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==Resources==
===Online Resources===
*'''1837-1917''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1476/ Belarus, Birth Records from Select Cities, 1837-1917] at Ancestry - index ($)
*'''1857-1891, 1921''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1525/ Belarus, Marriage Records from Minsk (1921) and Mogilev (1857-1891)] at Ancestry. - index ($)
*'''1889''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1526/ Belarus, Minsk, List of Deaths, 1889] at Ancestry - index ($)
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10993/belarus-revision-lists?s=275764761 Belarus, Revision Lists] at MyHeritage — index ($)


Research use: Uniquely identify individuals and connects them to their parents.
===Offices to Contact===


Record type: Civil records of birth, marriage, and death.
'''Bureau of Civil Status Acts (ZAGS)'''<br>
*[https://archives.gov.by/en/welcome-to-the-archives-of-belarus-website/genealogy-family-history/archives-of-civil-registry-offices-zags Archives of Civil Registry Offices ZAGS by region]
*Civil registration offices exist at the local and regional levels. 
*Copies of local registrations are sent to regional offices.<br>


General: The Bureau of Civil Status Acts (ZAGS) creates and maintains civil registration.  The bureau is subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and is separate from the national archive system.  Registration of births must be done within two months of birth and deaths within three days.  Registration offices are collocated with "marriage palaces" permitting the registration and performance of weddings to occur at the same place and time.
==Background==


Time period: 1920-present.
Civil registration in Belarus, began in 1920. The Bureau of Civil Status Acts (ZAGS) creates and maintains civil registration. The bureau is subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and is separate from the national archive system.  <br>
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Registration of births must be done within two months of birth and deaths within three days.<br> 
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Registration offices are collocated with "marriage palaces" permitting the registration and performance of weddings to occur at the same place and time.


Contents: Birth, marriage, and death records have the exact date of the event, including time of day for births; names of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents; name of informant for births and names of witnesses for marriages; place of residence for parents of newly born, of the groom and bride for marriages, and of the deceased for deaths; age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death records.
==Coverage and Compliance==


Location: Civil registration offices exist at the local and regional levels.  Copies of local registrations are sent to regional offices.
From 1920 to about 1930, there was low coverage for registration, but after 1930 it was as high as 85%. <br>
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The civil war (about 1921-1922)<ref>Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War#Belarus Polish–Soviet War], (accessed 22 August 2020)</ref> of the early Soviet period inhibited registration.  For two years it was not enforced.  The system was established first in urban and later in rural areas.  Gaps persisted through 1926.<br> 
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Civil registration broke down in the occupied areas during World War II and some registers were burned.


Population coverage: Low for the first decade of registration, then 85% thereafter.  The civil war of the early Soviet period inhibited registration.  For two years it was not enforced.  The system was established first in urban and later in rural areas.  Gaps persisted through 1926.  Civil registration broke down in the occupied areas during World War II and some registers were burned.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Belarus,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2002.</ref>
==Information Recorded in the Records==


===Birth Records===
*Date
*Names of principal and parents
*Occupation and religious preference of parents
*Place of residence for parents
*Name of informant
===Marriage Records===
*Date
*Names of principal and parents
*Occupation and religious preference of parents
*Place of residence of the groom and bride
*Names of witnesses
===Death Records===
*Date
*Place of residence of the deceased
*Names of principal and parents
*Age at death
*Cause of death
*Place of burial
==Strategy==
== References  ==
== References  ==


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