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Archives and Libraries

• 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
Email: 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
Email: anom.aix@culture.gouv.fr

• Overseas National Archives, French Somali Coast, now Djibouti

Libraries

Archives Nationales & Bibliothèque Nationale
Balbala, Djibouti

Telephone: +33 6 50 23 37 80
Email: 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

RefWorld, Djbouti, Sharia marriage certificate (acte charien de mariage)