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==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
===Civil Registration=== | |||
*'''Civil registration''' records are '''government''' records of births, marriages, and deaths, as opposed to '''church records''', which were the most common records of those events for some centuries previous. | |||
*'''Dates:''' In Luxembourg, registering births, marriages, and deaths began in 1797. | |||
*'''Contents:''' For detailed descriptions of the information you might find in each record, see [[Luxembourg Civil Registration]]<br> | |||
*'''Language:''' French, German. | |||
1797-present. Official civil registration was introduced in the Grand Duchy by a French decree in 1797. At that time the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was a part of France under the name of "Departement des Forêts." | 1797-present. Official civil registration was introduced in the Grand Duchy by a French decree in 1797. At that time the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was a part of France under the name of "Departement des Forêts." | ||