Benin, Civil Registration of Deaths, 1891-2016
Collection of death records from Benin. Original records are located in the National Archives of Benin in Porto-Novo.
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Benin, Civil Registration of Deaths
What is in This Collection?
This collection includes death records from Benin, 1891-2014. Records from six of the twelve departments as well as other various records under Benin are represented in this collection. The collection may also contain some marriage records.
The Departments included in this collection are:
- Alibori
- Atlantique
- Benin
- Littoral
- Mono
- Ouémé
- Plateau
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Reading These Records
These records are written in French. For help reading them see:- France Languages
- French Genealogical Word List
- French Handwriting
- Brigham Young University: Script Tutorial for French
To Browse This Collection
| You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Benin, Civil Registration of Deaths, 1891-2014. |
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
- Province and district
- The signer
- Name
- Gender
- Date and place of birth
- Name of mother and father
- Spouse’s name
- Profession
- Home
- Name and address of the declarant
- Date and place of death
- Date of declaration
Collection Content
Sample Images
1932 Military death correspondence
1902 Declaration of death
1931 Report of circumstances surrounding death
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Collection Details
Language
French
Location of Original Records
Archives Nationales du Bénin, Porto-Novo
"Benin, État Civil, Décès, 1891-2016." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 30 April 2026. Archives Nationales du Bénin (National Archives of Benin), Porto-Novo.
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