Vital Statistics Register

Scope and content: Registers with information written in concerning births, deaths, contagious diseases, physicians and accoucheurs (individuals who assist at births, such as obstetricians), and funerals. Provide basic information only. For example, births include names of parents and child, date and place of birth, etc; deaths give name of individual/age/occupation, date of and reason for death, marital status, etc; marriages provide names of bride and groom, age, where and when married, etc; contagious diseases note who was sick and with what, residence, age, possible complications, course of treatment, etc; physicians and accoucheurs give professional's name, college attended, years in practice and year of registration, etc. Not all grouped together by type of register on the microfilm.