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===Online Resources=== | |||
*[https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Lebanon.html U.S. State Department Reciprocity and Civil Documents] - (Lebanon) Contains information about record-keeping practices in Lebanon and offices to contact | |||
===Offices to Contact=== | ===Offices to Contact=== | ||
Here are three places to obtain copies of or information from birth, marriage, and death records: | |||
*'''Mukhtar:''' The primary registration unit is the office of the Mukhtar (head of the local government). Each village in Lebanon has a Mukhtar that is in charge of keeping records. See '''[[Lebanon Mukhtar Records|Lebanon Mukhtar Records]]''' to learn more about Mukhtars and how to contact them. <br> | |||
*'''Bureau of the Census:''' "If you know the Arabic names and the appropriate dates, you may be able to obtain birth and death certificates from district or central offices of the Bureau of the Census. Address your inquiry to the Census Office in the community (i.e., village, city, county) where your ancestor lived." <ref>Genealogy Today, Sandra Hasser Bennett, [http://www.genealogytoday.com/family/syrian/ "Researching Your Lebanese or Syrian Ancestry"], ©2000 Sandra Hasser Bennett. (accessed 21 July 2020). </ref><br> | |||
*'''Muhafazat:''' Birth, death and marriage records are also kept at the Office of the Registrar in each [[Lebanon#Jurisdictions|governate]] (called muhafazat).<ref>U.S. Embassy in Lebanon, [https://lb.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/local-resources-of-u-s-citizens/obtaining-vital-records/?_ga=2.8108215.467531011.1595388572-311750993.1588637621 Obtaining Vital Records], (accessed 21 July 2020).</ref> The contact information for the Office of the Registrar in each district can be found on the appropriate district page. Click below for the district you need:<br> | |||
*Birth, death and marriage records are also kept at the Office of the Registrar in each [[Lebanon#Jurisdictions|governate]] | |||
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==Background== | |||
Lebanon has kept civil records since about 1920. Before that, they were part of the Ottoman Record, where records were kept as well. | |||
*The civil registration system in Lebanon is centralized. The ... Ministry of Interior and Municipalities is responsible for the registration of vital events such as births, deaths, marriages and divorces.... There are 52 registry offices working under the central office through regional departments in 6 provinces. The primary registration unit is the mayor’s office in the village. The appointed civil registrars records vital events and issue certificate or permit (burial permit for deaths). The local registrar also reports civil registration data to higher level offices.<ref>United Nations Statistics Division, | |||
Demographic Statistics, CRVS Technical Report Series, Vol. 1, March, 2009, [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/crvs/documents/Technical_report_ESCWA_Final.pdf Technical Report on the Status of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in ESCWA Region], 30 March 2009 (accessed 21 July 2020).</ref> | |||
===Coverage and Compliance=== | |||
==Information Recorded in the Records== | |||
==Strategy== | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||