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Chad

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

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Chad is a country in Africa bordered by Libya, Sudan, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger. It was formerly a colony of France. The official languages are French and Arabic.

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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Chad.

Regions

Chad is organized into 23 regions:

• Batha
• Chari-Baguirmi
• Hadjer-Lamis
• Wadi Fira
• Bahr el Gazel
• Borkou
• Ennedi-Est
• Ennedi-Ouest
• Guéra
• Kanem
• Lac
• Logone Occidental
• Logone Oriental
• Mandoul
• Mayo-Kebbi Est
• Mayo-Kebbi Ouest
• Moyen-Chari
• Ouaddaï
• Salamat
• Sila
• Tandjilé
• Tibesti
• N'Djamena (capital)