Sint Maarten Civil Registration

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Sint Maarten

Civil Registration

How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Online Collections[edit | edit source]

Civil records for Saba are included in WieWasWie.
1787-1832 - Registers van de Burgerlijke Administratie, 1787-1832
1869-1980 - Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand, 1869-1980

Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]

The Office of Civil Registry
Sualiouga Rd. #6
Philipsbourg, St. Maarten
Phone: 011-59954-22457
Fax: 011-59954-24567

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

Sint Maarten is the southern half of the island of Saint Martin and is a constituent country of the Netherlands. The other half of the island is a collectivity of France. The border has gone back and forth but is now stable. Few of the native peoples survived. The Spanish had the island for a short time. Massive numbers of African slaves were brought to the island in the 1600s. Therefore the people of the island may have Dutch, French and African ancestry with a little bit of native peoples and Spanish ancestry.

Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

Birth Records[edit | edit source]

Date and place of birth
Given name of child
Full names of parents

Marriage Records[edit | edit source]

Date and place of marriage
Full names of bride and groom
Names of parents
Names of witnesses

Death Records[edit | edit source]

Date and place of death
Name of deceased
Name of spouse or parents

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