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=== Introduction  ===
=== Definition===
 
Civil registration is the records of births, marriages, and deaths that are kept by the government, rather than by a church.
Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1877.<ref name="rys">Ryskamp, George. ''Finding Your Hispanic Roots.'' Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.</ref>
===Time Coverage===
Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1877.


=== Information Recorded in Civil Registers  ===
=== Information Recorded in Civil Registers  ===
318,531

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