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=== | ===Civil Registration=== | ||
Research use: Uniquely identifies individuals and connects them to their parents. | |||
Record type: Civil records of birth, marriage, and death. | |||
General: Civil registration is the most complete source for genealogical purposes. | |||
Time period: 1867-present | Time period: 1867-present. | ||
Contents: Birth, marriage, and death records have the exact date of the event, including time of day for births; name of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents; name of informant for births and names of witnesses for marriages; place of residence for parents of new born, of the groom and bride for marriages, and of the deceased for deaths; age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death records. | |||
Location: Local and national civil registry offices. | |||
Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods | Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods. | ||
Reliability: High.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Research use: Uniquely identifies individuals and connects them to their parents.
Record type: Civil records of birth, marriage, and death.
General: Civil registration is the most complete source for genealogical purposes.
Time period: 1867-present.
Contents: Birth, marriage, and death records have the exact date of the event, including time of day for births; name of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents; name of informant for births and names of witnesses for marriages; place of residence for parents of new born, of the groom and bride for marriages, and of the deceased for deaths; age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death records.
Location: Local and national civil registry offices.
Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods.
Reliability: High.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.