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Kenya became a free country in 1963. In 1964, Kenya became a republic and was renamed the Republic of Kenya. The official languages are English and Swahili. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Kenya," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya#British_Kenya_(1888%E2%80%931962), accessed 22 July 2019.</ref> | Kenya became a free country in 1963. In 1964, Kenya became a republic and was renamed the Republic of Kenya. The official languages are English and Swahili. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Kenya," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya#British_Kenya_(1888%E2%80%931962), accessed 22 July 2019.</ref> | ||
To learn about colonial Kenya, you may want to read | To learn about colonial Kenya, you may want to read some of the following books: | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/719271?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Britain and Kenya, 1870-1930 : the economics of colonialism''] | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/127245?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Kenya : from chartered company to crown colony, thirty years of exploration and administration in British East Africa''] by C.W. Hobley | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/127245?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Kenya : from chartered company to crown colony, thirty years of exploration and administration in British East Africa''] by C.W. Hobley | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/55563?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The making of mission communities in East Africa : Anglicans and Africans in colonial Kenya, 1875-1935''] by Robert W. Strayer | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/55563?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The making of mission communities in East Africa : Anglicans and Africans in colonial Kenya, 1875-1935''] by Robert W. Strayer | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/59571?availability=HSB%20(Headquarters%20Storage%20Building) ''Origins of European settlement in Kenya''] by M.P.K. Sorrenson. | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/59571?availability=HSB%20(Headquarters%20Storage%20Building) ''Origins of European settlement in Kenya''] by M.P.K. Sorrenson. | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/59611?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Politics of decolonization : Kenya Europeans and the land issue, 1960-1965''] by Gary Wasserman | |||
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| Individuals who worked for, or applied to join, the British Civil Service. | | Individuals who worked for, or applied to join, the British Civil Service. | ||
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| [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/460075?availability=Family%20History%20Library Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda telephone directory] | |||
| 1920-? | |||
| Telephone directory | |||
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| Residents of Nairobi, Mombasa, and other towns in Kenya | |||
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| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ukforeignvitals/?count=50&keyword=Kenya UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969, Kenya] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
| 1905-1923 | |||
| Birth, baptism, marriage, death, and burial records | |||
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| Records in this collection come from a variety sources. Events include both British and non-British nationals | |||
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