Sudan Genealogy

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Sudan

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

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Sudan is a country in Africa bordered by Egypt, Libya, Chad, the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. The official languages are Arabic and English.

Tribal Lineages are key for the region, and they will most likely be oral tribal lineages.

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Genealogy records are kept on the state level in Sudan.

States

Genealogy records are kept on the state level in Sudan. Sudan is made up of the following states (wilayat, singular - wilayah):

Al Jazirah (El Gezira) Al Khartum (Khartoum) Al Qadarif An Nil al Abyad (White Nile) An Nil al Azraq (Blue Nile) Ash Shamaliyah (Northern) Gharb Darfur (Western Darfur) Janub Darfur (Southern Darfur) Janub Kurdufan (Southern Kordofan) Kassala Red Sea Nahr an Nil (Nile) Shamal Darfur (Northern Darfur) Shamal Kurdufan (Northern Kordofan) Sennar