Lebanon Genealogy

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Lebanon

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

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Lebanon is a country in the Middle East bordered by Syria and Israel. It was part of the Ottoman Empire until after World War I when it came under French mandate. Lebanon gained independence in 1943. The official language is Arabic.

Lebanon Online Genealogy Records

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Most genealogy records are kept on the local level in Lebanon (District and Municipality). Click on a place below to go to the corresponding Wiki article listing more information.

Districts

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Lebanon. Lebanon is divided into eight governorates and further subdivided into twenty-five districts. The districts themselves are also divided into several municipalities, each enclosing a group of cities or villages:

Number رقم	District قضاء	Governorate محافظة
Beirut بيروت	Beirut بيروت	Beirut بيروت
1	Akkar عكار	Akkar عكار
2	Miniyeh-Danniyeh منيه - ضنيه	North الشمال
3	Zgharta زغرتا	North الشمال
4	Koura الكورة‎	North الشمال
5	Batroun البترون‎	North الشمال
6	Bsharri بشري	North الشمال
7	Tripoli طرابلس	North الشمال
8	Hermel الهرمل	Baalbek-Hermel بعلبك - الهرمل
9	Baalbek بعلبك	Baalbek-Hermel بعلبك - الهرمل
10	Byblos جبيل	Mount Lebanon جبل لبنان
11	Keserwan كسروان	Mount Lebanon جبل لبنان
12	Matn المتن	Mount Lebanon جبل لبنان
13	Baabda بعبدا	Mount Lebanon جبل لبنان
14	Aley عاليه	Mount Lebanon جبل لبنان
15	Chouf الشوف	Mount Lebanon جبل لبنان
16	Zahlé زحلة	Beqaa البقاع
17	Western Beqaa البقاع الغربي	Beqaa البقاع
18	Rashaya راشيا	Beqaa البقاع
19	Hasbaya حاصبيا	Nabatieh النبطية
20	Marjeyoun مرجعيون	Nabatieh النبطية
21	Nabatieh النبطية	Nabatieh النبطية
22	Bint Jbeil بنت جبيل	Nabatieh النبطية
23	Tyre صور	South الجنوب
24	Sidon صيدا	South الجنوب
25	Jezzine جزين	South الجنوب

To find towns and cities, use Lebanese Gazetteer

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