Mongolia Civil Registration

Mongolia

Civil Registration (to 1951)
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.

Time Period: 1921 to 1951.

Contents: Birth – name (given name only); sex; date and place of birth; father's name (given name only) and occupation, mother’s name (given name only); residence of parents; witnesses. Marriage – Given names of bride and of groom, date and place of marriage; probably given names of parents of the bride and groom; previous marital status, occupation, witnesses. Death – name of deceased, sex, date of death and place of death, cause of death, residence, age, marital status, probably name of spouses, possibly given names of parents. Place of birth is not given.

Location: Mongolian National Archives.

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.