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| ==How to Find the Records== | | ==How to Find the Records== |
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| | *[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=syria British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms] at Findmypast - index & images ($) |
| | *[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=syria British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages] at Findmypast - index & images ($) |
| | *[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&sid=103&country=syria British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast - index & images ($) |
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| ===Offices to Contact=== | | ===Offices to Contact=== |
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| [civilaffair-moi.gov.sy The General Directorate for Civil Affairs website] | | The Directorate of Civil Affairs in the Ministry of Interior is in charge of the registration of birth, death, marriage, and divorce, as well as ID cards and family booklets.<ref>Syrian Arab Republic, Ministry of Interior, Civil Affairs Directorate and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), [https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/69169 Civil Documentation and Registration in the Syrian Arab Republic], (accessed 30 December 2022).</ref> |
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| "Upon certification by the presiding judge, the marriage is documented and each
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| spouse receives an attested copy of the marriage contract, containing its date and
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| serial number. The court will then transmit the original marriage contract to the civil
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| registry office in its operational area, which will record the marriage and forward the
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| information to the civil registry office where the respective spouse’s records are kept,
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| where their individual marital status’ will be updated (from single/divorced/widowed
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| to married), and to transfer and merge the wife’s civil registry record to/with the one
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| of the husband."<ref>[https://www.unhcr.org/sy/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/09/Personal-Documentation-En-Jul-2018.pdf Personal Documentation], (accessed 22 July 2022)</ref>
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| For marriages of non-Syrians within Syria, "Having verified
| | Telephone: +963 11 2219400<br> |
| the authenticity and completeness of the application, the religious judge will forward the
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| application to an assistant who will have the partners recite the formulaic declaration and
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| sign the standard marriage contract and will then duly document the marriage."
| | :::: +963 11 2210404<ref>Open Sanctions, [https://www.opensanctions.org/entities/NK-2QtbU49vp9LkfKRjd8WQni/ Syria Ministry of Interior,], (accessed 30 December 2022).</ref> |
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| Marriages of Syrian citizens to foreigners inside Syria, "Marriages of Syrian citizens (or Syrian Palestinians1) to non-Arab foreigners require
| | [https://www.facebook.com/Syr.Interior.Lib Library of the Ministry of the Interior in the Syrian Arab Republic]<br> |
| prior approval from the Syrian Minister of Interior or the person authorized by him (as
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| per Legislative Decree 26 of 2007). Without such approval, a marriage to a foreigner
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| cannot be registered in the civil registry, notwithstanding a court ruling.
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| In the event of a divorce occurring prior to the registration of the marriage (or the
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| receipt of the formal approval), both the marriage and the divorce will be registered,
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| without the formal approval being necessary any longer."
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| "Births occurring within the Syrian Arab Republic
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| What are the required documents and steps to register a birth?
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| 11.Birth notification from the administering hospital, doctor or licensed midwife.
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| 22.Birth attestation obtained from the mukhtar as per the birth notification for the
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| births occurring at home, or as per birth attestation issued by the hospital for the
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| births occurring in the hospital.
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| 33.Family booklet, if not available, the personal ID cards of both parents, in addition
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| to a family statement which proves the registration of marriage.
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| All the above documents shall be submitted to the civil registry department (al-nufus),
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| either where the father’s civil records are kept or where the birth took place, and then
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| the birth will be registered and the official birth certificate issued.
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| Which mukhtar should endorse the birth attestation?
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| The responsible mukhtar for the birth attestation is either the mukhtar responsible for
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| the area where the birth took place, or the mukhtar of the area where the parents’ civil
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| registry records are kept."
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| "Registration of the birth of a foreigner’s child in the
| | In 1516, Syria was conquered by the Ottoman Empire. After WWI, France had control of the area of Syria. In April 1946, Syria became an independent republic. |
| Syrian Arab Republic
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| What documents and steps are required to register the birth of a nonSyrian national in Syria?
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| 11.A birth attestation issued by the mukhtar of the area where the birth took place
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| on the basis of the birth notification obtained from the hospital or the (registered)
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| midwife.
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| 22.Copies of the non-Syrian parents’ national passports.
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| 33.A copy of the non-Syrian parents’ marriage certificate.
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| 1 This may include the case of a child born out of wedlock where both parents refuse its recognition.
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| 44.Stamps.
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| The aforementioned document are to be presented to the civil registry at the location
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| of the parents’ residence, where the birth is then registered and a birth certificate
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| provided.
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| The parents shall then register the child with the responsible representation of their
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| home state(s) in order for a passport to be issued for the child (or to have the child
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| added to the relevant parent’s passport."
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| "The three types of divorce under Syrian law are:
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| 11.A divorce based on the unilateral declaration of the husband (talaq).
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| 22.An uncontested or consensual divorce, when both spouses reach a mutual
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| agreement on the termination of the marriage and on financial and other common
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| issues.
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| 33.A divorce through dissolution of marriage; this type of divorce applies to four
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| situations:
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| a. At-fault divorce
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| b. Divorce due to travel/absence
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| c. Divorce due to lack of financial support
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| d. Divorce for personal reasons and/or unsolvable disagreements between the partners
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| How is a divorce recorded in the civil registry after a divorce judgment? (So
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| to avoid a subsequent family civil registry statement noting the individual
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| as still being married)
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| Regardless of the type of divorce, a divorce only becomes effective following its
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| pronouncement by the competent religious court. Following the court’s decision, it will
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| send an attested copy of the divorce judgment to the civil registry that maintained the
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| married couple’s records, which, upon verification of the documentation will record
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| the divorce of the concerned individuals."
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| "Registration of deaths of Syrians inside Syria
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| Why is the obtaining of a death certificate important?
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| A death certificate is required to formally document the death of a person. It shall be
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| requested by the heirs of the deceased (incl. the wife, children, parents and siblings)
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| within 30 days of the death (90 days in case of a death outside of Syria), and is required
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| to initiate the processing of any inheritance of the deceased person’s assets and to
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| register the deceased person as such in the official records.
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| What are the documents and procedures required for the registration of
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| an individual’s death?
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| 11.A medical report issued by the physician confirming the death.
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| 22.A death attestation issued by the hospital where the death took place, or,
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| where the death took place outside a hospital, from the mukhtar (either the one
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| responsible for the area where the death took place, or the one in-charge of the
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| civil registry), signed by two witnesses.
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| 33.Family booklet of the deceased.
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| 44.The ID card of the deceased, any other recognized proof of identity of the
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| deceased or a written declaration made by the relatives of the deceased proving
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| the loss of the ID card.
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| The above documents will be submitted to the civil registry office where the deceased’s
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| records are kept, for the death to be recorded, and the death certificate will be provided
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| to the applicant, after being duly signed and stamped by the civil registrar.
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| If the death took place in an area other than where the deceased person’s civil
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| records are kept, then the civil registrar will verify the death attestation based on the
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| deceased’s ID card, family booklet, or a computerized family civil registry statement,
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| upon which, a copy of the death certificate is transmitted to the civil registry office
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| where the deceased’s civil records are kept. If the death is not registered within one
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| month from its occurrence in the country or within 90 days from its occurrence
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| outside the country, a 3,000 SYP fine shall be payable in addition to an administrative
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| investigation at the civil registry office.
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| However, delays in the registration of the death of a year or more will require a police
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| report (by the police station located in the area where the death occurred), and
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| payment of a fine of up to 10,000 SYP prior to further processing and registration of
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| What are the implications arising from delays in registering a death due to
| | ===National ID Cards (1947-Present)=== |
| the loss of civil documents required for the registration, or for any other
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| reasons? Will the testimonies of the witnesses or the mukhtar suffice to
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| ascertain the death?
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| When private circumstances prevent registering a deceased person’s death and the
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| responsible hospital is no longer in a position to issue a death attestation, the death
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| registration requires a court judgment.
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| How to register the death occurring in prisons, detention centers and
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| hospitals?
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| The death attestation along with the medical report shall be provided by the director of
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| such an institution (or his/her delegate), and to be sent to the competent civil registry
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| for issuance of a death certificate. In such cases there is no requirement for witnesses,
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| nor an involvement by a mukhtar.
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| How to register the death of a stillborn child?
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| The registration of the death of a stillborn child is conducted through an attestation
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| provided by the treating hospital or from the mukhtar, along with the signatures of two
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| witnesses. In addition, the person who prepares the death attestation shall mention
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| the term “a stillborn child” next to the name of the child, whereupon the death will be
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| registered.
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| A person incurs in an accident and subsequently dies in hospital, how will
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| such a death be registered?
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| The death attestation will be arranged by the mukhtar or the director of the treating
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| or overseeing hospital. Together with a copy of the corresponding police report, the
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| death attestation, which shall contain the cause of death, will be seent to the civil
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| registry where the accident occurred in order to register the death and issue the death
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| certificate.
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| Registration of deaths of Syrians outside of Syria
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| What documents and procedures are required for the registration of the
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| death of a Syrian national abroad?
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| A death certificate issued by the physician or the hospital where the death occurred.
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| The certificate should be attested by the competent authority in the country concerned.
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| The foreign death certificate will be submitted to the responsible Syrian embassy/
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| consulate. The death certificate will then be sent by the Syrian consul to the Syrian
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| Ministry of Interior, which will send the death certificate to the civil registry where the
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| deceased person’s civil register is kept in order to verify and to record the death on the
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| deceased person’s civil registry record1.
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| Registration of deaths of non-Syrians inside Syria
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| What are the required documents and procedures for the registration of
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| the death of a non-Syrian national inside Syria?
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| The death of a foreign national in Syria is registered in the so-called ‘record of deaths’
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| as maintained by the civil registry department at the place where the death occurred.
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| On the basis of a death attestation issued by the hospital where the death took place,
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| or, where the death took place outside a hospital, from the mukhtar, accompanied by a
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| medical report, the civil registrar will send a copy of the individual’s death certificate to
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| the Department of Immigration and Passports in Damascus - Ministry of Interior -or its
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| branches in the governorates. Upon request, a concerned person (e.g. family member, spouse, etc.) will be provided with a copy of the death certificate."
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| '''National ID Cards''' (1947-Present) <br>
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| *Names | | *Names |
| *Date of Birth | | *Date of Birth |
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| *Date and City of Issuance | | *Date and City of Issuance |
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| '''Family Booklets''' (1947-present) <br>
| | ===Family Booklets (1947-present) === |
| Issued at time of marriage. Includes: | | |
| | Issued at time of marriage |
| *Husband and Wife Names | | *Husband and Wife Names |
| *Date of Birth | | *Date of Birth |
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| *Date of Birth and Place of Birth | | *Date of Birth and Place of Birth |
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| ==Information Recorded in the Records== | | ===Birth Records=== |
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| | *Name |
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| | *Date of birth |
| | *Nationality |
| | *Names of parents |
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| | ===Marriage Records=== |
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| | *Date |
| | *Place |
| | *Names of bride and groom |
| | *Serial number |
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| | ===Death Records=== |
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| | *Date |
| | *Place |
| | *Name of deceased |
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| == References == | | == References == |
| {{reflist}} | | {{reflist}} |
| [[Category:Syria]] | | [[Category:Syria]] |
