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== | ==Civil Registration== | ||
Research use: A primary source of information. | |||
Record type: Births, marriages, and deaths. | |||
Time period: 1790-1930 | |||
Contents: Birth – name, birth date and place, parents’ names, father’s occupation and residence. Marriages – name of bride and groom, their places of residence and date of marriage, parents’ names and residence. Death – name, death date and place, residence at time of death. | |||
Location: Registration offices on the various islands. | |||
Percentage in Family History Library: Near complete pre-1930 collection. | |||
Population coverage: Estimated at 55%. | |||
Reliability: Recognized as an official record.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Western Indian Ocean,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990, 2000.</ref> | |||
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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Research use: A primary source of information.
Record type: Births, marriages, and deaths.
Time period: 1790-1930
Contents: Birth – name, birth date and place, parents’ names, father’s occupation and residence. Marriages – name of bride and groom, their places of residence and date of marriage, parents’ names and residence. Death – name, death date and place, residence at time of death.
Location: Registration offices on the various islands.
Percentage in Family History Library: Near complete pre-1930 collection.
Population coverage: Estimated at 55%.
Reliability: Recognized as an official record.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Western Indian Ocean,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990, 2000.