Post Offices would also be seen as a stability for a population and increase confidence in it. The registry would probably be like Modern Day Phone Book White Pages with names in alphabetacial order and old address/new address's listed and would be kept behind the counter by the postal workers to be looked at by them on request. Keep the riff raff from using it for more nefarious purposes while still allowing for familys and friends to find each other. This would require a dedicated effort that could also be used for things like starting a draft or as like stated earlier a cheap census. Probably a lot more reasons as well.
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