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== | ==Resources== | ||
===Online Resources=== | |||
* [https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Jordan.html U.S. State Department Reciprocity and Civil Documents] - (Jordan) Contains information about record-keeping practices in Jordan and offices to contact | |||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=jordan British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | |||
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20banns%20and%20marriages&country=jordan~jordan&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | |||
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20deaths%20and%20burials&country=jordan&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | |||
=== | ===Offices to Contact=== | ||
[https://hazine.info/tag/jordan-en/ National Library in Amman]<br> | |||
[https://nl.gov.jo/Ar/Pages/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7 Department of the National Library]<br> | |||
Number 9 Haroun Al Rasheed St 9<br> | |||
P.O.Box: 6070 Amman 11118<br> | |||
Amman, Jordan<br> | |||
Telephone: +962 6 566 2845<br> | |||
::::06-5662791<br> | |||
Fax: 065662867<br> | |||
Email : [mailto:nl@nl.gov.jo nl@nl.gov.jo]<br> | |||
Email of the Public Relations Department [mailto:PR@NL.GOV.JO PR@NL.GOV.JO]<br> | |||
'''Marriage contracts''' are at Islamic law court [sharia] archives in various cities.<ref name="profile" /> | |||
==Background== | |||
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.<ref name="profile">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.</ref> | |||
== | ===Coverage and Compliance=== | ||
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.<ref name="profile" /> | |||
Population coverage: | |||
==Information Recorded in the Records== | ==Information Recorded in the Records== | ||
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*Parents' names, residences, occupations | *Parents' names, residences, occupations | ||
*Witnesses<ref name="profile" /> | *Witnesses<ref name="profile" /> | ||
===Marriage contracts=== | |||
*Names of marriage candidates | |||
*Date of contract and | |||
*Date of marriage | |||
*Parents (at least the father) of marital partners | |||
*Details concerning dowry<ref name="profile" /> | |||
===Death Records=== | ===Death Records=== | ||
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*Parents’ names | *Parents’ names | ||
*Children’s names<ref name="profile" /> | *Children’s names<ref name="profile" /> | ||
== Strategy == | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||