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

Information[edit | edit source]

Eritrea is a country in Africa bordered by Sudan, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. It was formerly ruled by Italy. In lieu of an official language, Tigrinya serves as the de facto language.[1]

Eritrea Map[edit | edit source]

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Eritrea.

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Regions[edit | edit source]

Eritrea is divided into six regions:

  • Central
  • Anseba
  • Gash-Barka
  • Southern
  • Northern Red Sea
  • Southern Red Sea

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Eritrea," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea, accessed 2 May 2016.