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Archives and Libraries

• Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
• If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
• Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

Online Records

Many archive records have been digitized and are available online.

Church Archives

• Nederlands Hervormde Kerk. Kerkelijke registers, 1714-1822, images. Registers of the Dutch Reformed Church; baptisms, marriages and burials.
• Parish register transcripts, 1773-1778. Church of England. Parish Church of St. Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles) St. Eustatius baptisms, marriages and burials.
• Marriages performed in Amsterdam, Curaçao or St. Eustatius of couples (one or both) born in North America, images.

Civil Archives

• Civil records for Sint Eustatius are included in WieWasWie.
• 1787-1832 Registers van de Burgerlijke Administratie, 1787-1832
• 1869-1983 Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand, 1869-1983

Archives

The National Archives of the Netherlands has two record groups that have information about St. Eustatius, including civil registration:

• 1828-1860 - St. Eustatius and Saba after 1828, mostly 1828-1845 (record group 1.05.13.02). 1828-1860 finding aids
  
• 1709-1828 - St. Eustatius and Saba before 1828, mostly 1790-1828 (record group 1.05.13.01). 1709-1828 finding aids
  

Most of the records are not online yet.

The National Archives contact page

Visitors address:
Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 20
2595 BE The Hague
The Netherlands

Postal address:
Nationaal Archief
PO Box 90520
2509 LM The Hague
The Netherlands

Telephone: +31 (0)70 3315400
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