Vanuatu Civil Registration

Civil registration records uniquely identify individuals and connects them to their parents. These include divil records of birth, marriage, and death. Civil registration begins late in Melanesia as compared to other areas of the world but it is the most complete source for genealogical purposes.

These records usually contain:
 * Birth, marriage, and death records have the exact date of the event, including time of day for births
 * Name of principal and parents
 * Occupation and religious preference of parents
 * Name of informant for births and names of witnesses for marriages
 * Place of residence for parents of new born, of the groom and bride for marriages, and of the deceased for deaths
 * Age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death records.

Records can be found at local and national civil registry offices (some copies in France for New Caledonia and Vanuatu).