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 == School Records: Student Records ==
-Research Use: Lineage linked information given, linking two generations.  Also a primary source of birth date.
+These records contain information on the student and parents and are a source of birth information.  Records exist from the 1840s and can be found in state and district record offices.
-Record Type: Admissions and births
+Generally they contain the name of the student, father’s name, address, date of birth, name of school, class, date & year of admission.
-Time Period: 1840-present
-Content: Name of student, father’s name, address, date of birth, name of school, class, date & year of admission, signature of clerk.
-Location: State and district record offices.
-Population coverage: 90% Hindu; 9% Muslim; 1% Christian.
-Reliability: Reasonably accurate, but they are a number of years after the birth of the student, so care should be taken with that data.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: India,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1997.</ref>
-== References  ==
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 [[Category:India]]