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Civil Registration

How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]

Location: National Archives in Antananarivo and provincial and department archives. Paris may have records of their nationals who were living in Madagascar during the colonial period.

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]

Time period: 1897 to present
Population coverage: Estimated at 70%^[1]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

Birth Records[edit | edit source]

Name of child
Date and place of birth
Parent’s names
Father's occupation and residence
Sometimes age of mother
Occupations, and sometimes relationships^[1]

Marriage Records[edit | edit source]

Names of bride and of groom
Their places of residence
Date of marriage
Sometimes ages and names of parents or sponsors
Information regarding any former marriages ^[1]

Death Records[edit | edit source]

Name of deceased
Death and burial dates
Age
Residence at time of death
Occupation
Cause of death^[1]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Madagascar,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.

[profile-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Madagascar,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.

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-== Civil Registration ==
+==How to Find the Records==
-Research use: Excellent for family and  relationship linkage.
+===Offices to Contact===
-Record type: Births, marriages, and deaths.
+Location: National Archives in Antananarivo and provincial and department archives. Paris may have records of their nationals who were living in Madagascar during the colonial period.
+==Historical Background==
+==Coverage and Compliance==
+Time period: 1897 to present<br>
+Population coverage: Estimated at 70%<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Madagascar,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.</ref>
+==Information Recorded in the Records==
+===Birth Records===
+*Name of child
+*Date and place of birth
+*Parent’s names
+*Father's occupation and residence
+*Sometimes age of mother
+*Occupations, and sometimes relationships<ref name="profile" />
-Time period: 1897 to present.
+===Marriage Records===
-Contents: Birth – name, date and place of birth, parent’s names, father's, occupation, and residence, sometimes age of mother; occupations, and sometimes relationships. Marriage – name of bride and of groom, their places of residence and date of marriage, sometimes ages and names of parents or sponsors, and information regarding any former marriages. Death – name of deceased, death and burial dates, age, residence at time of death, occupation, cause of death.
+*Names of bride and of groom
+*Their places of residence
+*Date of marriage
+*Sometimes ages and names of parents or sponsors
+*Information regarding any former marriages <ref name="profile" />
-Location: National Archives in Antananarivo and provincial and department archives. Paris may have records of their nationals who were living in Madagascar during the colonial period.
+===Death Records===
-Population coverage: Estimated at 70%.
+*Name of deceased
+*Death and burial dates
+*Age
+*Residence at time of death
+*Occupation
+*Cause of death<ref name="profile" />
-Reliability: Excellent.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Madagascar,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.</ref>
+==References==
-== References  ==
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