2011-05-06 14:25:55 Civil Registry Agency transferred 2000 Church Metric Books National Archives Georgia The National Archives of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia was transferred about 2000 church record books that were preserved at Civil Registry Agency. Among them the oldest is dated back with 1830s.
“These documents are important for studying the history of the 19th century Georgia. Here we can obtain the information about the demographic data of the population of our country, among them famous people, information about the birth, christening, wedding ceremony, reasons of death”, - mentioned Ms. Teona Iashvili.
According to the information of Mr. Giorgi Gabrielashvili, Deputy Head of the Civil Registry Agency, the National Archives was transferred those church metric books that are 100 years and older and, according to law, should be preserved at the National Archives of Georgia.
It should be noted that among the transferred books is the metric book of Skhvitori Church of the Savior of 1840-41. Here is the record about the birth and the christening of Akaki Tsereteli, famous Georgian writer and public figure; also the metric records of St. George in village Argveti of the period of 1891-1893, where the birth and the christening of Paolo Iashvili, famous Georgian Poet, are registered.
For the information: before the creation of civil acts registering organs, in the past centuries birth, marriage and wedding were registered in the churches of the conformable region.
The National Archives of Georgia will treat the church books according to the archival rules and the damaged books will be restored. The church records will be ascribed to the fonds of Georgia-Imereti saunodal bureau and will be accessible for any interested persons.
