South Sudan Genealogy

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

Information[edit | edit source]

South Sudan is a country in Africa bordered by Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), and the Central African Republic. The official language is English.[1]

South Sudan Map[edit | edit source]

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in South Sudan.
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States[edit | edit source]

South Sudan is comprised of the following states, administrative areas, etc.

State or Area Region
Northern Bahr el Ghazal Bahr el Ghazal
Western Bahr el Ghazal Bahr el Ghazal
Lakes Bahr el Ghazal
Warrap Bahr el Ghazal
Western Equatoria Equatoria
Central Equatoria Equatoria
Eastern Equatoria Equatoria
Jonglei Greater Upper Nile
Unity Greater Upper Nile
Upper Nile Greater Upper Nile
Abyei Area Bahr el Ghazal
Greater Pibor Area Greater Upper Nile
Ruweng Area Greater Upper Nile

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "South Sudan," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan, accessed 21 April 2016.