History Registry Office in Erfurt in the House to the Sonneborn, 1989 In earlier times, the so-called civil cases (births, marriages and deaths) only in the Kirchenregistern of the Pfarrämtern were recorded. These registers were subjected in the course of time despite their purely ecclesiastical character widely and generally public and governmental purposes. The result was that the Government on the management of these registers took hold and placed under State supervision by the lower administrative authorities. Civil registry offices have been between 1792 and introduced in 1808 in the French occupy Rheinland. The oldest registry books dating from 1792. The other offices were subsequently established by the civil code. Only with the entry into force of the Reich Law on certification of civil status and the marriage of February 6, 1875 offices with the special task of the leadership of registers of civil status (birth, marriage and death registers) were established on 1 January 1876 uniformly throughout the former empire. Since that time the civil law even before the Registrar may be entered into marriage. The image of the Registrar itself has significantly changed over 100 years in these. The mayor or the village schoolmaster as volunteers, registrars were formerly primarily this task is perceived today, typically by administration officials. The Registrars duties are Affairs of the State, which are under the authority transferred to the communities to meet. Also, the duties of the Registrar was always more extensive over the course of time. In addition to the certifications of the marital status and the preparation (so-called contingent, since 1 August 1998 registration of marriage since 1 August 2001 registration of civil partnerships) and the issuance of certificates of civil status performing the marriage and establishment of partnerships is one of the most common activities in the registry office where the Registrar as Registrar of public deeds within his Division. More tasks are among other things the attestation of paternity recognition, acceptance and certification documents insurance in civil affairs, legalization and acceptance of name-legal statements, the issue of marriage ability certificates, the leadership of the Testament index, regional receiving explanations to the religious disaffiliation, messages to other offices and the participation in the population statistics.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:15:13 +0000
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