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| ==How to Find the Records== | | ==How to Find the Records== |
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| Thimphu,Bhutan<br> | | Thimphu,Bhutan<br> |
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| Telephone: +975-2-322301/322015/325173<ref>Wikiprocedure, [https://www.wikiprocedure.com/index.php/Bhutan_-_Obtain_Death_Certificate Bhutan - Obtain Death Certificate], same address for birth certificates (accessed 25 August 2020).</ref><br> | | Telephone: +975-2-322301/322015/325173<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span><br> |
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| Judicial Service, [https://www.citizenservices.gov.bt/Judiciary/openApplication.html?method=openApplication&applType=MC Marriage Certificate Application Form] | | Judicial Service, [https://www.citizenservices.gov.bt/Judiciary/openApplication.html?method=openApplication&applType=MC Marriage Certificate Application Form] |
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| Though village records exist, few birth and death records are created. | | Though village records exist, few birth and death records are created. |
| Polygamy and polyandry are legal in Bhutan, however only the first wife or first husband has legal status. Polyandry and polygamy are dying out.<ref>Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy_in_Bhutan#:~:text=Polygamy%20is%20legal%20in%20Bhutan,allowed%20only%20one%20legal%20husband Polygamy in Bhutan], (accessed 25 August 2020).</ref> Arranged marriages are still common in rural areas.<ref>Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan Bhutan], (accessed 25 August 2020).</ref> | | Polygamy and polyandry are legal in Bhutan, however only the first wife or first husband has legal status. Polyandry and polygamy are dying out.<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span> Arranged marriages are still common in rural areas.<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span> |
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| ==Coverage and Compliance== | | ==Coverage and Compliance== |
| Birth records are not created, and death records are not issued. Some may be in village records. Marriage records may be registered at a local civil office.<ref>Thomas Jay Kemp, International Vital Records Handbook, 7th ed., (Baltmore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., c2017), p. 466.</ref> | | Birth records are not created, and death records are not issued. Some may be in village records. Marriage records may be registered at a local civil office.<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span> |
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| ==Information Recorded in the Records== | | ==Information Recorded in the Records== |
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| *Residential address | | *Residential address |
| *Name and nationality of father | | *Name and nationality of father |
| *Name and nationality of mother<ref name="Forms">Royal Government of Bhutan, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs, [http://www.mohca.gov.bt/?page_id=2563 Census Forms], (accessed 25 August 2020)</ref> | | *Name and nationality of mother<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span> |
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| '''Marriages''' | | '''Marriages''' |
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| *Place of death | | *Place of death |
| *Name of father | | *Name of father |
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| == References == | | == References == |
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| [[Category:Bhutan]] [[Category:Civil Registration]] | | [[Category:Bhutan]] [[Category:Civil Registration]] |