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== | ==How to Find the Records== | ||
===Offices to Contact=== | |||
==Historical Background== | |||
.<ref name="World Bank">The World Bank, [https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/28310/119065-WP-ID4D-country-profiles-report-final-PUBLIC.txt?sequence=2&isAllowed=y The State of Identification Systems in Africa], World Bank Publications, The World | |||
Bank Group, Washington, DC, (accessed 20 November 2020).</ref> | |||
==Coverage and Compliance== | |||
*1730 to present | |||
==Information Recorded in the Records== | |||
Contents: Births - name, birth date, parents, father’s occupation and residence, sometimes age of mother, names of witnesses and their residences, occupations, and sometimes relationships. Marriages - names of bride and groom, residence, date of marriage, sometimes ages and names of parents or sponsors. Death - name, date of death and burial, age, residence at the time of death, occupation, cause of death. | Contents: Births - name, birth date, parents, father’s occupation and residence, sometimes age of mother, names of witnesses and their residences, occupations, and sometimes relationships. Marriages - names of bride and groom, residence, date of marriage, sometimes ages and names of parents or sponsors. Death - name, date of death and burial, age, residence at the time of death, occupation, cause of death. | ||