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Civil Registration

Resources

Online Resources

• U.S. State Department Reciprocity and Civil Documents - (Yemen) Contains information about record-keeping practices in Yemen and offices to contact
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Aden, Yemen, Findmypast - index & images ($)
• British India Office Births & Baptisms, Findmypast - index
• British India Office Marriages, Findmypast - index ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Aden, Yemen, Findmypast - index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Findmypast - index & images ($)
• British India Office Deaths & Burials, Findmypast - index ($)

Offices to Contact

Presidency of the Civil Status and Civil Registry Authority
Sana'a - Asr
P.O. Box: 3666
Yemen

Telefax: 218175
Email: civlreg@yemen.net.ye

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General Administration of Civil Registry
Email: civial@cra.gov.ye

Yemen government contacts - A spreadsheet from the Yemen National Information Center with names, websites, and contact information for government entities.

Department of State (Yemen) - Directory of issuers of legal documents, including instructions on how to request vital records and associated costs.

"Most Yemenis do not register births, marriages, divorces, or deaths when they occur. Certificates are issued at any time after the event on the basis of information provided to the civil registry office by the person requesting the document." Source: US Department of State - Consulate of Foreign Affairs

The consular section of a Yemen Embassy may be able to help you request a Yemen birth, marriage or death certificate.

For a list of embassies, see List of Diplomatic Missions in Yemen and Yemeni Diplomatic Missions abroad.

Permanent Mission of Yemen to the United Nations in New York
413 East 51st Street
New York, NY 10022

Telephone: 212-355-1730

212-355-1731

Email: yemenmissionny@gmail.com

ymiss-newyork@mofa.gov.ye

Background

Some of the people who involved in Yemen were:
- Egyptians, 1500s
- Portuguese, 1500s
- Ottomen (Turks) in the North, off and on from 1539 - 1918
- British in the South, 1839-1967

Information Recorded in the Records

Birth Records

• Name of child
• Birthdate

Death Records

• Name of deceased
• Death date