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Although civil registration was required by law from its institution in 1837, compliance was far from universal during the first few years, especially for births, but increased to the point that more than 90% of the events were registered by 1850. Registration of deaths was much better than for births, as the church authorities were often instructed to require proof of civil registration prior to burial. Registration of marriages has been almost complete since institution of civil registration, although indexing of a few marrriages has only one of the parties. Obedience to the law requiring registration became much better, and probably reached 99%, when penalties for non-compliance were instituted in 1874. | Although civil registration was required by law from its institution in 1837, compliance was far from universal during the first few years, especially for births, but increased to the point that more than 90% of the events were registered by 1850. Registration of deaths was much better than for births, as the church authorities were often instructed to require proof of civil registration prior to burial. Registration of marriages has been almost complete since institution of civil registration, although indexing of a few marrriages has only one of the parties. Obedience to the law requiring registration became much better, and probably reached 99%, when penalties for non-compliance were instituted in 1874. | ||
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