Requesting vital records

• Archives

  • Books with last record at least 90 years old
  • You can check the records yourself
  • About 80% available in microfilm
  • It is faster if parish is known
  • Photocopies provided at very low cost

• Civil Registry Offices

  • Records from 1912 to today
  • You have to request a certificate
  • Expensive: about $25 per certificate
  • You must know the parish and the year