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/($)

Online Collections

 * 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 ($)

Offices to Contact
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.

Birth Records

 * Name of child
 * Gender of child
 * Date of birth
 * Place of birth
 * Names of parents
 * Occupations of parents
 * Ages of parents
 * Names, ages, and occupations of witnesses

Marriage Records

 * Date of marriage
 * Place of marriage
 * Names of bride and groom
 * Dates and birthplaces of bride and groom
 * Occupations of bride and groom
 * Names of parents of bride and groom

Death Records

 * Date of death
 * Place of death
 * Name of deceased
 * Age of deceased
 * Residence