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==Census Records==
1848 Census:
Includes the following key fields:
*Name
*Relationship to head of household
*Gender
*Age
*Legal Status (free, slave, or emancipated slave)
*Nationality
*Ethnicity
*Religion
*Place of Origin
*Occupation
*School enrollment for male children
*Infirmities
*Physical Description (in rural provinces)
Microdata for most census through 19th and early 20th century did not survive, and were destroyed by choice or by chance.
Nationwide censuses from 1986-present day have survived.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:44, 29 September 2022

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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Online Collections[edit | edit source]

Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]

Department of Civil Status (under the Ministry of Interior)

4417 local health units register births, deaths and fetal deaths.

Registration of marriages and divorces is done by 231 Family Affairs Courts and 2 Real Estate Publicity Departments (located in Cairo and Alexandria).[1]

Adoption is illegal in Egypt.[2]

State Information Service
3 Al Estad Al Bahary St.
Nasr City, Cairo

Telephone: 22617304 - 22617308 - 22617358 - 22617344 - 22617345
E-mail: feedback@sis.gov.eg

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

Civil registration began in 1839, though only births and deaths.[3] In 1907, the Ottoman Empire made a decree that expanded record keeping by penalizing those who did not comply. As a result, there is a greater microdata coverage after 1907, and sparse coverage prior to 1907.

Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. UN Statistics Wiki, Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System in Egypt, (accessed 16 December 2021)].
  2. U.S. Department of State-Bureau of Consular Affairs, Egypt, Washington, D.C. 20520, (accessed 29 September 2022).
  3. Thomas Jay Kemp, “International Vital Records Handbook, 7th Edition,” Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc. Baltimore : 2017.