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The years that Armenian Civil Registration covers vary depending on the region. Birth, marriage, and death certificates may be ordered using the resources included below.
==How to Find the Records==


== Requests for Armenian Birth, Marriage and Death Records  ==
*'''1865-1930''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1115250 Births, marriages, deaths, divorces (Անձնական հաշվառման քարտեր կենսագրական տվյալներով, 1865?-1930?)], FamilySearch Catalog
*'''1917-1930''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/993540 Births (Kʿaghakʿatsʿiavan katsʿutʿan avteri ardzanagrman bazhin, 1917-1930)], FamilySearch Catalog


Send requests to:
===Offices to Contact===


:Chief<br>Department of Civil Registry<br> Ministry of Justice <br>8 Khorderdaran Street<br> Yerevan 375010<br>Cost is approximately $25.00 per certificate
'''Department of Civil Registry'''<br>  
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia <br>  
3/8 Vazgen Sargsyan Street <br>  
0010 Yerevan <br>


Contents: Birth, marriage, and death records have the exact date of the event, including time of day for births; name of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents; name of informant for births and names of witnesses for marriages; place of residence for parents of new born, of the groom and bride for marriages, and of the deceased for deaths; age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death records.
[http://www.moj.am/en/services/civil_registry/item/562 Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia -- Civil Registration]


Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Armenia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990-1999.</ref>
[https://www.moj.am/services/branches/p/2 List of civil registration offices]


== Additional Resources  ==
[http://www.parliament.am/legislation.php?sel=show&ID=2212&lang=rus Law (adopted in 2004) about content of civil registration documents]


=== Family History Library ===
'''National Library'''
Armyanskaya Biblioteka<br>
ul. Teriana 72<br>
Yerevan, Armenia 375009


The Family History Library has select civil registration records from Armenia. Click [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Armenia_Civil_Registration&action=edit&section=3 here] for 1917-1930 and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1115250?availability=Family%20History%20Library here] for records beginning in 1865.
==Historical Background==


=== Armenian National Library  ===
The years that Armenian Civil Registration covers vary depending on the region.


Write to the National Library for holdings:
==Coverage and Compliance==


:Armyanskaya Biblioteka<br>ul. Teriana 72<br>Yrevan, 375009
Population coverage: 90% of the population.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Armenia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990-1999.</ref>
 
==Information Recorded in the Records==
 
===Birth Records===
*Date
*Name of child
*Name of the father (Early civil registration records usually do not list the mother's name.)
*Place of residence for parents
*May give occupations and religious preferences of parents
*Ages or birth years for parents
 
===Marriage Records===
*Date
*Names of bride and groom
*Residences of groom and bride
*Names of witnesses
*May give names of parents
*May give occupations and religious preferences of parents
 
===Death Records===
*Date
*Name of deceased
*Residence of the deceased
*Age at death
*Cause of death
*Place of burial
*May give name of parents
*May give occupations and religious preferences of parents


== References  ==
== References  ==

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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]

Department of Civil Registry
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
3/8 Vazgen Sargsyan Street
0010 Yerevan

Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia -- Civil Registration

List of civil registration offices

Law (adopted in 2004) about content of civil registration documents

National Library Armyanskaya Biblioteka
ul. Teriana 72
Yerevan, Armenia 375009

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

The years that Armenian Civil Registration covers vary depending on the region.

Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]

Population coverage: 90% of the population.[1]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

Birth Records[edit | edit source]

  • Date
  • Name of child
  • Name of the father (Early civil registration records usually do not list the mother's name.)
  • Place of residence for parents
  • May give occupations and religious preferences of parents
  • Ages or birth years for parents

Marriage Records[edit | edit source]

  • Date
  • Names of bride and groom
  • Residences of groom and bride
  • Names of witnesses
  • May give names of parents
  • May give occupations and religious preferences of parents

Death Records[edit | edit source]

  • Date
  • Name of deceased
  • Residence of the deceased
  • Age at death
  • Cause of death
  • Place of burial
  • May give name of parents
  • May give occupations and religious preferences of parents

References[edit | edit source]

  1. The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Armenia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990-1999.