Sint Eustatius Civil Registration

Online Collections
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.
 * 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.

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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: [mailto:census.office@statiagov.com census.office@statiagov.com]

The National Archives of the Netherlands has two other record groups that have information about St. Eustatius, including civil registration:


 * 1828-1860 - St. Eustatius and Saba after 1828, mostly 1828-1845 (record group 1.05.13.02). 1828-1860 finding aids
 * 1709-1828 - St. Eustatius and Saba before 1828, mostly 1790-1828 (record group 1.05.13.01). 1709-1828 finding aids

Most of the records are not online yet.

The National Archives contact page

Visitors address: Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 20 2595 BE The Hague The Netherlands

Postal address: Nationaal Archief PO Box 90520 2509 LM The Hague The Netherlands

Telephone: +31 (0)70 3315400 Email

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.

Birth Records

 * Name of child
 * Gender
 * Date of birth
 * Place of birth
 * Names of father and mother

Marriage Records

 * Names of bride and groom
 * Date of marriage
 * Place of marriage
 * Names of parents
 * Names of witnesses

Death Records

 * Name of deceased
 * Date of death
 * Place of death
 * Name of spouse or parents