Indonesia, Jawa Tengah, Boyolali, Naturalization and Citizenship Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Record
Indonesia, Jawa Tengah, Boyolali, Naturalisasi Rekaman

Record Description
This collection contains naturalization and citizenship-related records from the District Court in Boyolali, Central Java, Indonesia. The collection includes the following:

The Surat Bukti Kewarganegaraan Republik Indonesia, or applications for citizenship were primarily filled out by Chinese Immigrants to Indonesia.

Immigration to Indonesia was in practice since the ancient era. The early phase of Indonesia Immigration started when fishermen of Indonesia migrated to the neighboring islands.

The main immigration of Indonesia took place in the nineteenth century when people of Indonesia were sent to Australia for working in the pearl and sugarcane industries. Most of them had to return after World War II, but few of them managed to stay back.

From the 1870s Indonesians were recruited to work in the pearling and sugar cane industries in northern Australia. Around 1,000 Indonesians were living in Australia by Federation, almost all in Queensland and Western Australia. With the introduction of the White Australia Policy in 1901, most sugar workers returned to Indonesia, although some pearl divers remained. Few settled in Victoria, and those who did were probably Dutch Indonesians – the Netherlands had controlled the Indonesian archipelago since the 19th century.

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Record Content
These applications for birth certificates (Permohonan Akte Kelahiran) generally contain the following information:


 * Name of child
 * Date and place of birth

These applications for marriage certificates (Permohonan akte Perkawinan) generally contain the following information:


 * Name of bride and groom
 * Date and place of marriage
 * Names of witnesses

These applications for adoption of a child (Permohonan Anak Angkat) records generally contain the following information:


 * Name of child
 * Names of parents
 * Date and place of birth for the child and parents
 * Place of residence

These court decrees of inheritance (Permohonan Ahli Waris) records generally contain the following information:


 * Name of deceased
 * Names of heirs and family members
 * Date and place of death

These applications for name changes (Permohonan Ganti Nama) generally contain the following information


 * Full name before name change
 * Full name after name change
 * Date and place of birth

These applications for naturalizations (Permohonan Pewarganegaraan) generally contain the following information:


 * Date of naturalization
 * Name of immigrant
 * Date and place of birth
 * Immigrant's religion
 * Immigrant's occupation

These applications for Indonesian citizenship (Permohonan SBKRI) generally contain the following information:


 * Name of immigrant
 * Name of spouse
 * Age of immigrant
 * Place of residence

How to Use the Record
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 * Name of parents
 * Place of birth
 * Approximate year of birth

To begin your search for marriage certificates, it would be helpful if you knew the following information:


 * Name of bride or groom
 * Place of marriage
 * Approximate year of marriage

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Related Wiki Articles

 * Indonesia Emigration and Immigration

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“Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 28 February, 2012), La Plata &gt; San Ponciano &gt; Matrimonios 1884-1886 &gt; image 71 of 389 images, Artemio Avendano and Clementina Peralta, 1884; citing Parroquia de San Ponciano en la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Matrimonios. San Ponciano, La Plata, Buenos Aires.