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Democratic Republic of the Congo


Goal 1 for Africa



Goal 1: Learn about Democratic Republic of the Congo research and records.


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ALearn how to find records for ancestors from the DRC.


  1. Read this page for an overview of resources in the DRC.

    FS—Wiki: Democratic Republic of the Congo Genealogy

  2. Learn about civil registration in the DRC.

    FS—Wiki: Democratic Republic of the Congo Civil Registration

  3. Learn about census records in the DRC.

    FS—Wiki: Democratic Republic of the Congo Census

  4. Learn about church records in the DRC.

    FS—Wiki: Democratic Republic of the Congo Church Records

  5. Learn about archives and libraries in the DRC.

    FS—Wiki: Democratic Republic of the Archives and Libraries

  6. Use this French genealogical word list to help in your research.

    FS—Wiki: French Genealogical Word List

  7. Explore common DRC surnames on the Forebears site.
  8. Explore DRC cemetery records on the on the BillionGraves site.
  9. Explore DRC cemetery records on the Find A Grave site.

QUIKLinks


BExplore DRC map resources.


  1. Explore the Perry-Castaneda site for the DRC.
  2. Explore the David Rumsey collection of DRC maps.
  3. Explore the Old Maps Online site for DRC maps.
  4. Explore the Atlas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Wikipedia site.
  5. Explore the Old Maps of Africa on the Wikipedia site.