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In other languages: بهاس ملايو or Bahasa MelayuInheritance records and wills (Akte warisan)[edit | edit source]
Research use: Provides linking information for family relationships.
Record type: Wills, inventories, distribution of estates.
Time Period: 1642-present.
Content: Names of individuals, their parents, children and grandchildren, dates, relationships, sometimes places of events, race, civil status.
Location: National Archives, local courts.
Population coverage: 10%.
Reliability: Good.[1]
Guardianship records (Akte wali)[edit | edit source]
Research use: Valuable in cases of death or divorce of parents with minor children.
Record type: Orphan’s chamber records of guardianship dispositions, orphans, adoption records, legitimations and decisions.
Time Period: 1700-present.
Content: Names of children, guardians, parents, ages, dates of birth, residence, legal acknowlegements.
Location: National Archives, municipal archives.
Population coverage: 5%.
Reliability: Good.[1]