Niger Genealogy

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

Information

Niger is a country in Africa bordered by Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Algeria, Libya, and Chad. It was formerly a colony of France. The official language is French.[1]

Niger Map

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Niger. Niger map.png

Regions

Niger is divided into the following regions:

  • Agadez
  • Diffa
  • Dosso
  • Maradi
  • Niamey (capital district)
  • Tahoua
  • Tillabéri
  • Zinder

References

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Niger," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger, accessed 25 April 2016.