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All the information collected at the local registration office is eventually sent to Department of Civil Status (under the Ministry of Interior) | All the information collected at the local registration office is eventually sent to Department of Civil Status (under the Ministry of Interior) | ||
through the provincial level civil registration offices and centers (27 in total)." <ref>UN Statistics Wiki, [https://unstats.un.org/wiki/display/CRAVS/Civil+Registration+and+Vital+Statistics+System+in+Egypt Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System in Egypt], (accessed 16 December 2021)].</ref> | through the provincial level civil registration offices and centers (27 in total)." <ref>UN Statistics Wiki, [https://unstats.un.org/wiki/display/CRAVS/Civil+Registration+and+Vital+Statistics+System+in+Egypt Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System in Egypt], (accessed 16 December 2021)].</ref> | ||
Adoption is illegal in Egypt.<ref>U.S. Department of State-Bureau of Consular Affairs, [https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Egypt.html Egypt], Washington, D.C. 20520, (accessed 29 September 2022). | |||
==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
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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, Egypt at Findmypast; index & images ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Egypt at Findmypast; index & images ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Egypt at Findmypast; index & images ($)
- British Civil Service Evidence Of Age, Egypt at Findmypast; index & images ($)
Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]
Department of Civil Status (under the Ministry of Interior)
4417 local health units register births, deaths and fetal deaths.
Registration of marriages and divorces is done by 231 Family Affairs Courts and 2 Real Estate Publicity Department ( located in Cairo and Alexandria).
All the information collected at the local registration office is eventually sent to Department of Civil Status (under the Ministry of Interior) through the provincial level civil registration offices and centers (27 in total)." [1]
Adoption is illegal in Egypt.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
In 1907, the Ottoman Empire made a decree that expanded record keeping by penalizing those who did not comply. As a result, there is a greater microdata coverage after 1907, and sparse coverage prior to 1907.
Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]
Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]
Census Records[edit | edit source]
1848 Census: Includes the following key fields:
- Name
- Relationship to head of household
- Gender
- Age
- Legal Status (free, slave, or emancipated slave)
- Nationality
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Place of Origin
- Occupation
- School enrollment for male children
- Infirmities
- Physical Description (in rural provinces)
Microdata for most census through 19th and early 20th century did not survive, and were destroyed by choice or by chance.
Nationwide censuses from 1986-present day have survived.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ UN Statistics Wiki, Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System in Egypt, (accessed 16 December 2021)].