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*'''1787-1832''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/220133?availability=Family%20History%20Library Registers van de Burgerlijke Administratie, 1787-1832]
*'''1787-1832''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/220133?availability=Family%20History%20Library Registers van de Burgerlijke Administratie, 1787-1832]
*'''1869-1983''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1224559?availability=Family%20History%20Library Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand, 1869-1983]
*'''1869-1983''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1224559?availability=Family%20History%20Library Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand, 1869-1983]
*'''1828-1860''' - [St. Eustatius and Saba after 1828 (record group 1.05.13.02). This record group covers the period 1828-1860, but most of the records are for the 1828-1845 period.
St. Eustatius and Saba before 1828 (record group 1.05.13.01). This record group covers the period 1709-1828, but most of the records are for the 1790-1828 period.
[https://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/ask-yvette-where-can-i-find-records-for-st-eustatius/ Ask Yvette – Where Can I Find Records For St. Eustatius?]


===Offices to Contact===
===Offices to Contact===

Revision as of 17:25, 13 March 2021

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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Online Collections[edit | edit source]

St. Eustatius and Saba before 1828 (record group 1.05.13.01). This record group covers the period 1709-1828, but most of the records are for the 1790-1828 period.

Ask Yvette – Where Can I Find Records For St. Eustatius?

Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]

Civil Registry Department St. Eustatius (known locally as ‘Statia’)
Government Administration Building
De Graaffweg 13
St. Eustatius

Telephone: (+599) 318-2497 or, for urgent inquiries: (+599) 318-4029
Email: census.office@statiagov.com[1]

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

From the first European settlement around 1636 "until the early 19th century, St. Eustatius changed hands twenty-one times between the Netherlands, Britain and France." Slavery was abolished in 1863.[2]

Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. U.S. SSA, Program Operations Manual System (POMS), Procedure For Obtaining Birth, Marriage, And Death Certificates From Caribbean Netherlands, (accessed 23 February 2021.
  2. Wikipedia contributors, Sint Eustatius, (accessed 13 March 2021).