Mongolia Civil Registration: Difference between revisions

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Research Use: Excellent for family and relationship linkage. They identify names of parents, prove other relationships, and are very useful for linking generations.  
Research Use: Excellent for family and relationship linkage. They identify names of parents, prove other relationships, and are very useful for linking generations.  


Record Type: Births, marriages, and deaths maintained by civil authorities. The Central Bureau of Statistics began civil registration in 1921 after the Soviet takeover of Mongolia. This early system of civil registration was not universally enforced. It was replaced by a new universal system in 1951.  
Record Type: Births, marriages, and deaths maintained by civil authorities. The Central Bureau of Statistics began civil registration in 1921. This early system of civil registration was not universally enforced. It was replaced by a new universal system in 1951.  


Time Period: 1921 to 1951.  
Time Period: 1921 to 1951.  
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Population Coverage: 20 to 30 percent. perhaps as high as 40 percent at times. This early practice of civil registration included mostly the urban population and even for these, coverage was quite uneven.  
Population Coverage: 20 to 30 percent. perhaps as high as 40 percent at times. This early practice of civil registration included mostly the urban population and even for these, coverage was quite uneven.  


Reliability: Excellent.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Mongolia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.</ref>  
Reliability: Excellent.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Mongolia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.</ref>


== Civil Registration (1951 and Later)  ==
== Civil Registration (1951 and Later)  ==
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