Indonesia, Jawa Tengah, Pemalang District Court Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection will include district court records from Pemalang, Central Java, Indonesia. The records span from 1961-2013. These records include:


 * Permohonan Akte Kelahiran (applications for birth certificates)
 * Ganit Nama (name changes)
 * Pengesahan Anak Angkat (adoption endorsements)
 * Registers Kelahiran (register of births)
 * SBKRI (applications for Indonesian citizenship)
 * Berita Acara Sumpah (minutes of citizenship oaths)
 * Perdata Perceraian (civil divorces)
 * Perdata Tanah (land records)
 * Perdata Eksekusi (civil executions)
 * Permohonan Ahli Waris (court decrees of inheritance)

The original records are housed at the district court in Pemalang, Indonesia.

Reading These Records
These records are written in Indonesian. For help reading these records see the following:


 * Indonesia Language and Languages
 * Indonesian Word List
 * Online Indonesian-English Dictionary

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