civil 1832-2015
Anse-à-Veau Anse-à-Veau civil 1830-2015
Anse-à-Veau L'Asile civil 2009-2012

North[edit | edit source]

Arrondissement Communne Collection Comments
Acul-du-Nord Acul-du-Nord civil 2007-2012 Camp Louise, communal section
Acul-du-Nord Acul-du-Nord civil 2009-2015 Grison Garde, place in Acul-du-Nord
Limbé Limbé civil 2005-2014 Camp Coq, communal section
Limbé Bas-Limbé civil 2008-2014
Plaissance Pilate civil 1991-2015
Saint-Raphaël Saint-Raphaël civil 1844-1860
Saint-Raphaël Ranquitte civil 1844-1911

North East[edit | edit source]

Arrondissement Communne Collection Comments
Fort-Liberté Perches civil 1847-1898
Ouanaminthe Capotille civil 2006-2015
(le) Trou-du-Nord Caracol civil 2008-2014
Vallières Mombin-Crochu civil 1892-1916

West[edit | edit source]

Arrondissement Communne Collection Comments
l'Arcahaie l'Arcahaie civil 2013-2015 Saintard, place in commune
l'Arcahaie Cabaret civil 1848-1916
Croix-des-Bouquets Thomazeau civil 1891-1915, 2014
Croix-des-Bouquets Cornillon civil 1830-1915, 2009-2014 Grand Bois, place in commune
La Gonâve Anse-à-Galets civil 1997
La Gonâve Pointe-à-Raquette. civil 1980
Léogane Leogane civil 2013-2016 Trouin, place in commune
Port-au-Prince Kenscoff civil 1974-2016
Port-au-Prince Kenscoff civil 2010-2015 Furcy, place in commune

South East[edit | edit source]

Arrondissement Communne Collection Comments
Bainet Côtes-de-Fer civil 1836-1915
Belle-Anse Anse-à-Pitres civil 2001-2013
Belle-Anse Grand-Gosier civil 1885-1912

South[edit | edit source]

Arrondissement Communne Collection Comments
Aquin Aquin civil 1966-2006 Vieux-Bourg-d'Aquin, place in commune
Les Cayes Chantal civil 1950-2015
Les Chardonnières Les Chardonnières civil 1833-1912, 2011-2013
Les Chardonnières Les Chardonnières civil 1976-2006 Rendel, communal section
Les Chardonnières Les Anglais civil 1883-2005
Les Côteaux Roche-à-Bateau civil 1951-2007
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