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| Guide to '''Egypt ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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| 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>
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| The official language is [[Arabic Genealogical Word List|Arabic]], with Egyptian Arabic being the most widely spoken dialect.
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| ==Egypt Map==
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| [[File:Egypt governates.png|500px]]
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| == Governorates (''Muhafazah'') ==
| | '''''New Articles Needed''''' |
| There are 27 governorates (''muhafazat'', singular - ''muhafazah'').
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| <ol class="column-spacing-halfscreen" style="padding-right:5px; width: 500px; padding-left:10px;"> | | == Did You Know? == |
| <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>
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| <li>[[Kafr ash Shaykh, Egypt Genealogy|Kafr ash Shaykh]] (Kafr el-Sheikh)</li>
| | == Useful Websites == |
| <li>[[Ad Daqahliyah, Egypt Genealogy|Ad Daqahliyah]] (Dakahlia)</li>
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| <li>[[Dumyat, Egypt Genealogy|Dumyat]] (Damietta)</li>
| | [http://www.hsje.org/ Historical Society of Jews from Egypt<span id="__firefox-findbar-search-id"></span>] |
| <li>[[Bur Sa'id, Egypt Genealogy|Bur Sa'id]] (Port Said)</li>
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| <li>[[Sina', Egypt Genealogy|Sina']] (North Sinai)</li>
| | [http://www.orthohelp.com/geneal/egypt.HTM Sephardic and Sephardim Genealogy, Jewish Genealogy, <span id="__firefox-findbar-search-id">Egypt</span>] |
| <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>
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| <li>[[Ash Sharqiyah, Egypt Genealogy|Ash Sharqiyah]] (Al Sharqia)</li>
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| <li>[[Shamal, Egypt Genealogy|Shamal]] (Ismailia)</li>
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| <li>[[Al Jizah, Egypt Genealogy|Al Jizah]] (Giza)</li>
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| <li>[[Al Fayyum, Egypt Genealogy|Al Fayyum]] (Faiyum)</li>
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| <li>[[Al Qahirah, Egypt Genealogy|Al Qahirah]] (Cairo)</li>
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| <li>[[As Suways, Egypt Genealogy|As Suways]] (Suez)</li>
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| <li>[[Janub Sina', Egypt Genealogy|Janub Sina']] (South Sinai)</li>
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| <li>[[Bani Suwayf, Egypt Genealogy|Bani Suwayf]] (Beni Suef)</li>
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| <li>[[Al Minya, Egypt Genealogy|Al Minya]] (Minya)</li>
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| <li>[[Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt Genealogy|Al Wadi al Jadid]] (New Valley)</li>
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| <li>[[Asyut, Egypt Genealogy|Asyut]]</li>
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| <li>[[Al Bahr al Ahmar, Egypt Genealogy|Al Bahr al Ahfullmar]] (Red Sea)</li>
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| <li>[[Suhaj, Egypt Genealogy|Suhaj]] (Sohag)</li>
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| <li>[[Qina, Egypt Genealogy|Qina]] (Qena)</li>
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| <li>Luxor</li>
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| <li>[[Aswan, Egypt Genealogy|Aswan]]</li>
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Egypt]]
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