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 ==Historical Background==
 ===Civil Registration===
-*'''Civil registration''' records are '''government''' records of births, marriages, and deaths.
-*'''Dates:''' In Luxembourg, registering births, marriages, and deaths began in 1797.
-*'''Language:''' French, German.
 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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For%C3%AAts "Departement des Forêts."]
-Documents are written twice in the original.  One copy remains in the commune (municipality); there are 126 commune (municipality) offices in Luxembourg. The second is sent to the appropriate tribunal in Luxembourg City or in Diekirch.  The indexes are preserved in the National Archives of Luxembourg or the Public Records Office of Luxembourg and run from 1797 to 1952 inclusive.
+Documents are written twice in the original.  One copy remains in the commune (municipality); there are 126 commune (municipality) offices in Luxembourg. The second is sent to the appropriate tribunal in Luxembourg City or in Diekirch.  The indexes are preserved in the National Archives of Luxembourg or the Public Records Office of Luxembourg and run from 1797 to the present. The records were written in French or German.
 All civil records for Luxembourg are restricted for 100 years from the date of the event,<ref>Luxembourg Civil Code, Title II, Chapter I, Article 45 (<nowiki>https://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/code/civil</nowiki> : accessed 13 November 2022)</ref> with the exception of public authorities or the following people: