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New Caledonia

Civil Registration

How to Find the Records

Online Collections

1864-1880 - Tables décennales, 1864-1880 - FamilySearch, free. Ten-year indexes for diverse localities of New Caledonia. In French.

Offices to Contact

Local and national civil registry offices.

Historical Background

The Kanak are the indigenous inhabitants of New Caledonia. Until 1984, Kanak was spelled Canaque. In 1853, France took formal possession of New Caledonia. In 1864, New Caledonia became a penal colony. From the 1860s until 1897 when transportations ended, about 22,000 criminals and political prisoners were sent from France. In 1864, nickel was discovered, and France imported laborers from neighboring islands, the New Hebrides, Japan, the Dutch East Indies, and French Indochina. During WWII, 50,000 American troops were stationed on New Caledonia. 1n 1953, New Caledonians were given French citizenship.

Coverage and Compliance

Time period: 1854-present

90% coverage of the population^[1]

Information Recorded in the Records

Birth Records

Date
Name of child
Names of parents
Occupation of parents
Religion of parents
Name of informant
Residence of parents^[1]

Marriage Records

Date
Names of bride and groom
Names of parents
Occupation of parents
Religion of parents
Names of witnesses
Residence of bride and groom^[1]

Death Records

Date
Name of deceased
Names of parents
Occupation of parents
Religion of parents
Residence of deceased
Age at death
Cause of death
Place of burial^[1]

Other Types of Death Records

Death inventories (notarial record concerning inheritance), declarations of succession, tombstone transcriptions, obituaries, sexton records, burials, and others.

Location: Administrative offices at various levels and archives.

Time period: 1860-present

Population coverage: 40% of the population

Contents:

Names
Vital statistics
In some sources names of kin and relationship to the deceased^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Melanesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.

[profile-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Melanesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.

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