Iraq Civil Registration

Iraq

Civil Registration

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How to Find the Records

Online Collections

• 1628-1969: UK Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects at Ancestry; index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms at Findmypast; index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages at Findmypast; index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials at Findmypast; index & images ($)

Offices to Contact

Directorate of Health for validation and recording in the Birth and Deceased logs
89XJ+2GR, Al Adham Street
Baghdad, Iraq

In Central & Southern governorates: the Civil Affairs Directorate maintain the family record

Information Recorded in the Records

Birth Record

• Name of child
• Place of birth
• Names of parents

Death Record

• Name of deceased
• Cause of death
• Place of death
• Time of death
• Other personal information about the deceased

getting birth, death, and marriage certificates for Iraq

How to obtain a Birth Certificate?

The Marriage Contract

Marriage Contract Outside Courts

Iraqi Birth Certificate for a child born in US with an Iraqi father