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==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
The {{RecordSearch|1823609|Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003}} collection includes records from 1873 to 2003 of births, marriages, and deaths in separate books at different municipal offices of the civil registry. Some localities may be listed under their old administrative jurisdictions, depending on the time of the creation of the record. | |||
Before 1873, the Catholic Church was the only organization that recorded important events in a person’s life, such as baptism, marriage, and death or burial. However, in the early months of 1826, the government began creating the civil records of the judicial and non-judicial civil acts of their citizens under the National Treasury Department in the mortgage annotations office. The government also wanted a duplicate copy of the Catholic Church registers to use for civil records. | Before 1873, the Catholic Church was the only organization that recorded important events in a person’s life, such as baptism, marriage, and death or burial. However, in the early months of 1826, the government began creating the civil records of the judicial and non-judicial civil acts of their citizens under the National Treasury Department in the mortgage annotations office. The government also wanted a duplicate copy of the Catholic Church registers to use for civil records. | ||