The Gambia Genealogy

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

Information

The Gambia is a country in Africa mostly surrounded by Senegal. It was formerly a colony of Great Britain and was known as British Gambia. The official language is English.[1]

The Gambia Map

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in The Gambia.

The Gambia districts.PNG


Districts

The Gambia is composed of the following districts:

  • Banjul Central
  • Banjul North
  • Banjul South
  • Basse Fulladu East 
  • Central Baddibu
  • Foni Bintang-Karenai 
  • Foni Bondali 
  • Foni Brefet 
  • Foni Jarrol 
  • Foni Kansala 
  • Fulladu West 
  • Illiasa 
  • Janjanbureh 
  • Jarra Central 
  • Jarra East 
  • Jarra West 
  • Jimara 
  • Jokadu 
  • Kanifing 
  • Kantora 
  • Kiang Central 
  • Kiang East 
  • Kiang West
  • Kombo Central 
  • Kombo East 
  • Kombo North 
  • Kombo South 
  • Lower Baddibu 
  • Lower Niumi 
  • Lower Saloum 
  • Niamina Dankunku 
  • Niamina East 
  • Niamina West 
  • Niani 
  • Nianija 
  • Sabach Sanjal 
  • Sami 
  • Sandu 
  • Tumana 
  • Upper Niumi 
  • Upper Saloum 
  • Wuli East 
  • Wuli West

References

  1. Wikipedia contributors, “The Gambia,” in ‘’Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,’’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambia, accessed 29 April 2016.