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==How to Find Records== | ==How to Find Records== | ||
===Online Records=== | ===Online Records=== | ||
*'''1881-1951''' {{RecordSearch|4318337|Belize, Civil Registration, 1881-1951}} at FamilySearch - [[Belize, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images | |||
===Offices to Contact=== | ===Offices to Contact=== | ||
Belize Vital Statistics Unit<br> | '''Government of Belize'''<br> | ||
New Road and | [https://www.belize.gov.bz/browse/Details/5 Vital Statistics Unit]<br> | ||
New Road and Hyde's Lane<br> | |||
Belize City<br> | Belize City<br> | ||
Phone: +(501)-223-5625 / +(501)-223-7405<br> | |||
Phone: +501 223-5625 | |||
Fax: +(501)-223-5635<br> | Fax: +(501)-223-5635<br> | ||
'''[https://www.belizeembassyusa.mfa.gov.bz/ Embassy of Belize]''' <br> | |||
[https:// | 2535 Massachusetts Ave NW<br> | ||
Washington, DC 20008-2826<br> | |||
Telephone: (202) 332-9636<br> | |||
Fax: (202) 332-6888<br> | |||
Email: reception.usa@mfa.gov.bz<br> | |||
[https://www.belizeembassyusa.mfa.gov.bz/vital-statistics-forms Vital Statistics Forms] has application forms to request a certificate of a birth, marriage, or death through the Embassy of Belize in Washington, D.C. | |||
== | ==Background== | ||
"Vital Statistics Unit (VSU) is a General Registry in Belize that is accountable to register major | "Vital Statistics Unit (VSU) is a General Registry in Belize that is accountable to register major events such as births, deaths, marriages, adoptions and deed polls... (Margaret, Edwin, 2007). | ||
events such as births, deaths, marriages, adoptions and deed polls.. | The VSU have two main locations which is in Belize City and in Belmopan...Technology has impacted the performance of VSU and slowly eliminating paper-based to electronic copies."<ref name=":0">Evaluating Customer Service at the Vital Statistics Unit: | ||
which is in Belize City and in Belmopan...Technology has impacted the | |||
performance of VSU and slowly eliminating paper-based to electronic copies. | |||
A Customers’ Perspective, by Ellen Rudon, Danay Chavarria, Zayri Cocom, Nashla Mendez, and Kensworth Williams (University of Belize: Management Information System, University of Belize, 2018), | A Customers’ Perspective, by Ellen Rudon, Danay Chavarria, Zayri Cocom, Nashla Mendez, and Kensworth Williams (University of Belize: Management Information System, University of Belize, 2018), | ||
[https://www.google.com/search?q=Belize+the+Vital+Statistics+Unit+(VSU)+of+the+General+Registry&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS850US850&oq=Belize+the+Vital+Statistics+Unit+(VSU)+of+the+General+Registry&aqs=chrome..69i57.2624j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Link to a downloaded pdf of Evaluating the Success of VSU Customer Service], p. 1.</ref> | [https://www.google.com/search?q=Belize+the+Vital+Statistics+Unit+(VSU)+of+the+General+Registry&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS850US850&oq=Belize+the+Vital+Statistics+Unit+(VSU)+of+the+General+Registry&aqs=chrome..69i57.2624j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Link to a downloaded pdf of Evaluating the Success of VSU Customer Service], p. 1.</ref> | ||
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==Coverage and Compliance== | ==Coverage and Compliance== | ||
UNICEF is working to enforce immediate registration of births at hospitals through secure technology. (Williams, 2015).<ref name=":0" /> | |||
https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/meetings/wshops/Guatemala/2016/docs/Session10-Belize.pdf | |||
For additional information about civil registration in Belize, see [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/meetings/wshops/Guatemala/2016/docs/Session10-Belize.pdf ''Civil Registration in Belize''], United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division. | |||
==Information Recorded in the Records== | ==Information Recorded in the Records== | ||
===Birth Records=== | |||
Information about child: | Information about child: | ||
*Date | *Date of birth | ||
*Place | *Place of birth | ||
*Name | *Name | ||
*Gender | *Gender | ||
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Information about parents:<br> | Information about parents:<br> | ||
*Name of father | *Name of father | ||
*Maiden name of | *Maiden name of mother | ||
*Occupation | *Occupation | ||
*Address | *Address | ||
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*Name, if any, added to registration | *Name, if any, added to registration | ||
===Marriage Records=== | |||
Information about the | |||
*Date | Information about the bride and groom: | ||
*Place | *Date of marriage | ||
* | *Place of marriage | ||
*Names and surnames | |||
*Whether under or above age of 21 | *Whether under or above age of 21 | ||
*Condition (marital) | *Condition (marital) | ||
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*Names of witnesses | *Names of witnesses | ||
===Death Records=== | |||
Information about deceased:<br> | Information about deceased:<br> | ||
*Race | *Race | ||
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*Informant's name, description, address | *Informant's name, description, address | ||
*When registered | *When registered | ||
Signature of registrar | *Signature of registrar | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Belize]] | [[Category:Belize]] [[Category:Civil Registration]] | ||
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