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==Resources==
==How to Find the Records==
===Online Resources===
* [https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Oman.html U.S. State Department Reciprocity and Civil Documents] - (Oman) Contains information about record-keeping practices in Oman and offices to contact
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=oman British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=oman British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&sid=103&country=oman British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast - index & images ($)


===Offices to Contact===
===Online Collections===


Royal Oman Police<br>
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=oman British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms] at Findmypast; index & images, ($)
[https://www.rop.gov.om/english/ropphones.aspx General of Civil Status]<br>
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=oman British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages] at Findmypast; index & images, ($)
Directorate General of Civil Status<br>
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&sid=103&country=oman British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast; index & images, ($)


Telephone: 24521945 / 24521946<br>
===Offices to Contact===
Email: info@rop.gov.om<br>


==Background==
==Historical Background==


Documenting births and deaths started slowly after 1970. Vital Registration started in May 2004.<ref>Dr. Medhat K. ElSayed, [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/meetings/wshops/Civil_Registration_Dec07_Cairo/docs/Oman_Ministry_of_Health.pdf Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
==Coverage and Compliance==
In Sultanate of Oman], December 3-6, 2007,  p. 2, (accessed 10 February 2023).</ref>
 
===Coverage and Compliance===


==Information Recorded in the Records==
==Information Recorded in the Records==


===Birth Records===
*Date both Georgian and Hijri (in numbers and alphabetical)
*Place
*Sex of newborn
*Name of newborn
For both parents the following is given:
*Name
*Civil number
*Tribe
*Nationality
*Religion
*Address
*Occupation<ref>Ibid, p. 8.</ref>
*Age<ref>Ibid, p. 9.</ref>
===Death Records===


*Place of death
*Date of death both Georgian and Hijri (in number and alphabetical)
*Deceased:
:- Name
:- Tribe
:- Sex
:- Nationality
:- Religion
:- Address
:- Occupation
:- Age
:- Place of birth
:- Date of birth
:- Civil number
:- Place of registration, if known
*Name and tribe of father and mother, if known
*Informant: name, address and relation to deceased<ref>Ibid, p. 11.</ref>
==Strategy==


== References ==
== References ==
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