Ivory Coast, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records

Ivory Coast

What is in This Collection?
This civil registration collection contains birth, marriage, and death records from Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). The records are written in French and span between the years 1946-2011.

For Help Reading These Records
These records are written in French. For help reading these records see:
 * French Wordlist
 * BYU's Script Tutorial

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:

Birth
 * Birth date
 * Name of child
 * Names of parents
 * Birthplace

Marriage
 * Names of husband and wife
 * Dates
 * Location

Military
 * Name
 * Hometown
 * ID number

Death
 * Name of deceased
 * Names of parents
 * Birth date
 * Death date

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 * Name of deceased
 * Birth date
 * Death date

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