French overseas departments and regions Departmental archives Municipality of Baie-Mahault Municipality of Baillif Municipality of Basse-Terre Municipality of Pointe-à-Pitre Departmental archives Municipality of Fort-de-France Municipality of La Trinité Departmental archives General Council Intermediate Archives Department (La Victoire site) Municipality of Etang Salé Municipality of La Possession Commune de Saint-André Municipality of Saint-Denis-de-la-Réunion Commune of Saint-Joseph Commune of Saint-Paul-de-la-Réunion Commune de Saint-Pierre Commune de Sainte-Suzanne Departmental Archives Appendix |
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Overseas collectivitiesCivil status certificates can be obtained from the registry office in the town hall where the certificate was issued. For example, a birth certificate can be obtained from the town hall where the birth was registered, a marriage certificate from the town hall where the marriage was celebrated, and so on for acknowledgments and deaths. Requests for certificates must indicate : Requests must be accompanied by proof of identity and a self-addressed, stamped envelope, plus a copy of the family record book (marriage page). For records over one hundred years old, registers from 1874 to 1907 can be found at : Registers for years prior to 1874 can be found at : For Mayotte, New Caledonia and Wallis & Futuna, please contact : - either the district of the place of birth in Wallis (Uvea) and Futuna (Alo and Sigave) - or to the Délégation de Wallis et Futuna auprès du Haut-Commissariat de la République en Nouvelle-Calédonie - or to the Délégation de Wallis et Futuna at the Ministère de l'Outre-Mer Service du patrimoine archivistique et audiovisuel Commune de Papeete Created in 1776 by royal edict, the Dépôt des papiers publics des colonies, more commonly known as the DPPC, was responsible for preserving copies of the most important deeds drawn up in the colonies at central administrative level, in order to guarantee the rights of individuals and the security of the State. The query form offers several criteria. You can select by commune, date and type of act. Search period: 1886 to 1905 Created in 1776 by royal edict, the Dépôt des papiers publics des colonies, more commonly known as the DPPC, was responsible for preserving copies of the most important deeds drawn up in the colonies, in order to guarantee the rights of individuals and the security of the State. Search period: 1889 to 1907 |
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Overseas territoriesTaaf headquarters : Rue Gabriel Dejean Phone: +262 96 78 78 Since the law of August 6, 1955, the French Southern and Antarctic Lands have been an Overseas Territory with administrative and financial autonomy. This overseas collectivity, with administrative and financial autonomy, was created by the law of August 6, 1955, abrogating the decree of 1924 which attached these lands to the General Government of Madagascar. Decree no. 2008-919 of September 11, 2008, implementing the status of Taaf, is the main development text. The Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (Taaf) comprise the Crozet archipelago, the Kerguelen archipelago, the Saint-Paul and Amsterdam islands, the Terre Adélie and, since the law of February 21, 2007, the scattered islands: Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, Europa and Bassas da India in the Mozambique Channel and Tromelin north of Reunion Island. The Crozet Islands (340 km2) are made up of five volcanic islands. The highest reaches 1,050 m. The climate is typical of the sub-Antarctic zone, particularly windy and rainy, with an average air temperature of 5°C and water temperature of 4°C. The archipelago lies between latitudes 45° 95 and 46° 50 South and longitudes 50° 33 and 52° 58 East, in the southern Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Antarctica. The archipelago is divided into two groups about 110 km apart. The western group includes Les Cochons, Les Apôtres and Les Pingouins, called the Cold Islands by Marion Dufresne, who discovered them in 1772. The eastern group includes Ile de la Possession and Ile de l'Est. The Kerguelen archipelago is located between 48°35' and 49°54' South latitude and between 68°43' and 70°35' East longitude, at a distance of around : The Saint-Paul and Amsterdam district is located in the south of the Indian Ocean, and comprises two islands around 85 kilometers apart: The Terre Adélie district is located on the Antarctic continent and forms an angular sector (432,000 km²) of ice cap between the 136th and 142nd meridians of east longitude. Its summit is at the geographic South Pole, and its base is a 350-kilometer stretch of coastline bordering the Antarctic Circle, bathed by the Dumont d'Urville Sea. The Eparses Islands are a group of five islands: Bassas da India, Europa, Juan de Nova, Glorieuses in the Mozambique Channel and Tromelin, north of Reunion Island. They are located in the zone of formation or passage of tropical cyclones. Archive Municipality of Nouméa |
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971 - Guadeloupe
972 - Martinique
973 - French Guiana
974 - Reunion Island
976 - Mayotte
986 -Wallis and Futuna
987 - French Polynesia
975 - Saint Pierre and Miquelon
97133 - Saint Barthélémy
97150 - Saint Martin
984 - Terres Australes et Antartiques
988 - New Caledonia