Cameroon Notarial Records: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 09:04, 4 May 2016

Cameroon Wiki Topics

Beginning Research
Research Strategies Record Finder Online Learning
Record Types
Census Church Records Civil Registration Colonial Records Compiled Genealogies Emigration & Immigration Land and Property	Military Records Notarial Records Online Records Probate Records Religious Records
Cameroon Background
French Word List Gazetteers History Jurisdictions Languages	Maps Naming Customs Social Life & Customs For Further Reading
Local Research Resources
Archives and Libraries Societies

Research use: Very useful supplement to civil and church records. Marriage contracts and wills usually link several generations.

Record type: Marriages, deaths (legacies), property sales and transfer, inventories, etc.

Time period: 1884-present.

Contents: Wills, marriage contracts, leases, sales, inventories etc., containing names, dates, relationships and other vital information.

Location: National, provincial, and department archives.

Population coverage: Estimated to be from 60 to 70% of French colonials; approximately 30% of native Cameroonians.^[1]

↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Cameroon,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1999.

Revision as of 17:35, 28 April 2016 (view source) Posta1 (talk \| contribs) No edit summary ← Older edit		Revision as of 09:04, 4 May 2016 (view source) Murphynw (talk \| contribs) (breadside) Newer edit →
Line 1:		Line 1:
	~~{{Cameroon-sidebar}}'~~''[[~~Cameroon Genealogy~~\|Cameroon]]'''		''[[Africa]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cameroon_Genealogy\|Cameroon]]'' {{Cameroon-sidebar}}

	Research use: Very useful supplement to civil and church records. Marriage contracts and wills usually link several generations.		Research use: Very useful supplement to civil and church records. Marriage contracts and wills usually link several generations.