Réunion Island, France Civil Registration

How to Find the Records
(Create subheadings as needed, such as: Online records, availability, locating the records, search strategies, "Offices to Contact" (see examples below), etc. - make sure to include any other resources the patron may need to locate records ) NOTE: For additional information on civil registration, see the book International Vital Records Handbook by Thomas Kemp

For all links to online collections, format the link as:
 * DATE RANGE: [URL DATABASENAME] at [URL WEBSITENAME] — index/images/($)

To add a reference for where you got the civ reg information from, feel free to use the code below: Example code:

FOR EXAMPLE PAGES, SEE Zambia Civil Registration or Seychelles Civil Registration or Benin Civil Registration Offices to Contact NAME OF INSTITUTION Address Address Address Telephone: ####### Email: INSERT EMAIL HERE Website: [URL Website link]

(Optional) description of institution and their service/accessibility.

Historical Background (Include any historic, geographic, or local aspects that effected the civil registration/vital record keeping, such as colonization by other countries, wars, etc.) NOTE: For additional information on civil registration, see the book International Vital Records Handbook by Thomas Kemp by Thomas Kemp

Coverage and Compliance (Create subheadings as needed, such as: Records start date, registration frequency, locations covered, populations covered, compliance dates, etc.) NOTE: For additional information on civil registration, see the book International Vital Records Handbook by Thomas Kemp by Thomas Kemp

Information Recorded in the Records (Create subheadings as needed, such as: birth, marriage, death, divorce, etc. Make sure to include what information can be found, such as relationships, dates, locations, etc.) NOTE: For additional information on civil registration, see the book International Vital Records Handbook by Thomas Kemp by Thomas Kemp

References

Civil Registration
The vast majority of your research will be in church records and civil registration. For more information on these records and how to use them, read France Church Records and France Civil Registration. Fortunately, these records are available online from the archives of each department: Here is the website for the Overseas National Archives, where you will find these records.


 * National Overseas Archives, Réunion

For a demonstration of navigating archives websites, watch the video, Using France Department Archives Online.

British Nationals Birth, Marriage, and Death Records

 * British Nationals Born Overseas 1818-200, Réunion Island5 at findmypast.com index & images ($)


 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Réunion Island at findmypast.com index & images ($)


 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials at findmypast.com index & images ($)