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Telephone: 03-8000 8000<br>
Telephone: 03-8000 8000<br>
Fax: 03-8880 8288 <br>
Fax: 03-8880 8288 <br>
Email: [mailto:pro@jpn.gov.my pro@jpn.gov.my] <br>
Email: (@jpn.gov.my): pro <br>


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Revision as of 14:29, 13 May 2022

Malaysia Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Malaysia Background
Local Research Resources

How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Online Collections[edit | edit source]

Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]

National Registration Department and branches.
The National Registration Department has branches in each state and federal territory. Click here to find the location of the branches.

Ibu Pejabat Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara Putrajaya (Putrajaya National Registration Department Headquarters)
No 20, Persiaran Perdana, Presint 2
Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan (Federal Government Administrative Centre)
62551 Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya

Telephone: 03-8000 8000
Fax: 03-8880 8288
Email: (@jpn.gov.my): pro

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Marriage and Divorce Division General Inquiry
Births, Deaths & Adoptions Division

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]

Time period: 1859-present.[1]

In 1961 registration became compulsory for all except Muslims, who were governed by the Muslim Ordinance of 1957.[1]

Population coverage: Before 1980, 10%; after 1980, 80%.[1]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

Birth Records[edit | edit source]

  • Child’s name
  • Birth date and place
  • Parents’ names, residence, and occupation
  • Witnesses’ ages, relationships, residences [1]

Marriages Records[edit | edit source]

  • Bride and groom names
  • Ages
  • Residences
  • Occupations
  • Marriage date and place
  • Witnesses
  • Officer who performed ceremony
  • Sometimes ages and/or birth dates and places; parents' names; residences, occupations
  • Sometimes former spouses [1]

Death Registers[edit | edit source]

  • Name of deceased
  • Age
  • Death date and place
  • Occupation
  • Name of surviving spouse
  • Informant’s name and residence
  • Cause of death
  • Sometimes birth date and place, parents’ names, children’s names[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2000.