Armenia Civil Registration
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How to Find the Records
- 1865-1930 Births, marriages, deaths, divorces (Անձնական հաշվառման քարտեր կենսագրական տվյալներով, 1865?-1930?), FamilySearch Catalog
- 1917-1930 Births (Kʿaghakʿatsʿiavan katsʿutʿan avteri ardzanagrman bazhin, 1917-1930), FamilySearch Catalog
Offices to Contact
Department of Civil Registry
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
3/8 Vazgen Sargsyan Street
0010 Yerevan
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia -- Civil Registration
List of civil registration offices
Law (adopted in 2004) about content of civil registration documents
National Library
Armyanskaya Biblioteka
ul. Teriana 72
Yerevan, Armenia 375009
Historical Background
The years that Armenian Civil Registration covers vary depending on the region.
Coverage and Compliance
Population coverage: 90% of the population.[1]
Information Recorded in the Records
Birth Records
- Date
- Name of child
- Name of the father (Early civil registration records usually do not list the mother's name.)
- Place of residence for parents
- May give occupations and religious preferences of parents
- Ages or birth years for parents
Marriage Records
- Date
- Names of bride and groom
- Residences of groom and bride
- Names of witnesses
- May give names of parents
- May give occupations and religious preferences of parents
Death Records
- Date
- Name of deceased
- Residence of the deceased
- Age at death
- Cause of death
- Place of burial
- May give name of parents
- May give occupations and religious preferences of parents
References
- ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Armenia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990-1999.