Cameroon Genealogy

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Cameroon

Guide to Cameroon ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Cameroon is a country in Africa bordered by Nigeria, Chad, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo. Portions of the country were formerly colonies of Germany, France, and Great Britain. The official languages are French and English.

Cameroon Online Genealogy Records

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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Cameroon.

Regions

Cameroon is divided into 10 regions. Each region is further divided into departments (total of 58 departments).

Adamawa (Adamaoua) Centre (Centre) East (Est) Far North (Extrême-Nord) Littoral (Littoral) North (Nord) Northwest (Nord-Ouest) South (Sud) Southwest (Sud-Ouest) West (Ouest)