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==Muslim Records== | |||
====Marriage Contracts (''Sidaq'')==== | ====Marriage Contracts (''Sidaq'')==== | ||
Research use: A primary source for verifying marriages. | Research use: A primary source for verifying marriages. | ||
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Contents: Names of marriage partners and date of marriage. Other information unknown. | Contents: Names of marriage partners and date of marriage. Other information unknown. | ||
Location: At Islamic law court [ | Location: At Islamic law court [shari’a] archives in various cities. | ||
Population coverage: Approximately 65%. | Population coverage: Approximately 65%. | ||
Reliability: Excellent.<ref name="profile"> | Reliability: Excellent.<ref name="profile"/> | ||
==Christian Church Records== | |||
{{Main|Tunisia Church Records}} | |||
==Jewish Records== | ==Jewish Records== | ||
Registers of marriage for Portugese Jews who lived in Tunis in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, written in Hebrew, are purportedly available in the central archives at Tunis.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Tunisia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1991-2001.</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Tunisia]] | [[Category:Tunisia]] | ||
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Muslim Records[edit | edit source]
Marriage Contracts (Sidaq)[edit | edit source]
Research use: A primary source for verifying marriages.
Record type: Islamic civil marriage record.
Time period: 1500s - Present.
Contents: Names of marriage partners and date of marriage. Other information unknown.
Location: At Islamic law court [shari’a] archives in various cities.
Population coverage: Approximately 65%.
Reliability: Excellent.[1]
Christian Church Records[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Tunisia Church Records
Jewish Records[edit | edit source]
Registers of marriage for Portugese Jews who lived in Tunis in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, written in Hebrew, are purportedly available in the central archives at Tunis.[1]