Djibouti Archives and Libraries
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- Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
- If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
- Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.
Archives
Archives Nationales & Bibliothèque Nationale
Balbala, Djibouti
Telephone: +33 6 50 23 37 80
E-mail: mohamed.h.doualeh@gmail.com
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French Colonial Archives
National Archives of Overseas (ANOM)
29 chemin du moulin de Testas - CS50062
13182 Aix-en-Provence
CEDEX 5 France
Telephone: + 33 (0)4 42 93 38 50
E-mail: anom.aix@culture.gouv.fr
Libraries
Archives Nationales & Bibliothèque Nationale
Balbala, Djibouti
Telephone: +33 6 50 23 37 80
E-mail: mohamed.h.doualeh@gmail.com
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Museums
Djibouti National Museum (Musee National)
2nd Avenue
Conakry, Guinea
Phone: +224 622 07 22 87
Record Offices
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Djibouti.
Issuing Authorities of Birth Records:
- -Births in Djibouti City - Dar-Al Hanan (Telephone: +253 21 35 17 38)
- or Balbala Hospital (Telephone: +253 27 51 38 07)
- -Commune de Boulaos - Issuing Authority, Mohamed Omar Ismail, Director
- -Commune de Ras Dika, - Issuing Authority, Said Ibrahim Said, Director
- -Commune de Balbala – Issuing Authority, Waberi Nour Eleyeh, Director
- -Births elsewhere in Djibouti –Prefet de [of the respective region (Dikhil, Ali Sabieh, Tajourah, and Obock)]
- -Births in a private Hospital – Clinic Affi – Issuing Authority: Mairie de Djibouti, Mme Fatouma Oasman Awaleh
Issuing Authorities of Marriage Records:
- -Civil marriages performed prior to 1973 - Commandant du Cercle of the respective region (Dikhil, Ali Sabieth, Tajourah, Arta, Obock, and Djibouti City)
- -Civil marriages performed after 1973 – Mairie de Djibouti
- Djibouti, District de Djibouti
- Telephone: +253 21 33 33 33
- Email: contact@justice.gouv.dj
- -Muslim marriages outside Djibouti City– Khadi of the region in which the marriage took place
- -Muslim marriages within Djibouti City in different locations: 1st Arrondissement. 2nd Arrondissement, 3rd Arrondissement and 4th /5th Arrondissement
Issuing Authorities of Divorce Records:
- -Civil divorces – Tribunal de Djibouti – Greffier en Chef
- -Divorces of civil marriages are usually noted on the marriage certificate.
- -Muslem divorces outside Djibouti City– Khadi of the region in which the divorce took place
- -Muslem divorces inside Djibouti City – Tribunal du Charia
Issuing Authority for Death Records: Othman Hamad Mahamad, Officier d’Etat Civil[1]
RefWorld, Djbouti, Sharia marriage certificate (acte charien de mariage)