Cameroon Notarial Records
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Research use: Very useful supplement to civil and church records. Marriage contracts and wills usually link several generations.
Record type: Marriages, deaths (legacies), property sales and transfer, inventories, etc.
Time period: 1884-present.
Contents: Wills, marriage contracts, leases, sales, inventories etc., containing names, dates, relationships and other vital information.
Location: National, provincial, and department archives.
Population coverage: Estimated to be from 60 to 70% of French colonials; approximately 30% of native Cameroonians.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Cameroon,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1999.