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==Resources==
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===Offices to Contact===
===Civil Registration===


Registration offices in Dakar, St. Louis, and other major cities in Senegal. 
Research use: A primary source.


For the Gambia, Oral History and Antiquities Division in Banjul.
Record type: Births, marriages, deaths.


Copies of much of the civil registration for Senegal during this time period is in Paris in the Archives Nationales, Section Outre-Mer.
Time period: *1730 to present.


==Background==
Contents: Births - name, birth date, parents, father’s occupation and residence, sometimes age of mother, names of witnesses and their residences, occupations, and sometimes relationships.  Marriages - names of bride and groom, residence, date of marriage, sometimes ages and names of parents or sponsors.  Death - name, date of death and burial, age, residence at the time of death, occupation, cause of death.


Location: Registration offices in Dakar, St. Louis, and other major cities in Senegal.  For the Gambia, Oral History and Antiquities Division in Banjul.  Copies of much of the civil registration for Senegal during this time period is  in Paris in the Archives Nationales, Section Outre-Mer.


Population coverage: Estimated to be 90% of the French and British colonial population and about 50% of the African population of Senegal and the Gambia.


==Coverage and Compliance==
Reliability: Good.


*1730 to present
Note: * The 1730 date is based on the record listing completed in the national archives in 1983.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Senegal and the Gambia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.</ref>
Note: * The 1730 date is based on the record listing completed in the national archives in 1983.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Senegal and the Gambia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.</ref>
.<ref name="World Bank">The World Bank, [https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/28310/119065-WP-ID4D-country-profiles-report-final-PUBLIC.txt?sequence=2&isAllowed=y The State of Identification Systems in Africa], World Bank Publications, The World Bank Group, Washington, DC, (accessed 20 November 2020).</ref>
Population coverage: Estimated to be 90% of the French and British colonial population and about 50% of the African population of Senegal and the Gambia.
==Information Recorded in the Records==
===Birth Records===
*Name
*Birth date
*Parents
*Father’s occupation and residence
*Sometimes age of mother
*Names of witnesses and their residences, occupations, and sometimes relationships
===Marriage Records===
*Names of bride and groom
*Residence
*Date of marriage
*Sometimes ages and names of parents or sponsors 
===Death Records===
*Name
*Date of death and burial
*Age
*Residence at the time of death
*Occupation
*Cause of death


== References ==
== References ==

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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Research use: A primary source.

Record type: Births, marriages, deaths.

Time period: *1730 to present.

Contents: Births - name, birth date, parents, father’s occupation and residence, sometimes age of mother, names of witnesses and their residences, occupations, and sometimes relationships. Marriages - names of bride and groom, residence, date of marriage, sometimes ages and names of parents or sponsors. Death - name, date of death and burial, age, residence at the time of death, occupation, cause of death.

Location: Registration offices in Dakar, St. Louis, and other major cities in Senegal. For the Gambia, Oral History and Antiquities Division in Banjul. Copies of much of the civil registration for Senegal during this time period is in Paris in the Archives Nationales, Section Outre-Mer.

Population coverage: Estimated to be 90% of the French and British colonial population and about 50% of the African population of Senegal and the Gambia.

Reliability: Good.

Note: * The 1730 date is based on the record listing completed in the national archives in 1983.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Senegal and the Gambia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.