Liberia Genealogy

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

Information[edit | edit source]

Liberia is a country in Africa bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire. The official language is English.[1]

Liberia Map[edit | edit source]

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Counties[edit | edit source]

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Liberia. Liberia is divided into the following counties:

  1. Bomi
  2. Bong
  3. Gbarpolu
  4. Grand Bassa
  5. Grand Cape Mount
  6. Grand Gedeh
  7. Grand Kru
  8. Lofa
  9. Margibi
  10. Maryland
  11. Montserrado
  12. Nimba
  13. Rivercess
  14. River Gee
  15. Sinoe

References[edit | edit source]

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