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Rwanda

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

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Rwanda is a country in Africa bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire). It was formerly a colony of Germany. The official languages are Kinyarwanda, French, and English.

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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Rwanda.

Jurisdictions

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Rwanda. The country is divided into six topographical regions from west to east.
Rwanda is divided into four provinces and one city.

• Est (Eastern) Province
• Kigali City
• Nord (Northern) Province
• Ouest (Western) Province
• Sud (Southern) Province