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==How to Find the Records==
==How to Find the Records==


===Online Collections===
===Online Collections===


*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=oman British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms] at Findmypast; index & images, ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=oman British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=oman British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages] at Findmypast; index & images, ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=oman British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&sid=103&country=oman British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast; index & images, ($)
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&sid=103&country=oman British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast - index & images ($)


===Offices to Contact===
===Offices to Contact===
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==Historical Background==
==Historical Background==


Documenting births and deaths started slowly after 1970. Vital Registration started in May 2004.
Documenting births and deaths started slowly after 1970. Vital Registration started in May 2004.<ref>Dr. Medhat K. ElSayed, [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/meetings/wshops/Civil_Registration_Dec07_Cairo/docs/Oman_Ministry_of_Health.pdf Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
In Sultanate of Oman], December 3-6, 2007,  p. 2, (accessed 10 February 2023).</ref>


==Coverage and Compliance==
==Coverage and Compliance==
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*Religion
*Religion
*Address
*Address
*Occupation<ref>Dr. Medhat K. ElSayed, [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/meetings/wshops/Civil_Registration_Dec07_Cairo/docs/Oman_Ministry_of_Health.pdf Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
*Occupation<ref>Ibid, p. 8.</ref>
In Sultanate of Oman], December 3-6, 2007,  p. 8, (accessed 10 February 2023).</ref>
*Age<ref>Ibid, p. 9.</ref>
*Age<ref>Ibid, p. 9.</ref>



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How to Find the Records

Online Collections

Offices to Contact

Royal Oman Police
General of Civil Status
Directorate General of Civil Status

Telephone: 24521945 / 24521946
Email: info@rop.gov.om

Historical Background

Documenting births and deaths started slowly after 1970. Vital Registration started in May 2004.[1]

Coverage and Compliance

Information Recorded in the Records

Birth Records

  • Date both Georgian and Hijri (in numbers and alphabetical)
  • Place
  • Sex of newborn
  • Name of newborn

For both parents the following is given:

  • Name
  • Civil number
  • Tribe
  • Nationality
  • Religion
  • Address
  • Occupation[2]
  • Age[3]

Death Records

  • Place of death
  • Date of death both Georgian and Hijri (in number and alphabetical)
  • Deceased:
- Name
- Tribe
- Sex
- Nationality
- Religion
- Address
- Occupation
- Age
- Place of birth
- Date of birth
- Civil number
- Place of registration, if known
  • Name and tribe of father and mother, if known
  • Informant: name, address and relation to deceased[4]

References

  1. Dr. Medhat K. ElSayed, [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/meetings/wshops/Civil_Registration_Dec07_Cairo/docs/Oman_Ministry_of_Health.pdf Civil Registration and Vital Statistics In Sultanate of Oman], December 3-6, 2007, p. 2, (accessed 10 February 2023).
  2. Ibid, p. 8.
  3. Ibid, p. 9.
  4. Ibid, p. 11.