India, Jharkhand, B. Deoghar, Singh Darwaja, Pandit Dharam Rakshni Sabha, Marriage Records, - FamilySearch Historical Records

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What is in the Collection?
This collection contains marriage records kept by the Pandit Dharam Rakshni Sabha in Singh Darwaga, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India. The records include many places throughout Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. This collection will include records from 1958-2013.

Images will be added to the collection as they become available.

These records are written Hindi.

Collection Contents
Marriages records may contain the following information:


 * Date of Marriage
 * Full Names of Bride and Groom
 * Age of the couple
 * Occupation
 * Residence
 * Father's Name and Surname
 * Whether Marriage was by Banns or License
 * Signatures of the Parties
 * Signatures of two or more Witnesses present
 * Name of Officiator
 * Locality of the Church

How Do I Search the Collection?
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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.

Use the ages of the bride and groom to estimate birth dates. This guide may help with using the information from these records and doing Hindu research: Tracing your Asian Roots on the Indian Subcontinent

For Help Reading these Records
These records are in Hindi. For help with reading the records, please see the following sources:


 * Omniglot
 * India Language and Languages

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