Sint Eustatius Civil Registration

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Sint Eustatius

Civil Registration

How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Online Collections[edit | edit source]

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

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."^[2]

Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ U.S. SSA, Program Operations Manual System (POMS), Procedure For Obtaining Birth, Marriage, And Death Certificates From Caribbean Netherlands, (accessed 23 February 2021.
↑ Wikipedia contributors, Sint Eustatius, (accessed 13 March 2021).

[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).

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