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| ==Resources==
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| ===Online Resources===
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| * [https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Jordan.html U.S. State Department Reciprocity and Civil Documents] - (Jordan) Contains information about record-keeping practices in Jordan and offices to contact
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| *[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=jordan British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
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| *[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20banns%20and%20marriages&country=jordan~jordan&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
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| *[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20deaths%20and%20burials&country=jordan&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
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| ===Offices to Contact=== | | == Civil registration == |
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| [https://hazine.info/tag/jordan-en/ National Library in Amman]<br>
| | 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. |
| [https://nl.gov.jo/Ar/Pages/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7 Department of the National Library]<br>
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| Number 9 Haroun Al Rasheed St 9<br>
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| P.O.Box: 6070 Amman 11118<br>
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| Amman, Jordan<br>
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| Telephone: +962 6 566 2845<br>
| | Record type: Births, marriages, deaths, divorces. |
| ::::06-5662791<br>
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| Fax: 065662867<br>
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| Email : [mailto:nl@nl.gov.jo nl@nl.gov.jo]<br>
| | Time period: 1921-present. Early years only included Europeans. Registration of the general populous became compulsory in 1957. |
| Email of the Public Relations Department [mailto:PR@NL.GOV.JO PR@NL.GOV.JO]<br>
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| | 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. 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. |
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| '''Marriage contracts''' are at Islamic law court [sharia] archives in various cities.<ref name="profile" />
| | Location: National Archives in Amman and local government offices. |
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| ==Background==
| | Population coverage: Before 1957, 5%; after 1957, as high as 80%. |
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| Time period: 1921-present. Early years only included Europeans. Registration of the general populous became compulsory in 1957.
| | Reliability: Excellent. |
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| Marriage contracts:
| | Accessibility: By personal visit or correspondence.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Jordan,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2000.</ref> |
| These records are the only source prior to civil registration of specific marriage information and provide a marriage date. They also provide relationships.
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| Legal contracts of marriage are the closest thing in Islamic society to marriage records. In Islamic tradition marriage is considered a legal contract between two families and is not considered a religious sacrament. Islamic law courts [sharia] handled the majority of litigation, particularly in the domain of personal and family status including marriage and divorce.
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| Time period of marriage contracts: 1400-present.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Jordan,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2000.</ref>
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| ===Coverage and Compliance===
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| Population coverage: Before 1957, 5%; after 1957, as high as 80%.
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| Population coverage for marriage contracts: As high as 75%; these records pertain to Muslim marriages only.<ref name="profile" />
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| ==Information Recorded in the Records==
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| ===Birth Records===
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| *Child’s name
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| *Birth date and place
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| *Parents’ names, residence, and occupation
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| *Witnesses’ ages, relationships, residences<ref name="profile" />
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| ===Marriage Records===
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| *Names of Bride and groom
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| *Ages
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| *Residences
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| *Occupations
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| *Marriage date and place
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| *Sometimes ages and/or birth dates and places
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| *Parents' names, residences, occupations
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| *Witnesses<ref name="profile" />
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| ===Marriage contracts===
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| *Names of marriage candidates
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| *Date of contract and
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| *Date of marriage
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| *Parents (at least the father) of marital partners
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| *Details concerning dowry<ref name="profile" />
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| ===Death Records===
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| *Name of deceased
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| *Age
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| *Death date and place
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| *Occupation
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| *Name of surviving spouse
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| *Informant’s name and residence
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| *Cause of death
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| *Sometimes birth date and place
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| *Parents’ names
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| *Children’s names<ref name="profile" />
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| == Strategy ==
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Jordan
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.
Record type: Births, marriages, deaths, divorces.
Time period: 1921-present. Early years only included Europeans. Registration of the general populous became compulsory in 1957.
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. 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 in Amman and local government offices.
Population coverage: Before 1957, 5%; after 1957, as high as 80%.
Reliability: Excellent.
Accessibility: By personal visit or correspondence.[1]
- ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Jordan,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2000.