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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Online Collections[edit | edit source]

British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms at Findmypast; index & images ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages at Findmypast; index & images ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials at Findmypast; index & images ($)

Offices to Contact=[edit | edit source]

National Archives in Amman and local government offices

National Library in Amman
Department of the National Library
Number 9 Haroun Al Rasheed St 9
P.O.Box: 6070 Amman 11118
Amman, Jordan

Telephone: +962 6 566 2845

06-5662791

Fax: 065662867

Email : nl@nl.gov.jo
Email of the Public Relations Department PR@NL.GOV.JO

Marriage contracts are at Islamic law court [sharia] archives in various cities.^[1]

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

Time period: 1921-present. Early years only included Europeans. Registration of the general populous became compulsory in 1957.

Marriage contracts: These records are the only source prior to civil registration of specific marriage information and provide a marriage date. They also provide relationships.

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.

Time period of marriage contracts: 1400-present.^[1]

Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]

Population coverage: Before 1957, 5%; after 1957, as high as 80%.

Population coverage for marriage contracts: As high as 75%; these records pertain to Muslim marriages only.^[1]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

Birth Records[edit | edit source]

Child’s name
Birth date and place
Parents’ names, residence, and occupation
Witnesses’ ages, relationships, residences^[1]

Marriage Records[edit | edit source]

Names of Bride and groom
Ages
Residences
Occupations
Marriage date and place
Sometimes ages and/or birth dates and places
Parents' names, residences, occupations
Witnesses^[1]

Marriage contracts[edit | edit source]

Names of marriage candidates
Date of contract and
Date of marriage
Parents (at least the father) of marital partners
Details concerning dowry^[1]

Death Records[edit | edit source]

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^[1]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 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.

[profile-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 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.

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