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The records of birth, marriage and death provides important information of events in a person's life; therefore, it became necessary for legal authorities to record and keep these events in their citizens life, in formal books, for the benefit of civil and personal purposes. | The records of birth, marriage and death provides important information of events in a person's life; therefore, it became necessary for legal authorities to record and keep these events in their citizens life, in formal books, for the benefit of civil and personal purposes. | ||
==Civil Registration (''Registros Civiles'')== | |||
Research use: Information can be used to compile pedigrees and family groups and to perform temple ordinances. Identifies parents, children and spouses and dates and places of vital events. Other relatives are often identified. | |||
Record type: Births, marriages, marriage applications, deaths. | |||
Time period: 1889-present. Laws were passed in 1889, 1898, 1901 and 1922 requiring the keeping of registers, but few registers were begun before 1922. Also a number of records were destroyed during World War II. | |||
Contents: Births: Child’s name, birth date and place; parents’ names, residence, and occupation; witnesses’ ages, relationships, residences. Marriages: Bride and groom names, ages, residences, occupations, marriage date and place; sometimes ages and/or birth dates and places; parents' names; residences, occupations; witnesses and officer who performed ceremony; former spouses. Marriage applications, licenses, contracts: Names of prospective marriage partners, intentions, residences, parents, etc. Death registers: Name of deceased, age, death date and place, occupation, name of surviving spouse, informant’s name and residence, cause of death, sometimes birth date and place, parents’ names, children’s names. Fetal deaths: Record of all stillbirths, includes information similar to birth and death data shown above. | |||
Location: Most records prior to 1922 have been sent to the National Bureau of Records Management, others, particularly certificates after 1950 are in the National Census and Statistics Office or have been retained in local civil registry offices. | |||
Population coverage: Before 1922, 20%; after 1922, 90%. | |||
Reliability: Excellent.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Philippines,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-1999.</ref> | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Philippines Vital Records]] | [[Category:Philippines Vital Records]] | ||
[[Category:Civil Registration]] | [[Category:Civil Registration]] | ||