Mauritius Genealogy

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

Information[edit | edit source]

Mauritius is an island country in the Indian Ocean whose nearest neighbor is Madagascar. It was formerly ruled by The Netherlands, France, and Great Britain. There is no official language.[1]

Mauritius Map[edit | edit source]

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Mauritius.

Districts[edit | edit source]

Mauritius is divided into the following districts:

  • Flacq
  • Grand Port
  • Moka
  • Pamplemousses
  • Plaines Wilhems
  • Port Louis
  • Rivière du Rempart
  • Rivière Noire
  • Savanne

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Mauritius," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius, accessed 27 April 2016.