Somalia Genealogy

Somalia Wiki Topics

Somalia Beginning Research

Getting Started Online Learning Record Finder Research Strategies Finding Town of Origin

Record Types

Church Records Civil Registration Colonial Records Compiled Genealogies Emigration & Immigration Online Genealogy Records Religious Records Tribes and Clans

Somalia Background

Gazetteers History Languages Maps Naming Customs Social Life & Customs

Somalia Genealogical Word Lists

Arabic

Local Research Resources

Archives & Libraries Societies Local FamilySearch Center

In other languages: اللغة الصومالية, Af-Soomaali

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Somalia

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

Information

Somalia is a country in Africa bordered by Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya. It was formerly under the rule of Great Britain and Italy. The official languages are Somali and Arabic.

Somalia Online Genealogy Records

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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Somalia.

Regions

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Somalia. Somalia is comprised of the following regions (plural - gobolada, singular - gobolka):

1. Lower Juba
2. Middle Juba
3. Gedo
4. Bay
5. Bakool
6. Lower Shebelle
7. Banaadir
8. Middle Shebelle
9. Hiran
10. Galguduud
11. Mudug
12. Nugal
13. Bari
14. Sool
15. Sanaag
16. Togdheer
17. Woqooyi Galbeed
18. Awdal