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==Benin Notarial Records==
Research use: Very useful supplement to civil and church records.
Notarial records include marriages, deaths, property sales and transfer, inventories and they are available from 1893 to the present. The types of records consist of wills, marriage contracts, leases, sales, inventories etc., containing names, dates, relationships and other vital information. Records can be found at national, provincial, and department archives.
 
Record type: Marriages, deaths, property sales and transfer, inventories.
 
Time period: 1893 to present.
 
Contents: Wills, marriage contracts, leases, sales, inventories etc., containing names, dates, relationships and other vital information.
 
Location: National, provincial, and department archives.
 
Population coverage: Estimated at 50%.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Benin,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.</ref>


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Benin Notarial Records[edit | edit source]

Notarial records include marriages, deaths, property sales and transfer, inventories and they are available from 1893 to the present. The types of records consist of wills, marriage contracts, leases, sales, inventories etc., containing names, dates, relationships and other vital information. Records can be found at national, provincial, and department archives.

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