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Guide to Niger ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Information[edit | edit source]

Niger is a country in Africa bordered by Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Algeria, Libya, and Chad. It was formerly a colony of France. The official language is French.^[1]

Niger Online Genealogy Records

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Niger Map[edit | edit source]

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Niger.

Regions[edit | edit source]

Niger is divided into the following regions:

Agadez
Diffa
Dosso
Maradi
Niamey (capital district)
Tahoua
Tillabéri
Zinder

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Niger," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger, accessed 25 April 2016.

[1] Wikipedia contributors, "Niger," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger, accessed 25 April 2016.

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+Guide to '''Niger ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
+==Information==
+Niger is a country in Africa bordered by [[Nigeria Genealogy|Nigeria]], [[Benin Genealogy|Benin]], [[Burkina Faso Genealogy|Burkina Faso]], [[Mali Genealogy|Mali]], [[Algeria Genealogy|Algeria]], [[Libya Genealogy|Libya]], and [[Chad Genealogy|Chad]]. It was formerly a colony of [[France Genealogy|France]]. The official language is French.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Niger," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger, accessed 25 April 2016.</ref>
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-Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east. The capital city is Niamey.
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