Kuwait Genealogy

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

Information

Kuwait is in the Middle East bordered by Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The official language is Arabic.[1]

The city of Kuwait dates back to the 18th century. After a brief period as a British protectorate after World War I, Kuwait became an independent state in 1961.

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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Kuwait.

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Governorates

Kuwait is divided into the following governorates:

  • Ahmadi Governorate
  • Al-Asimah Governorate
  • Farwaniya Governorate
  • Hawalli Governorate
  • Jahra Governorate
  • Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate

References

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Kuwait," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait, accessed 27 April 2016.