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''[[Asia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Thailand]]'' {{Thailand-sidebar}} | ''[[Asia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Thailand]]'' {{Thailand-sidebar}} | ||
===Civil Registration=== | |||
In the country of Thailand families are listed by House Identfication (ID) which is kept by district areas. There are 882 | Research use: Information can be used to compile pedigrees and family groups. Identifies parents, children and spouses and dates and places of vital events. Other relatives are often identified. | ||
Record type: Births, marriages, divorces, deaths. | |||
Time period: 1902-present. | |||
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; former spouses. Divorces: Often listed on the back of the marriage register. Includes names, ages, dates and places, occupations, residences. 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. | |||
Location: National Archives, National Civil Registration Office, and local prefecture civil registry offices. National archives copies prior to 1972 were destroyed in a fire. | |||
Population coverage: Before 1960, 30%; after 1960, 80%. | |||
Reliability: Excellent.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Thailand,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.</ref> | |||
=== Thailand District Office Details === | |||
In the country of Thailand families are listed by House Identfication (ID) which is kept by district areas. There are 882 districts, (Amphoe) in Thailand with their respective 76 Provinces (Changwat) and regions. Contact each district directly to get information below Contact details of ten most well known district offices in Thailand where a large majority of foreigners get married are listed below. Or go to this link in wikipedia to find additional info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Thailand search for "Thai Only" website for Thailand language use. | |||
[http://www.unescap.org/stat/meet/vs-Sep09/Thailand.pdf Academic study of the history of Thai civil registration of deaths] | [http://www.unescap.org/stat/meet/vs-Sep09/Thailand.pdf Academic study of the history of Thai civil registration of deaths] | ||