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Civil Registration

How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]

Location: Civil registration offices exist at the local and regional levels. Copies of local registrations are sent to regional offices.

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

General: The Bureau of Civil Status Acts (ZAGS) creates and maintains civil registration. The bureau is subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and is separate from the national archive system. Registration of births must be done within two months of birth and deaths within three days. Registration offices are collocated with "marriage palaces" permitting the registration and performance of weddings to occur at the same place and time.^[1]

Time period: 1920-present.

Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]

Coverage was low for the first decade of registration, then 85% thereafter. The civil war of the early Soviet period inhibited registration. For two years it was not enforced. The system was established first in urban and later in rural areas. Gaps persisted through 1926. Civil registration broke down in the occupied areas during World War II, and some registers were burned.^[1]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

Birth Records[edit | edit source]

Date
Name of child
Names of parents
Occupation and religious preference of parents
Name of informant
Place of residence for parents^[1]

Marriage Records[edit | edit source]

Date
Names of bride and groom
Names of parents
Occupation and religious preference of parents
Names of witnesses
Residences of the groom and bride^[1]

Death Records[edit | edit source]

Date
Name of deceased
Names of parents
Occupation and religious preference of parents
Residence of the deceased
Age at death
Cause of death
Place of burial in death records^[1]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Moldova,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2002.

[profile-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Moldova,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2002.

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 ==Coverage and Compliance==
-Population coverage: Low for the first decade of registration, then 85% thereafter.  The civil war of the early Soviet period inhibited registration.  For two years it was not enforced.  The system was established first in urban and later in rural areas.  Gaps persisted through 1926.  Civil registration broke down in the occupied areas during World War II and some registers were burned.<ref name="profile"></ref>
+Coverage was low for the first decade of registration, then 85% thereafter.  The civil war of the early Soviet period inhibited registration.  For two years it was not enforced.  The system was established first in urban and later in rural areas.  Gaps persisted through 1926.  Civil registration broke down in the occupied areas during World War II, and some registers were burned.<ref name="profile"></ref>
 ==Information Recorded in the Records==