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Armenia

Civil Registration

How to Find the Records

Click here for 1917-1930 and here for records beginning in 1865.

Offices to Contact

Chief
Department of Civil Registry

Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
3/8 Vazgen Sargsyan Street
0010 Yerevan
Cost is approximately $25.00 per certificate

Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia -- Civil Registration

Write to the National Library for holdings:

Armyanskaya Biblioteka
ul. Teriana 72
Yrevan, 375009

Historical Background

The years that Armenian Civil Registration covers vary depending on the region.

Coverage and Compliance

Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population.

Information Recorded in the Records

Contents: Birth, marriage, and death records have the exact date of the event, including time of day for births; name of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents; name of informant for births and names of witnesses for marriages; place of residence for parents of new born, of the groom and bride for marriages, and of the deceased for deaths; age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death records.