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Guide to Ghana ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Information
Ghana is a country in Africa bordered by the Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Togo. Parts of the country were formerly ruled by Portugal, The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany, and Great Britain. The official language is English.[1] Ghana was known as Gold Coast because of the abundance of "Gold" discovered by the colonial powers in the coastal areas. Gold coast used to be the capital town of Ghana. The rich history and activities of the colonial powers are still evident in the life of the people.
Ghana Map
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Ghana.
Regions
Ghana is divided into the following regions:
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As recently as 2018, several new regions were created from four of the existing regions, as follows:
- Northern split into Northern, North East and Savannah
- Volta split into Volta and Oti
- Western split into Western and Western North
- Brong-Ahafo split into Bono, Ahafo and Bono East.
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, “Ghana,” in ‘’Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,’’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana, accessed 29 April 2016.