Bonaire Civil Registration

Online Collections

 * 1828-2000 - Bonaire (Nederlandse Antillen). Burgerlijke Stand, Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand, 1828-2000


 * Civil records for Bonaire are included in WieWasWie.

Offices to Contact
Administrative Office of the Public Body of Bonaire Plasa Reina Wilhelmina 1 Kralendijk

Telephone: (+599) 717 5330 Email: [mailto:postarchive@bonairegov.com postarchive@bonairegov.com]

Bonaire Civil Affairs Kaya Neerlandia 40 Kralendijk, Bonaire

Email: [mailto:burgerzaken@bonairegov.com burgerzaken@bonairegov.com]

Library Kaya Gramel Kralendijk, Bonaire

Telephone: (+599) 717-1728 Email: [mailto:Library@bonairegov.com Library@bonairegov.com]

Also see U.S. SSA, Program Operations Manual System (POMS) for Procedure For Obtaining Birth, Marriage, And Death Certificates From Caribbean Netherlands.

Historical Background
The area of what is now Bonaire was under Dutch control 1815-1936. From 1936-1948, it was part of the Territory of Curaçao, also Dutch. It was known as Netherlands Antilles, Bonaire, 1948-2010. Records may be in Dutch, Spanish, or English but mostly Dutch. It is also considered part of the Caribbean Netherlands.

Information Recorded in the Records
Birth records may include


 * Name of child
 * Date
 * Place
 * Names of parents

Marriage records may include


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

Death records may include
 * Name
 * Date
 * Place
 * Profession
 * Residence
 * Place and date of birth

For additional information, see Dutch Genealogy.