Bosnia and Herzegovina Civil Registration

Online Collections

 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Bosnia and Herzegovina, index and images, ($)


 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, ($)

Offices to Contact
Civil registration records are available at civil registration offices in the municipalities.

For a list of municipalities with a map, see Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Wikipedia.

Historical Background
Ottoman population registers functioned in the role of civil registration until 1878, when Bosnia came under the control of Austro-Hungary.

Civil registration began in 1946 and exists to the present. There is no central office for birth, death and marriage records.

Birth records

 * Name
 * Date of birth (including time of day)
 * Names of parents
 * Residence of parents
 * Occupation of parents
 * Religious preference of parents
 * Name of informant.

Marriage records

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

Death records

 * Date of death
 * Name of deceased
 * Age
 * Cause of death
 * Place of burial