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Civil Registration

How to Find the Records

Online Collections

• 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 ($)

French Records
Some civil status records for Morocco and Tunisia are kept in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nantes. You can request a copy through their website. There is an alphabetical directory of these documents. You can use the directory to find the microfilm number and registration number of the document you need. These documents span the years 1914-1927.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nantes
48 Rue Georges Méliès
44100 Nantes, France

Telephone: (33) (0)1 43 17 53 53

Offices to Contact

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
7 rue F. Roosevelt
Rabat, Morocco

Telephone: +212 5377-61125
Ordering a full copy of a birth certificate

Historical Background

After independence in 1956, Morocco began to implement civil registration.