Vanuatu Civil Registration

Online Collections

 * 1900-2001 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1898-1915: French Overseas New Hebrides Civil Registration and Parish Registers, Vanuatu at Archivesnationales; index & images
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms at FindMyPast; index & images ($)

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

Historical Background
Civil registration began late in Melanesia as compared to other areas of the world, but for genealogical purposes, it is the most complete source.

Birth Records
For child:
 * Name of child
 * Date and place of birth

For parents:
 * Names
 * Usual residence
 * Occupation
 * Age or birth date
 * Place of birth
 * Names of their parents
 * Marital status

Other information:
 * Date and place of registration
 * Names of witnesses with their birth dates

Death Records

 * 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.