Goal 1: Learn about Nigeria research and records.
Choices
ALearn how to find records for ancestors from the Nigeria.
- Overview: Read this page for an overview of resources in Nigeria.
FS—Wiki: Nigeria Genealogy - Records: Learn about civil registration in Nigeria.
FS—Wiki: Nigeria Civil Registration - Learn about church records in Nigeria.
FS—Wiki: Nigeria Church Records - Learn about colonial records in Nigeria.
FS—Wiki: Nigeria Colonial Records - Watch this case study for tracing Nigerian ancestry.
RT—6% Nigerian: Tracing My Missing Nigerian Ancestor—23:31
- Learn about using records from the Church Missionary Society (CMS) Archives.
RT—The Church Missionary Society (CMS) Archives: Searching for Your Nigerian Ancestor—28:01
Record Resources
- Explore resources for Nigeria research on the Nigeria Family Record site.
- Explore common Nigeria surnames on the Forebears site.
- Explore Nigeria cemetery records on the on the
BillionGraves site. - Explore Nigeria cemetery records on the Find A Grave site.
BExplore Nigeria map resources.
- Explore the Perry-Castaneda site for Nigeria.
- Explore the David Rumsey collection of Nigeria maps.
- Explore the Old Maps Online site for Nigeria maps.
- Explore the Atlas of Nigeria on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore the Old Maps of Africa on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore FamilySearch Places to learn about place names in Nigeria.
