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 ''[[Jordan Genealogy|Jordan]]''
-== Civil registration ==
+== Civil registration  ==
-Research use:  Information can be used to compile pedigrees and family groups.  Identifies parents, children and spouses and dates and places of vital events.  Other relatives are often identified.
+Research use: Information can be used to compile pedigrees and family groups. Identifies parents, children and spouses and dates and places of vital events. Other relatives are often identified.
-Record type:  Births, marriages, deaths, divorces.
+Record type: Births, marriages, deaths, divorces.
-Time period:  1921-present.  Early years only included Europeans.  Registration of the general populous became compulsory in 1957.
+Time period: 1921-present. Early years only included Europeans. Registration of the general populous became compulsory in 1957.
-Contents:  Births:  Child’s name, birth date and place, parents’ names, residence, and occupation; witnesses’ ages, relationships, residences.  Marriages:  Bride and groom names, ages, residences, occupations, marriage date and place, sometimes ages and/or birth dates and places, parents' names, residences, occupations; witnesses.  Death registers:  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.
-Location:  National Archives in Amman and local government offices.
+Contents: Births: Child’s name, birth date and place, parents’ names, residence, and occupation; witnesses’ ages, relationships, residences. Marriages: Bride and groom names, ages, residences, occupations, marriage date and place, sometimes ages and/or birth dates and places, parents' names, residences, occupations; witnesses. Death registers: 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.
-Population coverage:  Before 1957, 5%; after 1957, as high as 80%.
+Location: National Archives in Amman and local government offices.
-Reliability:  Excellent.
+Population coverage: Before 1957, 5%; after 1957, as high as 80%.
-Accessibility:  By personal visit or correspondence.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Jordan,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2000.</ref>
+Reliability: Excellent.
-== References ==
+Accessibility: By personal visit or correspondence.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Jordan,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2000.</ref>
-{{reflist}}
+== Marriage contracts [Sidq] ==
+Research use:  These records are the only source prior to civil registration of specific marriage information and provide a marriage date. They also provide relationships helpful in lineage linking.
+Record type:  Legal contracts of marriage are the closest thing in Islamic society to marriage records. In Islamic tradition marriage is considered a legal contract between two families and is not considered a religious sacrament. Islamic  law courts [sharia] handled the majority of litigation, particularly in the domain of personal and family status including marriage and divorce.
+Time period:  1400-present.
+Contents:  Names of marriage candidates, dates of contract and marriage, parents (at least the father) of marital partners, details concerning dowry.
+Location:  At Islamic law court [sharia] archives in various cities.
+Population coverage: As high as 75%; these records pertain to Muslim marriages only.
+Reliability:  Excellent.<ref name="profile" />
+== References  ==
+{{reflist}}
 [[Category:Jordan]]