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===Offices to Contact=== | ===Offices to Contact=== | ||
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. | |||
==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
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How to Find the Records
Offices to Contact
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.
Historical Background
Coverage and Compliance
- 1730 to present
Note: * The 1730 date is based on the record listing completed in the national archives in 1983.[1]
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The World Bank, The State of Identification Systems in Africa, World Bank Publications, The World Bank Group, Washington, DC, (accessed 20 November 2020).