Qatar Genealogy
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Guide to Qatar ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Information[edit | edit source]
Qatar is located in the Middle East and is bordered by Saudi Arabia. After periods of control by the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain, Qatar gained independence in 1971. The official language is Arabic.[1]
Qatar Map[edit | edit source]
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Qatar.
Municipalities[edit | edit source]
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Qatar.
Qatar is divided into 10 municipalities (baladiyat, singular - baladiyah).
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Former Municipalities[edit | edit source]
The following are former municipalities of Qatar:
- Al Jumayliyah until 2004
- Al Ghuwayriyah until 2004
- Jarayan al Batinah until 2004
- Mesaieed until 2006
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Qatar," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar, accessed 22 April 2016.