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School Records: Student Records[edit | edit source]

These records contain information on the student and parents and are a source of birth information. Records exist from the 1840s and can be found in state and district record offices.

Generally they contain the name of the student, father’s name, address, date of birth, name of school, class, date & year of admission.

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 == School Records: Student Records ==
-Research Use: Lineage linked information given, linking two generations.  Also a primary source of birth date.
+These records contain information on the student and parents and are a source of birth information.  Records exist from the 1840s and can be found in state and district record offices.
-Record Type: Admissions and births
+Generally they contain the name of the student, father’s name, address, date of birth, name of school, class, date & year of admission.
-Time Period: 1840-present
-Content: Name of student, father’s name, address, date of birth, name of school, class, date & year of admission, signature of clerk.
-Location: State and district record offices.
-Population coverage: 90% Hindu; 9% Muslim; 1% Christian.
-Reliability: Reasonably accurate, but they are a number of years after the birth of the student, so care should be taken with that data.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: India,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1997.</ref>
-== References  ==
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