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===Online Collections===
===Online Collections===
*'''1859-1932''' {{RecordSearch|4318342|Saint Kitts and Nevis, Civil Registration, 1859-1932}} at FamilySearch - [[St. Kitts and Nevis, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1859-1932''' {{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|4318342|Saint Kitts and Nevis, Civil Registration, 1859-1932}} at FamilySearch - [[St. Kitts and Nevis, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images




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==Historical Background==
==Historical Background==


Saint Kitts had Carib indigenous people for thousands of years. Europeans began arriving in the 1600s.  Spanish, French and British settled there. African slaves were soon brought to work the plantations. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis], (accessed 21 May 2021).</ref>
Saint Kitts had Carib indigenous people for thousands of years. Europeans began arriving in the 1600s.  Spanish, French and British settled there. African slaves were soon brought to work the plantations. <span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>


The Islands of St. Christopher (now known as St. Kitts) and Nevis, which formed part of the Leeward Islands Federation from 1871 to 1956, and part of the Federation of the West Indies from 1958 to 1962, gained "association" status with Great Britain in 1967 and became fully independent in 1983. Saint Kitts and Nevis is part of the British Commonwealth.
The Islands of St. Christopher (now known as St. Kitts) and Nevis, which formed part of the Leeward Islands Federation from 1871 to 1956, and part of the Federation of the West Indies from 1958 to 1962, gained "association" status with Great Britain in 1967 and became fully independent in 1983. Saint Kitts and Nevis is part of the British Commonwealth.
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==Coverage and Compliance==
==Coverage and Compliance==


Birth and death registration began 1 January 1859.<ref>Titford, John. ''My ancestor settled in the British West Indies: (with Bermuda, British Guiana and British Honduras)''. London: Society of Genealogists Enterprises LTD. 2011.</ref> The National Archives St. Kitts and Nevis have birth and marriage records 1859 to 1930. Registration of marriages started in 1881.  The Archives also have marriage bonds.<ref>The National Archives of St. Kitts and Nevis, [https://www.nationalarchives.gov.kn/faq FAQs'], (accessed 3 May 2021)</ref>
Birth and death registration began 1 January 1859.<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span> The National Archives St. Kitts and Nevis have birth and marriage records 1859 to 1930. Registration of marriages started in 1881.  The Archives also have marriage bonds.<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>


The Registrar General of Nevis is the sole repository for Nevis of birth, death, marriage and fetal death records.<ref>Nevis Island Administration, [https://nia.gov.kn/ministries/health/registrar-general/ Registrar General Department], (accessed 3 May 2021).</ref>
The Registrar General of Nevis is the sole repository for Nevis of birth, death, marriage and fetal death records.<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>


==Information Recorded in the Records==
==Information Recorded in the Records==


===Births<ref>1916 Birth Certificate, parish of St. James, Island of Nevis page 265, no. 888</ref>===
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*Parish of birth
*Parish of birth
*When born
*When born
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*Baptismal name if added after registration of birth
*Baptismal name if added after registration of birth
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===Marriages<ref>Basseterre (St. Christopher). Registrar. ''Register of Marriage St. Christopher 1905-1906''. 1905 [FS Library8071773 image 579.]</ref>===
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*Religious denomination (Moravian/Wesleyan Methodist/Church of England)
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*Date of marriage
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*Witnesses
*Witnesses
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===Deaths<ref>Basseterre (St. Christopher). Registrar. ''Registers of Deaths 1895-1908 (St. Christopher)''. 1895 [FS Library8006698 image 6.]</ref>===
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*Parish and island of death
*Parish and island of death
*Date of death
*Date of death
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[[Category:Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
[[Category:Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
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