Indonesia, Jawa Tengah, Kudus, District Court Naturalization Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
This collection contains naturalization and citizenship-related records from the District Court in Kudus, Central Java, Indonesia for the years 1958-2013. Indonesia is divided into regencies, their version of a province, and Kudus is a regency on the island of Java. This collection includes the following records in Indonesian:


 * Applications for Child's Birth Certificates (Permohonan Akte Kelahiran Anak)
 * Adoption Petitions (Permohonan Pengangkatan Anak)
 * Applications for Indonesian Citizenship (Permohonan Surat Bukti Kewarganegaraan Republik Indonesia (SBKRI))
 * Court Decrees of Inheritance (Permohonan Ahli Waris)

The original records are located in the Kudus District Court (Pengadilan Negeri Kudus) in Indonesia.

For more information these records, see the wiki article: Indonesia, Naturalization and Citizenship Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Record Content
Birth certificate applications may contain the following information:


 * Name of Child
 * Gender
 * Birthdate and Birthplace
 * Name of Mother and her Birthdate and Birthplace
 * Mother's Occupation
 * Name of Father and his Birthdate and Birthplace
 * Father’s Occupation
 * Age of Mother and Father
 * Residence
 * Names of Witnesses
 * Parents' Marriage Date and Place
 * Father's Name, Age, Birthplace, Religion, Occupation, Residency, and Marital Status at Marriage
 * Mother's Name, Age, Birthplace, Religion, Occupation, Residency, and Marital Status at Marriage

Checklist records usually contain the following information:


 * Applicant’s Name
 * Birthdate and Birthplace
 * Name of Parents, Guardian or Spouse
 * Residence
 * Occupation
 * Residency Identification Card Number

Naturalization records may contain the following information:


 * Name of the Individual
 * Gender
 * Birthdate and Birthplace
 * Names of parents
 * Age
 * Residence
 * Occupation

Citizenship records usually contain the following information:


 * Original Full Name
 * Name Change Place
 * Birthdate and Birthplace
 * Age
 * Residence
 * Occupation
 * Name of Spouse
 * Marriage Date and Place
 * Names of Children and Children’s Birthdate and Birthplace
 * Name of Person declaring the Information
 * Names of Witnesses

How to Use the Record
To search this collection, it would be helpful to know the following information:


 * Name of ancestor
 * Place of last residence (for records related to a change in citizenship)
 * Approximate year of birth, immigration, or adoption

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Search the collection by image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination.

When searching: As you are searching it is helpful to know such information as your ancestor's given name and surname, some identifying information such as residence, age, and family relationships. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name as your ancestor and that your ancestor may have used nicknames or different names at different times.

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 * You may need to search the records of nearby localities (such as the Demak, Grobogan, Pati, and Jepara regencies).

General Information About These Records
Indonesia is a series of islands that was colonized by the Dutch and gained its independence following World War II. As a country dependent on agriculture as well as trade with foreign nations, it is a country filled with several languages, religions, and peoples. The custom of naming children is one example of diversity: In general, the everyday Indonesian typically will have only one name, while those of the middle class more often have two names like in Western cultures. In other words, longer names may be an indicator of an individual’s social status.

The records also show evidence of diversity. Some images contain notes in Arabic script because the country’s major religion is Islam and Arabic is the language of Islam; however, the records in this collection are typewritten in Indonesian rather than Arabic because that is the national language.

These records are in Indonesian. For help reading the records, see the following wiki article:

Indonesia Language and Languages

Related Websites

 * Indonesian Adoptions
 * Indonesian Civil Documentation

Related Wiki Articles

 * Indonesia Emigration and Immigration
 * Indonesia Census
 * Indonesia

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