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

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Mali is a country in Africa bordered by Algeria, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Niger. It was formerly a colony of France. The official language is French.

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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Mali. Mali is divided into 10 regions and one capital district:

Bamako (capital) Gao Kayes Kidal Koulikoro Ménaka Mopti Ségou Sikasso Taoudénit Tombouctou