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==How to Find the Records== | |||
===Offices to Contact=== | |||
==Historical Background== | |||
==Coverage and Compliance== | |||
==Information Recorded in the Records== | |||
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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]
Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]
Historical Background[edit | edit source]
Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]
Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]
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.