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Location: Mongolian National Archives and in private possession. Also, according to a church member from Mongolia, many Mongolian genealogies are located in libraries or archives in Taiwan. | Location: Mongolian National Archives and in private possession. Also, according to a church member from Mongolia, many Mongolian genealogies are located in libraries or archives in Taiwan. | ||
Population Coverage: The earliest genealogies covered only the nobility but since about 1600 Mongolian genealogies probably covered as much as 70 percent or more of the population. | Population Coverage: The earliest genealogies covered only the nobility but since about 1600 Mongolian genealogies probably covered as much as 70 percent or more of the population. Many were intentionally destroyed in the twentieth century. It is possible that as much as 30 percent of these records still exist somewhere, but the figure could be much lower. Thus the population coverage of these records could be as low as 5 percent or as much as 30 percent. | ||
Reliability: Very reliable in recent generations. There may be some weak generational links in very early generations.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Mongolia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.</ref> | Reliability: Very reliable in recent generations. There may be some weak generational links in very early generations.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Mongolia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.</ref> | ||