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==Resources==


==How to Find the Records==
*'''1865-1930''' {{FSC|1115250|item|disp=Births, marriages, deaths, divorces (Անձնական հաշվառման քարտեր կենսագրական տվյալներով, 1865?-1930?)}}, FamilySearch Catalog
 
*'''1917-1930''' {{FSC|993540|item|disp=Births (Kʿaghakʿatsʿiavan katsʿutʿan avteri ardzanagrman bazhin, 1917-1930)}}, FamilySearch Catalog
Click [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/993540?availability=Family%20History%20Library here] for 1917-1930 and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1115250?availability=Family%20History%20Library here] for records beginning in 1865.


===Offices to Contact===
===Offices to Contact===


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


[http://www.moj.am/en/services/civil_registry/item/562 Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia -- Civil Registration]
[http://www.moj.am/en/services/civil_registry/item/562 Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia -- Civil Registration]


Write to the National Library for holdings:  
[https://www.moj.am/services/branches/p/2 List of civil registration offices]
 
[http://www.parliament.am/legislation.php?sel=show&ID=2212&lang=rus Law (adopted in 2004) about content of civil registration documents]


:Armyanskaya Biblioteka<br>ul. Teriana 72<br>Yrevan, 375009
'''National Library'''
Armyanskaya Biblioteka<br>
ul. Teriana 72<br>
Yerevan, Armenia 375009


==Historical Background==
==Background==


The years that Armenian Civil Registration covers vary depending on the region.  
The years that Armenian Civil Registration covers vary depending on the region.  
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==Coverage and Compliance==
==Coverage and Compliance==


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


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.
===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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Resources

Offices to Contact

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

Background

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

Coverage and Compliance

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

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

  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.