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==Civil Registration==
==How to Find the Records==


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.
===Offices to Contact===


Record type: Births, marriages, divorces, deaths.   
Location: National Archives, National Civil Registration Office, and local prefecture civil registry officesNational archives copies prior to 1972 were destroyed in a fire.
 
==Historical Background==
 
Time period: 1902-present


Time period: 1902-present. 
==Coverage and Compliance==
 
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%.
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>
==Information Recorded in the Records==
 
'''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
*Names
*Ages
*Dates and places
*Occupations
*Residences
 
'''Deaths''' 
*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
   
<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 ==
== Thailand District Office Details ==


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