Interestingly, it seems that under the Mosaic Law, marriages and births were officially recorded. ​ — Matthew 1: 1 - 16.
فَمِنَ ٱلْجَدِيرِ بِٱلْمُلَاحَظَةِ أَنَّهُ فِي عَهْدِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ ٱلْمُوسَوِيَّةِ كَانَتِ ٱلزِّيجَاتُ وَٱلْوِلَادَاتُ تُسَجَّلُ رَسْمِيًّا .‏ —‏ متى ١ :‏ ​ ١ -‏ ١٦‏ .‏