Mauritania Research Tips and Strategies

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Mauritania Beginning Research

Getting Started Online Learning Record Finder Research Strategies

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Mauritania

Research Strategies

Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page The Mauritania Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for the Mauritania. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

Mauritania Research Strategies

Below are links to different research strategy Wiki pages to help you locate your ancestors in Mauritania:

• Getting Started
• Record Finder
• Mauritania Emigration and Immigration

Mauritania Research Tips

• Online Learning - video classes on research in Mauritania and the Middle East and North Africa in general
• Record Finder - gives suggestions for which kinds of records to search based on the information being sought
• Beginning Your Middle East Family Tree - FamilySearch blog article
• Road Map to Finding Ancestors in Africa at Africa Ancestor Quest - guide to genealogical research in Africa in general
• Mauritania was a French protectorate from 1903 until independence in 1960. Some records from that time may be in French rather than, or in addition to, Arabic.
• For more information about the Mauritanian diaspora, see Mauritania Emigration and Immigration.
• For more information about Mauritanian tribes, including links to books detailing the histories and genealogies of certain tribes in the country and throughout the Arab world, see Mauritania Tribes and Clans.
• See the Mauritania Societies for organizations and communities focused on Mauritanian genealogy. Connecting with these groups can provide insight into research questions.