Goal 1: Learn about Democratic Republic of the Congo research and records.
Choices
ALearn how to find records for ancestors from the DRC.
- Read this page for an overview of resources in the DRC.
FS—Wiki: Democratic Republic of the Congo Genealogy - Learn about civil registration in the DRC.
FS—Wiki: Democratic Republic of the Congo Civil Registration - Learn about census records in the DRC.
FS—Wiki: Democratic Republic of the Congo Census - Learn about church records in the DRC.
FS—Wiki: Democratic Republic of the Congo Church Records - Learn about archives and libraries in the DRC.
FS—Wiki: Democratic Republic of the Archives and Libraries - Use this French genealogical word list to help in your research.
FS—Wiki: French Genealogical Word List - Explore common DRC surnames on the Forebears site.
- Explore DRC cemetery records on the on the
BillionGraves site. - Explore DRC cemetery records on the Find A Grave site.
- Explore FamilySearch Places to learn about place names in the DRC.
Record Search Practice, Census |
Mata Tumu appears in the census for the Democratic Republic of Congo. Use the "FS: Democratic Republic of Congo, Census 1984" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- What is Mataya Tumu's birth year?
- What is her birthplace?
- Who is the Head of Household on her Census Record?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Mataya" as the first name and "Tumu" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the document icon for Mataya Tumu.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Mataya was born in 1970.
- She was born in Mandundu, DRC.
- The Head of Household is listed as Sala Mbote Tumu.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
Record Search Practice, Identity Cards |
Reny Name was issued an identity card for the Democratic Republic of Congo. Use the "Democratic Republic of the Congo National Identity Cards, 1884-2019 " QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- When was Reny Name born?
- What is the name of his father?
- What clan was he from?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Reny" as the first name and "Name" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click View Original Document for Reny Name.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Reny was born on 20 Oct 1950.
- His father is Lue Name.
- Reny is from the Sue clan.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
QUIKLinks
BExplore DRC map resources.
- Explore the Perry-Castaneda site for the DRC.
- Explore the David Rumsey collection of DRC maps.
- Explore the Old Maps Online site for DRC maps.
- Explore the Atlas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore the Old Maps of Africa on the Wikipedia site.
