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=== Information Recorded in Civil Registers === | === Information Recorded in Civil Registers === | ||
== What Can these Records Tell Me? == | |||
The following information is usually found in these records: | |||
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| align="center" style="background: rgb(240,240,240)" | '''Birth records''' | |||
| align="center" style="background: rgb(240,240,240)" | '''Marriage records''' | |||
| align="center" style="background: rgb(240,240,240)" | '''Death records''' | |||
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| Date and place of birth | |||
| Date and place of the marriage | |||
|Date and place of death | |||
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| Name of the child | |||
| Name of the bride and groom | |||
|Name and age of deceased | |||
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| Child’s gender | |||
| Their civil status at the time of marriage | |||
|Civil status at the time of death | |||
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| Legitimacy | |||
| Bride and groom’s birth place and current residence | |||
|Civil status and name of spouse if married | |||
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| Parents’ names, residence, or places of origin | |||
| Names of witnesses | |||
| Names of parents | |||
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| Names of witnesses | |||
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|Sometimes the place of burial | |||
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=== Births (''nacimientos'') === | === Births (''nacimientos'') === | ||