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==Historical Background==
==Historical Background==


General: The Bureau of Civil Status Acts (ZAGS) creates and maintains civil registration.  The bureau is subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and is separate from the national archive system.  Registration of births must be done within two months of birth and deaths within three days.  Registration offices are collocated with "marriage palaces" permitting the registration and performance of weddings to occur at the same place and time.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Moldova,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2002.</ref>
General: The Bureau of Civil Status Acts (ZAGS) creates and maintains civil registration.  The bureau is subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and is separate from the national archive system.  Registration of births must be done within two months of birth and deaths within three days.  <br>
 
Registration offices are next to "marriage palaces" permitting the registration and performance of weddings to occur at the same place and time.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Moldova,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2002.</ref>


Time period: 1920-present.
Time period: 1920-present.
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