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{{breadcrumb | link1=[[Belize Genealogy|Belize]] | link2= | link3= | link4= | link5=[[Belize Civil Registration|Civil Registration]] }} ==How to Find Records== ===Online Records=== *'''1881-1951''' {{RecordSearch|4318337|Belize, Civil Registration, 1881-1951}} at FamilySearch - [[Belize, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images ===Offices to Contact=== '''Government of Belize'''<br> [https://www.belize.gov.bz/browse/Details/5 Vital Statistics Unit]<br> New Road and Hyde's Lane<br> Belize City<br> Phone: +(501)-223-5625 / +(501)-223-7405<br> Fax: +(501)-223-5635<br> '''[https://www.belizeembassyusa.mfa.gov.bz/ Embassy of Belize]''' <br> 2535 Massachusetts Ave NW<br> Washington, DC 20008-2826<br> Telephone: (202) 332-9636<br> Fax: (202) 332-6888<br> Email: reception.usa@mfa.gov.bz<br> [https://www.belizeembassyusa.mfa.gov.bz/vital-statistics-forms Vital Statistics Forms] has application forms to request a certificate of a birth, marriage, or death through the Embassy of Belize in Washington, D.C. ==Historical Background== "Vital Statistics Unit (VSU) is a General Registry in Belize that is accountable to register major events such as births, deaths, marriages, adoptions and deed polls... (Margaret, Edwin, 2007). The VSU have two main locations which is in Belize City and in Belmopan...Technology has impacted the performance of VSU and slowly eliminating paper-based to electronic copies."<ref name=":0">Evaluating Customer Service at the Vital Statistics Unit: A Customers’ Perspective, by Ellen Rudon, Danay Chavarria, Zayri Cocom, Nashla Mendez, and Kensworth Williams (University of Belize: Management Information System, University of Belize, 2018), [https://www.google.com/search?q=Belize+the+Vital+Statistics+Unit+(VSU)+of+the+General+Registry&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS850US850&oq=Belize+the+Vital+Statistics+Unit+(VSU)+of+the+General+Registry&aqs=chrome..69i57.2624j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Link to a downloaded pdf of Evaluating the Success of VSU Customer Service], p. 1.</ref> ==Coverage and Compliance== UNICEF is working to enforce immediate registration of births at hospitals through secure technology. (Williams, 2015).<ref name=":0" /> For additional information about civil registration in Belize, see [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/meetings/wshops/Guatemala/2016/docs/Session10-Belize.pdf ''Civil Registration in Belize''], United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division. ==Information Recorded in the Records== ===Birth Records=== Information about child: *Date of birth *Place of birth *Name *Gender Information about parents:<br> *Name of father *Maiden name of mother *Occupation *Address Other information:<br> *Informant's name, description, address *Date of registration *Name of Registrar *Name, if any, added to registration ===Marriage Records=== Information about the bride and groom: *Date of marriage *Place of marriage *Names and surnames *Whether under or above age of 21 *Condition (marital) *Rank or profession *Residences Information about fathers:<br> *Name and surname *Rank or profession Other information:<br> *Names of those who solemnized the marriage *Names of witnesses ===Death Records=== Information about deceased:<br> *Race *Date of death *Place of death *Name and surname *Gender *Age *Rank or occupation *Cause of death Other information:<br> *Name of medical practitioner *Informant's name, description, address *When registered *Signature of registrar == References == [[Category:Belize]] [[Category:Civil Registration]]