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Here are four places to obtain information from birth, marriage, and death records. | Here are four places to obtain information from birth, marriage, and death records. | ||
*The primary registration unit is the office of the Mukhtar (head of the local government). Each village in Lebanon has a Mukhtar that is in charge of keeping records. See '''[[Lebanon Mukhtar Records|Lebanon Mukhtar Records]]''' to learn more about Mukhtars and how to contact them. <br> | |||
*'''Ministry of Interior and Municipalities''' (Arabic: وزارة الداخلية والبلديات)<br> | *'''Ministry of Interior and Municipalities''' (Arabic: وزارة الداخلية والبلديات)<br> | ||
::VFVQ+WF Beirut, Lebanon (Arabic: بيروت، لبنان)<br> | ::VFVQ+WF Beirut, Lebanon (Arabic: بيروت، لبنان)<br> | ||
::Telephone: +961 1 754 200<br> | ::Telephone: +961 1 754 200<br> | ||
*"If you know the Arabic names and the appropriate dates, you may be able to obtain birth and death certificates from district or central offices of the Bureau of the Census. Address your inquiry to the Census Office in the community (i.e., village, city, county) where your ancestor lived." <ref>Genealogy Today, Sandra Hasser Bennett, [http://www.genealogytoday.com/family/syrian/ "Researching Your Lebanese or Syrian Ancestry"], ©2000 Sandra Hasser Bennett. (accessed 21 July 2020). </ref><br> | *"If you know the Arabic names and the appropriate dates, you may be able to obtain birth and death certificates from district or central offices of the Bureau of the Census. Address your inquiry to the Census Office in the community (i.e., village, city, county) where your ancestor lived." <ref>Genealogy Today, Sandra Hasser Bennett, [http://www.genealogytoday.com/family/syrian/ "Researching Your Lebanese or Syrian Ancestry"], ©2000 Sandra Hasser Bennett. (accessed 21 July 2020). </ref><br> | ||