Haiti Civil Registration

Online Collections

 * 1590-1928, index; Also at American Ancestors ($), MyHeritage ($)
 * 1591-1905 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: Ancestry($), American Ancestors($), Findmypast ($)
 * 1666-1809 Santo Domingo (Haiti) French Overseas Civil Registration, 1666-1809, index and imagges.
 * 1790-1906 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; ''Also at: Ancestry($) American Ancestors($)
 * 1794-2012, images. Also at Ancestry ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Haiti, index and images, ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Haiti, index and images, ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, ($)

Offices to Contact
Archives Nationales d'Haiti 22 Angle des Rues Borgella et Geffrard Port-au-Prince Haiti

Telephone: (509)36615151 Fax: (509)22468666
 * (509)22468668

Email: [mailto:bertrandlouissaint@yahoo.fr bertrandlouissaint@yahoo.fr]

Historical Background
"The US Department of State Reciprocity Schedule provides the following information about birth certificates: Births can be registered by either the father or the mother. If the child is born out of wedlock and is registered by the mother, the father is not specified and the child is registered with the surname of the mother. Extraits can be obtained from the National Archives ... If no record exists or cannot be found, the National Archives can prepare an extrait ... and including the text of a baptismal certificate. These negative extraits are considered unreliable as proof of relationship. (25 Aug. 2005)"

Coverage and Compliance
The president of the Insurance Association of Haiti, Fritz Decatalogne, said in an April 2004 article that "only 40 percent of the population possesses an acte de naissance" (birth certificate) (Haiti Press Network 8 Apr. 2004)."

Birth Records

 * Name of child
 * Gender
 * Baptism/birth date
 * Baptism/birth place
 * Father’s name
 * Mother’s name

Marriage Records

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

Death Records

 * Name of the deceased
 * Birth date of the deceased
 * Ages of the deceased
 * Residence
 * Parent's name
 * Spouse's name
 * Event Date
 * Event Place

Hidden Civil Registration Records
The following tables list places in Haiti that can only be found in FamilySearch using the method described below.

Finding Hidden Records
To access these records:
 * 1) From the FamilySearch main page click the Search menu and select Catalog to open the Catalog main page.
 * 2) To open a search field, click either the Subjects link or the Keywords link. Make sure the Place field is blank.
 * 3) From one of the tables below, choose the commune, communal section, or communal place that you wish to research.
 * 4) In the Subjects or Keywords field, enter the name you chose in Step 3, followed by the word "Haiti."
 * 5) Click the Search button.

Hidden Records by Departments
Below are tables for nine of the ten departments in Haiti. In some cases, the records cover only a section or place in the commune, rather than the entire commune.