Tanzania Genealogy

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Tanzania

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

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Tanzania is a country in Africa bordered by the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Burundi, Rwanda, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, and Mozambique. Portions of the country were formerly governed by Portugal and Germany. The official languages are Swahili and English.

Tanzania Online Genealogy Records

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Genealogy records are kept on the region level in Tanzania.

Regions

Genealogy records are kept on the region level in Tanzania. Tanzania is divided into the following regions (mkoa):

Arusha Dar es Salaam Dodoma Geita Iringa Katavi Kagera Kigoma Kilimanjaro Lindi Manyara Mara Mbeya Mjini Magharibi Morogoro Mtwara Mwanza Njombe Pemba North Pemba South Pwani Rukwa Ruvuma Shinyanga Simiyu Singida Tabora Tanga Zanzibar Central/South Zanzibar North Zanzibar Urban/West