Sint Eustatius Civil Registration

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Sint Eustatius

Civil Registration

How to Find the Records

Online Collections

• 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
• 1828-1860 - [St. Eustatius and Saba after 1828 (record group 1.05.13.02). This record group covers the period 1828-1860, but most of the records are for the 1828-1845 period.

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

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

Historical Background

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." It is now a special municipality of the Netherlands. Slavery was abolished in 1863.