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North Macedonia

Civil Registration

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Offices to Contact

Republic of North Macedonia, Office for Management of Registers
Bul. St. Cyril and Methodius 54
1000 Skopje, R. Macedonia

Telephone:02 3223-787
Email: contact@uvmk.gov.mk
Addresses of Regional Offices

Background

Ottoman population registers functioned in the role of civil registration from 1831 to 1913, when Macedonia became part of Serbia. Only males were counted before 1881, but everyone was counted thereafter. These registers noted sex, birth date, residence, age, religion, craft or occupation, marital status, marriage date, health, and military status.

Civil registration began in 1946.

Information Recorded in the Records

Birth Records

• Name
• Date of birth
• Names of parents
• Residence of parents
• Occupation of parents
• Religious preference of parents
• Name of informant

Marriage Records

• Date of marriage
• Names of bride and groom
• Residences of bride and groom
• Names of parents
• Names of witnesses

Death Records

• Date of death
• Name of deceased
• Age of deceased
• Cause of death
• Place of burial