Suriname Civil Registration

Suriname

Civil Registration

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How to Find the Records

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• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms at Findmypast - index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages at Findmypast - index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials at Findmypast - index & images ($)

Offices to Contact

The vital events in Suriname are registered by the Central Office for Civil Registry and her field-offices. There are 10 districts with 42 field offices across the whole country.

Nationaal Archief Suriname (National Archives Suriname)
Jagernath Lachmonstraat #174
Paramaribo, Suriname

Telephone: +597 430035
Fax: +597 430040
Email: info@nationaalarchief.sr

Coverage and Compliance

Birth certificates, 1828-1921, mainly have certificates from Paramaribo.

Information Recorded in the Records

Marriage Records

• Place of marriage

Death Records

• Place of death
• Residence of the deceased