Cameroon Civil Registration
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How to Find the Records
Online Collections
- 1849-2005 - British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Cameroon, index and images, Find My Past ($)
- 1854-1972 - British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Africa, index and images, Find My Past ($)
- 1849-1994 - British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Cameroon , index and images, Find My Past ($)
- 1849-1965 - British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Africa, index and images, Find My Past ($)
- 1818-2005 - British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, Find My Past ($)
Offices to Contact
Archives Nationales du Cameroun
BP 1053, rue 317, Quartier du Lac,
Yaoundé III
Yaoundé, Cameroon 00237
Telephone: +237 2 22 22 67 90
Email: ICAYaounde2018@ica.org
Location: National Archives in Yaoundé and provincial and department archives. Berlin, London, and Paris may have records of their nationals who were living in Cameroon during the colonial period.[1]
Historical Background
Time period: 1884 to present.[1]
The National Archives of Cameroon closed in 2016 for reorganization and digitization of its files. Researchers can still order digital copies of documents for a fee.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Information Recorded in the Records
Birth
- Name
- Birth date and place
- Parents’ names
- Father’s occupation and residence
- Sometimes age of mother
- Occupations
- Sometimes relationships
Marriage
- Name of bride and groom
- Their places of residence
- Date of marriage
- Sometimes ages and names of parents or sponsors
- Information regarding any former marriages
Death
- Name of deceased
- Death and burial dates
- Age
- Residence at time of death
- Occupation
- Cause of death