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=== Civil Registration Records not listed in Places Within Haiti ===
=== Hidden Civil Registration Records ===
                                  
                                  
The following tables enable you to access information about Haiti communes that are not listed in the FamilySearch [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=330&query=%2Bplace%3AHaiti "Places within Haiti" catalog page]. Below are tables for 9 of the 10 departments in Haiti.
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 ====
To find these hidden records:
To find these hidden records:
# Open the Search Catalog main page.
# To open the Search Catalog page, from the main page click the Search menu and select Catalog.  
# Click Subjects link instead of Place link.
# To open a search field, click either the Subjects link or the Keywords link. Make sure the Place field is blank.
# In the Subjects field, enter the name of the communne, comunal section or place found in these tables, followed by the word "Haiti."
# From one of the tables below, choose the comune, comunal section, or comunal place that you wish to research.
# Click the Search button.
# In the Subjects or Keywords field, enter the name you chosed in Step 3, followed by the word "Haiti."  
# 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 ===
Below are tables for 9 of the 10 departments in Haiti. In some cases, the records cover only a section or place in the comune, rather than the entire comune.


==== Artibonite ====
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