Ivory Coast Civil Registration

Offices to Contact
Copies of much of the civil registration for 1843 - present are in Paris, in the Archives Nationales, Section Outre-Mer.

Note: The civil registration in France can be filmed only to 1900. The civil registration in the Ivory Coast may be filmed to 1930.

Coverage and Compliance
Births, marriages, deaths, for Europeans but not all Africans.

Time period: 1843 - present.

Population coverage: Estimated to be as high as 80% of the colonial French population, and 50% of the native population prior to independence.

Information Recorded in the Records
Contents: Births – name, date and place of birth, names of parents. Marriage – date and place of marriage, names of the couple. Deaths - name, residence, age, date and place of death, names of family members or relatives and cause of death.