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FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Egypt Portal page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Egyptian records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. Please visit the [[Portal:Get started with this site|help page]] to learn more about using the site. The Egypt Portal Page is a work in progress, your contributions and [[FamilySearch Wiki:Feedback|feedback]] are essential!
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== Jurisdictions: Administrative Divisions  ==
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There are 26 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah).
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*Al Bahr al Ahmar
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*Al Buhayrah
Guide to '''Egypt ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
*Al Fayyum
==Information==
*Al Gharbiyah
Egypt is located in the northeastern corner of [[Africa|Africa]] and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Red Sea, [[Israel Genealogy|Israel]], and [[Palestine Genealogy|Palestine]] to the east, [[Libya Genealogy|Libya]] to the west, and [[Sudan Genealogy|Sudan]] to the south. Since the dynastic leadership of the pharaohs in its early history, Egypt has experienced several [[Egypt Colonial Records|colonial influences]], notably from the [[Ottoman Empire Genealogy|Ottoman Empire]], the [[France Genealogy|French]], and the [[England Genealogy|British]] before gaining its independence in 1956.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Egypt," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt, accessed 2 May 2016.</ref>
*Al Iskandariyah
*Al Isma'iliyah*
*Al Jizah
*Al Minufiyah
 
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*Al Minya
*Al Qahirah
*Al Qalyubiyah
*Al Wadi al Jadid
*As Suways
*Ash Sharqiyah
*Aswan
*Asyut
*Bani Suwayf
 
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*Dumyat
*Janub Sina'
*Kafr ash Shaykh
*Matruh
*Qina
*Shamal
*Sina'
*Suhaj
 
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*[[Counties of Egypt]]
*[[Genealogical Records of Egypt]]  
*[[Egyptian Gazetteers]] (Finding Place Names)<br>
*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/egypt.html Egyptian Maps]
*[http://www.orthohelp.com/geneal/egypt.htm Sephardic Genealogy Resources]  
*[http://www.daddezio.com/egypgen.htm Egyptian Genealogical Site]  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=223&subject_disp=Egypt&columns=*,180,0| Egyptian Collection F.H.L.]
*[http://www.libdex.com/country/Egypt.html Egyptian Libraries]  
*[http://www.lib.utah.edu/middleeast/ Aziz S. Atiya Middle East Library]
 
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== Governorates (''Muhafazah'') ==
Arabic is the official language. English and French are widely understood by educated classes
There are 27 governorates (''muhafazat'', singular - ''muhafazah'').
 
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    <li>[[Matruh, Egypt Genealogy|Matruh]] (Matrouh)</li>
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    <li>[[Al Iskandariyah, Egypt Genealogy|Al Iskandariyah]] (Alexandria)</li>
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    <li>[[Al Buhayrah, Egypt Genealogy|Al Buhayrah]] (Beheira)</li>
 
    <li>[[Kafr ash Shaykh, Egypt Genealogy|Kafr ash Shaykh]] (Kafr el-Sheikh)</li>
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    <li>[[Ad Daqahliyah, Egypt Genealogy|Ad Daqahliyah]] (Dakahlia)</li>
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    <li>[[Dumyat, Egypt Genealogy|Dumyat]] (Damietta)</li>
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    <li>[[Bur Sa'id, Egypt Genealogy|Bur Sa'id]] (Port Said)</li>
 
    <li>[[Sina', Egypt Genealogy|Sina']] (North Sinai)</li>
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    <li>[[Al Gharbiyah, Egypt Genealogy|Al Gharbiyah]] (Gharbia)</li>
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    <li>[[Al Minufiyah, Egypt Genealogy|Al Minufiyah]] (Monufia)</li>
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    <li>[[Al Qalyubiyah, Egypt Genealogy|Al Qalyubiyah]] (Qalyubia)</li>
 
    <li>[[Ash Sharqiyah, Egypt Genealogy|Ash Sharqiyah]] (Al Sharqia)</li>
    <li>[[Shamal, Egypt Genealogy|Shamal]] (Ismailia)</li>
    <li>[[Al Jizah, Egypt Genealogy|Al Jizah]] (Giza)</li>
    <li>[[Al Fayyum, Egypt Genealogy|Al Fayyum]] (Faiyum)</li>
    <li>[[Al Qahirah, Egypt Genealogy|Al Qahirah]] (Cairo)</li>
    <li>[[As Suways, Egypt Genealogy|As Suways]] (Suez)</li>
    <li>[[Janub Sina', Egypt Genealogy|Janub Sina']] (South Sinai)</li>
    <li>[[Bani Suwayf, Egypt Genealogy|Bani Suwayf]] (Beni Suef)</li>
    <li>[[Al Minya, Egypt Genealogy|Al Minya]] (Minya)</li>
    <li>[[Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt Genealogy|Al Wadi al Jadid]] (New Valley)</li>
    <li>[[Asyut, Egypt Genealogy|Asyut]]</li>
    <li>[[Al Bahr al Ahmar, Egypt Genealogy|Al Bahr al Ahfullmar]] (Red Sea)</li>
    <li>[[Suhaj, Egypt Genealogy|Suhaj]] (Sohag)</li>
    <li>[[Qina, Egypt Genealogy|Qina]] (Qena)</li>
    <li>Luxor</li>
    <li>[[Aswan, Egypt Genealogy|Aswan]]</li>
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Revision as of 07:44, 13 October 2009

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Getting started with Cambodia research[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Egypt Portal page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Egyptian records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. Please visit the help page to learn more about using the site. The Egypt Portal Page is a work in progress, your contributions and feedback are essential!

Jurisdictions: Administrative Divisions[edit | edit source]

There are 26 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah).

  • Ad Daqahliyah
  • Al Bahr al Ahmar
  • Al Buhayrah
  • Al Fayyum
  • Al Gharbiyah
  • Al Iskandariyah
  • Al Isma'iliyah*
  • Al Jizah
  • Al Minufiyah
  • Al Minya
  • Al Qahirah
  • Al Qalyubiyah
  • Al Wadi al Jadid
  • As Suways
  • Ash Sharqiyah
  • Aswan
  • Asyut
  • Bani Suwayf
  • Bur Sa'id
  • Dumyat
  • Janub Sina'
  • Kafr ash Shaykh
  • Matruh
  • Qina
  • Shamal
  • Sina'
  • Suhaj

Research Tools[edit | edit source]

  • (helpful tools and resources, gazetteers)
  • (language dictionary, handwriting guide or tutorial, etc.)

Help Wanted[edit | edit source]

In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:


Featured Content[edit | edit source]

(Your text or images here)

Did you know?[edit | edit source]

Arabic is the official language. English and French are widely understood by educated classes

  • (Your Bullet)
  • (Your Bullet)
  • (Your Bullet)
  • (Your Bullet)
  • (Your Bullet)
  • (Your Bullet)

(All text below this is included in a column on the left side of the screen.)

News
  • Hot off the Press!


more...

and Events
  • Current Events
Topics
Useful Websites
  • Websites


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