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Lesotho

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

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Lesotho is an enclave country in Africa within South Africa. It was previously known as Basutoland. Great Britain formerly ruled the area. The official languages are Sesotho and English.

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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Lesotho. Lesotho is divided into the following districts:

• Berea
• Butha-Buthe
• Leribe
• Mafeteng
• Maseru
• Mohale's Hoek
• Mokhotlong
• Qacha's Nek
• Quthing
• Thaba-Tseka