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''[[Russia|Russia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[Russia|Russia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Russia_Civil_Registration|Civil Registration]]'' | ||
Civil governments have created records of births, marriages, and deaths, commonly called ''vital records'' because they refer to critical events in a person’s life. In areas outside of North America, vital records created by the government are called ''civil registration''. Vital records are an excellent source of accurate names, dates, and places of births, marriages, and deaths. But the births, marriages, and deaths of many people were never recorded by civil authorities. Other vital records are described in “[[Russia Church Records|Church Records]]” and other sections. | Civil governments have created records of births, marriages, and deaths, commonly called ''vital records'' because they refer to critical events in a person’s life. In areas outside of North America, vital records created by the government are called ''civil registration''. Vital records are an excellent source of accurate names, dates, and places of births, marriages, and deaths. But the births, marriages, and deaths of many people were never recorded by civil authorities. Other vital records are described in “[[Russia Church Records|Church Records]]” and other sections. | ||
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Jews in Kovno and Vilna Guberniya were required to go to the synagogue to which they were assigned to register life cycle events, and each year, the government authorities went to the synagogues to copy these registers. The records were written in Russian (Cyrillic.) Some, but not all records were then duplicated in Hebrew or Yiddish. Today, all vital records stored in archives today are copies. The original records, kept in synagogues were destroyed by 1942, primarily by the Germans. | Jews in Kovno and Vilna Guberniya were required to go to the synagogue to which they were assigned to register life cycle events, and each year, the government authorities went to the synagogues to copy these registers. The records were written in Russian (Cyrillic.) Some, but not all records were then duplicated in Hebrew or Yiddish. Today, all vital records stored in archives today are copies. The original records, kept in synagogues were destroyed by 1942, primarily by the Germans. | ||
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'''Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:''' | |||
*[[Russia Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Russia Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | |||
*[[Russia Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Russia Death and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | |||
*[[Russia Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Russia Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | |||
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