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

Coverage and Compliance

getting birth, death, and marriage certificates for Iraq

The Marriage Contract

Marriage Contract Outside Courts

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