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Civil Registration

Resources

Online Resources

• 1806-1997: Indonesia Civil Registration; indexes and images at FamilySearch.org.
• 1817-1923 : Uittreksels van geboorten, huwelijken, overlijden, 1817-1923 : verzameling van gegevens van de Burgerlijke Stand, gepubliceerd in de Regerings Almanak van Nederlands-Indië, on 184 films. Births, marriages, and deaths of the civil registration of East Indies (Indonesia) as recorded in the Official Government Almanac. Text in Dutch. FamilySearch.org, free, though only available at FamilySearch centers and FamilySearch affiliate libraries.
• 1828- ? : Indische Genealogische Vereniging (Indies Genealogical Society) has an index of the civil registry for Europeans and those treated as such on the website, though it can only be viewed by IGV members.
• National Archives of the Netherlands
• Roosje Roos, free online search in part of the Civil Registry of the Dutch East Indies, created by the genealogical research bureau of Maarten and Willy Etmans
• Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia (National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia)

Offices to Contact

Records can be found at the National Archives and local civil registry offices.

Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia
National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia
Jl. Ampera Raya No. 7
Jakarta, Indonesia 12560

Telephone: +62 21 7805851
Fax +62 21 7810280 - 7805812
Email: info@anri.go.id

Background

These records are broadly known as pendaftaran sipil (civil registration), and are used to record births, marriages, and deaths. Earliest records date from 1828 during the Dutch colonial period. Some civil marriages and deaths were recorded as early as 1750. A number of records were destroyed during the Second World War. Most records for the Indonesian population begin after independence in the 1940s. FamilySearch has some civil registration for Indonesians, the Chinese-Indonesians, and the Dutch-European Indonesians. For more information on these records see Indonesia, Civil Registration Records - FamilySearch Historical Records.

Information in the Records

The following information may be found in these records:

Births (Kelahiran)

• Child’s name
• Birth date and place
• Parents’ names, residence, and occupation
• Witnesses’ ages, relationships, residences

Marriages (Perkawinan)

• Bride and groom names
• Ages
• Residences
• Occupations
• Marriage date and place
• Sometimes ages and/or birth dates and places
• Parents' names
• Residences
• Occupations
• Witnesses
• Officiant
• Former spouses

Marriage applications, licenses, contracts

• Names of prospective marriage partners
• Intentions
• Residences
• Parents

Deaths (Kematian)

• Name of deceased
• Age
• Death date and place
• Occupation
• Name of surviving spouse
• Informant’s name and residence
• Cause of death
• Sometimes birth date and place
• Parents’ names
• Children’s names

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