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Apr 15, 2024 · These are genealogy links to Kenya online databases and indexes that may include birth records, marriage records, death records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records.
- Kenya Genealogy • FamilySearch
Guide to Kenya ancestry, family history and genealogy:...
- Kenya Civil Registration • FamilySearch
The records are at the National Archives in England, record...
- Kenya Genealogy • FamilySearch
Find birth, marriage & deaths records; census, military and other genealogical records for Kenya.
RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency1Otieno547,6281:842Mohamed496,6421:933Mwangi479,6011:964Odhiambo351,1651:132Mar 11, 2024 · Guide to Kenya ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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1. British records BMDregisters.co.ukIndexes and images. A basic search may be done for free. The advanced search and access to record images require a fee.
Offices to Contact
Director Civil Registration Services Department of Civil Registration Hass Plaza 4th Floor, Lower Hill Road P.O Box 49179- 00100 Nairobi Nairobi, Kenya Tel: 254-02-271498718 Fax: 27144989 British Records The National Archives Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU, United Kingdom Contact form (in lieu of email): Contact Form Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444
"Registration of births and deaths was introduced for the first time in Kenya in 1904 and applied only to Europeans and Americans. In 1928 the current act CAP 149 was enacted. This act only provided for the compulsory registration of the deaths of Africans but not for their births.After independence in 1963, compulsory registration of all births an...
Births Regarding the child: 1. Name 2. Date of birth 3. Sex 4. Weight at birth 5. Ethnicity 6. Date of registration 7. Place of the birth 8. Type of place of occurrence (hospital, home, etc.) 9. Place of registration 10. Type of birth (single, twin, triplet and so forth) 11. Attendant at birth Regarding the mother of the child: 1. Date of birth or ...
Browse civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) for Kenya, including birth, marriage and death registration data.
Searching for Kenyan records? This landing page is a guide to Kenyan ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, etc.
This is a list of free Kenya Genealogy Records online at FamilySearch. Included are Kenya birth records, marriage records, death records from Kenyan oral genealogies and more. We’ll continue to add more Kenya collections available online at FamilySearch.
