Madagascar Military Records
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In other languages: Military records
Research use: Useful for linking families. Often all able bodied men are listed together with their families.
Record type: Lists of colonial troops who served in French army.
Time period: 1897-1960.
Contents: Age, village, family name, date of enlistment for officers and enlisted men, village locations, village leaders, marital status, name of spouse and children.
Location: National Archives in Antananarivo, the Archives Nationales in Paris.
Population coverage: Approximately 25%.
Reliability: Good.[1]
References
- ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Madagascar,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.