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Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1914.<ref name="rys">[http://www.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa/html/index.php?id=539 Requesting Civil Records from Overseas]</ref> Civil registration in Panama officially began on April 15, 1914. At that time, the mayors of districts and villages recorded daily the births, marriages, and deaths occurring within their jurisdiction. In 1974, the ''Direccion Nacional del Registro Civil'' (National Civil Registry) was created under the ''Tribunal Electoral'' and was charged to record all births, marriages, deaths, naturalizations and other judicial acts related to a person's civil state''.'' As a result, Civil Registry offices were created within each provincial capital. <ref name="rys" /> | Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1914.<ref name="rys">[http://www.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa/html/index.php?id=539 Requesting Civil Records from Overseas]</ref> Civil registration in Panama officially began on April 15, 1914. At that time, the mayors of districts and villages recorded daily the births, marriages, and deaths occurring within their jurisdiction. In 1974, the ''Direccion Nacional del Registro Civil'' (National Civil Registry) was created under the ''Tribunal Electoral'' and was charged to record all births, marriages, deaths, naturalizations and other judicial acts related to a person's civil state''.'' As a result, Civil Registry offices were created within each provincial capital. <ref name="rys" /> | ||
==Information Recorded in the Records== | ==Information Recorded in the Records== | ||