Aruba Genealogy

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In other languages: Nederlands

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Aruba

Guide to Aruba ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Country Information

Aruba is the western most island of the Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean, off the north shore of Venezuela. It is a constituent country of The Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official languages are Dutch and Papiamento.

Aruba Online Genealogy Records

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Aruba Map

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Aruba.

Regions

Aruba is divided into eight regions:

• Noord/Tank Leendert
• Oranjestad (west)
• Oranjestad (east)
• Paradera
• Santa Cruz
• Savaneta
• Sint Nicolaas (north)
• Sint Nicolaas (south)