Democratic Republic of the Congo Genealogy

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Guide to Democratic Republic of the Congo ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country in Africa bordered by the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Angola. It was formerly known as Zaire and a colony of Belgium. The official language is French.

Democratic Republic of the Congo Online Genealogy Records

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Democratic Republic of the Congo Map

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Provinces

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is organized into 25 provinces and 1 capital city:

Bas-Uele Équateur Haut-Katanga Haut-Lomami Haut-Uele Ituri Kasaï Kasai-Central Kasai-oriental Kinshasa Kongo Central Kwango Kwilu Lomami Lualaba Mai-Ndombe Maniema Mongala North Kivu Nord-Ubangi Sankuru South Kivu Sud-Ubangi Tanganyika Tshopo Tshuapa