Sint Eustatius Civil Registration

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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.

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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]

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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).