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

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Kuwait Background
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-Guide to '''Kuwait ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
-==Information==
-Kuwait is in the Middle East bordered by [[Iraq Genealogy|Iraq]] and [[Saudi Arabia Genealogy|Saudi Arabia]]. The official language is Arabic.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Kuwait," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait, accessed 27 April 2016.</ref>
-The city of Kuwait dates back to the 18th century. After a brief period as a [[England Genealogy|British]] protectorate after World War I, Kuwait became an independent state in 1961.
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-    <li>Ahmadi Governorate</li>
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-    <li>Farwaniya Governorate</li>
-    <li>Hawalli Governorate</li>
-    <li>Jahra Governorate</li>
-    <li>Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate</li>
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