Tunisia Civil Registration

Africa Tunisia

Civil Registration
Research use: A primary source for birth, marriage, and death information.

Record type: Births, marriages, deaths, for Europeans but not all Tunisians.

Time period: 1881 - present.

Contents: Births – names, dates of birth, names of parents, father’s occupation and residence, sometimes age of mother; names of witnesses and their residence, occupations, and sometimes relationships. Marriages – names of candidates, their places of residence and date of marriage, sometimes ages and names of parents or sponsors. Deaths – name of deceased, their dates of deaths and burial, age, place of residence at time of death, occupation, cause of death.

Location: National Archives in Tunis; and Archives Nationales, Section Outre-Mer, in Paris.

Population coverage: Estimated to be 40%.

Reliability: Good.