Jordan Civil Registration

Jordan

Civil registration
Research use: Information can be used to compile pedigrees and family groups. Identifies parents, children and spouses and dates and places of vital events. Other relatives are often identified.

Record type: Births, marriages, deaths, divorces.

Time period: 1921-present. Early years only included Europeans. Registration of the general populous became compulsory in 1957. Contents: Births:  Child’s name, birth date and place, parents’ names, residence, and occupation; witnesses’ ages, relationships, residences. Marriages: Bride and groom names, ages, residences, occupations, marriage date and place, sometimes ages and/or birth dates and places, parents' names, residences, occupations; witnesses. Death registers: Name of deceased, age, death date and place, occupation, name of surviving spouse, informant’s name and residence, cause of death, sometimes birth date and place, parents’ names, children’s names.

Location: National Archives in Amman and local government offices.

Population coverage: Before 1957, 5%; after 1957, as high as 80%.

Reliability: Excellent.

Accessibility: By personal visit or correspondence.