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Kenya

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

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Kenya is a country in Africa bordered by Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia.

Kenya Online Genealogy Records

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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Kenya.

Counties

Kenya is divided into the following counties:

Baringo Bomet Bungoma Busia Elgeyo-Marakwet Embu Garissa Homa Bay Isiolo Kajiado Kakamega Kericho Kiambu Kilifi Kirinyaga Kisii Kisumu Kitui Kwale Laikipia Lamu Machakos Makueni Mandera Marsabit Meru Migori Mombasa Murang'a Nairobi Nakuru Nandi Narok Nyamira Nyandarua Nyeri Samburu Siaya Taita–Taveta Tana River Tharaka-Nithi Trans-Nzoia Turkana Uasin Gishu Vihiga Wajir West Pokot