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Detailed Guidelines on Genealogical Research Methodology

 

Step 1
The searcher must start from his/her birth certificate.
Step 2
Subtract 20 years to 45 years from his/her date of birth 9year) to obrain his/her parent's date of birth;
Step 3
Go to the civil status Office to obtain the birth certificates of his/her parents;
Step 4
After obtaining their birth certificates, he/she will know the names of his/her grandparents;
Step 5
Apply the same process as in steps 2, 3 and 4 above to obtain the grandparents birth certificates;
Step 6
He/she must continue with the procedure in step 5 until he/she gets the name of his/her great-grand-parents;
Step 7
He/she must continue with the procedure in step 5 until he/she gets the first ancestor who came from abroad.
Step 8
In the case where the ancestor date of birth is before 1811, the searcher is advised to consult the indexes of the Civil Status of the French period, found at the National Archives. He/she may the request access to the Civil Status (BMS) records;
Step 9
In the case where the ancestors’ date of birth is after 1811, the searcher is advised to proceed to the Civil Status Office to obtain the birth certificates.
Reproduced with the kind permission of the National Archives