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-''[[Africa]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Mauritius Genealogy|Mauritius]]''
+{{CountrySidebar
+|Country=Mauritius
+|Name=Mauritius
+|Type=Topic
+|Topic Type=Records
+|Records=Civil Registration
+|Rating=Acceptable
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+| link1=[[Mauritius Genealogy|Mauritius]]
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+| link5=[[Mauritius Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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-{{Mauritius-sidebar}}
+==Resources==
+*'''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
-==Civil Registration==
+===Offices to Contact===
-Research use: A primary source of information.
+[https://csd.govmu.org/Pages/index.aspx Civil Status Division]<br>
+th Floor,Emmanuel Anquetil Building<br>
+Port Louis<br>
-Record type: Births, marriages, and deaths.
+Phone Number: 201-2279<br>
+Fax Number: 00230 211 2420<br>
+Email: [mailto:civstat@govmu.org civstat@govmu.org]<br>
-Time period: 1790-1930
+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
-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.
+==Background==
-Location: Registration offices on the various islands.
+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.
-Percentage in Family History Library: Near complete pre-1930 collection.
+*[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]]
+*[http://csd.pmo.govmu.org/English/Pages/Offices.aspx Civil Status Offices all Districts of Mauritius] includes contact information and addresses
-Population coverage: Estimated at 55%.
+==Coverage and Compliance==
-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>
+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>
+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.
+==Information Recorded in the Records==
+'''Birth'''
+*Name
+*Birth date and place
+*Parents’ names
+*Father’s occupation and residence
+'''Marriages'''
+*Names of bride and groom
+*Their places of residence
+*Date of marriage
+*Parents’ names and residence
+'''Death'''
+*Name
+*Death date and place
+*Residence at time of death
 == References ==
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 [[Category:Mauritius]]
+[[Category:Civil Registration]]