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==How to Find the Records== | ==How to Find the Records== | ||
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==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
Civil registration (''Zivilstand / état civil / stato civile'') is the government record of births, marriages, and deaths. These civil registers are kept by the local civil registration office (''Zivilstandsamt / service de l'état civil / ufficio dello stato civile'') of each political community. Beginning on January 1, 1876, the civil registration office kept two separate sets of books: '''A-registers''' (records of births, marriages, and deaths occurring in the community regardless of citizenship) and '''B-registers''' (births, marriages, and deaths of citizens of the community that occurred outside the community). In 1928, the B-registers were discontinued and officially replaced by family registers (''Familienregister / registres des familles / registro delle famiglie'') kept by the civil registrar, though in most places these were already being kept. | |||
A duplicate copy of both A-registers and B-registers was also required to be kept and was submitted to the cantonal supervisory authority. In 1910, legislation no longer required the creation of the duplicate copy of the B-registers. | |||
Since 1876, many civil registration offices have merged into larger civil registration districts. Records from the original offices were moved to the new districts. In some areas, records over 100 years old have been moved to city or cantonal archives. | |||
==Coverage and Compliance== | ==Coverage and Compliance== | ||
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==Information Recorded in the Records== | ==Information Recorded in the Records== | ||
===Birth Registers | ===Birth Registers (''Geburtsregister / Registres des naissances / Registri delle nascite'' | ||
*Date of registration of the birth | *Date of registration of the birth | ||
*Name, residence, and occupation of the informant (usually the father or the midwife) | *Name, residence, and occupation of the informant (usually the father or the midwife) | ||