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African BMD
« on: Thursday 05 June 14 21:08 BST (UK) »
Hi,
Does anyone know how to get BMD in West Africa ?

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Re: African BMD
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 05 June 14 21:53 BST (UK) »
Hi J

What are you looking for and in which country?

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Re: African BMD
« Reply #2 on: Friday 06 June 14 10:09 BST (UK) »
I've looked on Ancestry but almost all of their African records are for South Africa or Zimbabwe. The only specifically West African record collection they seem to have is for marriages in Accra between 1876 and 2003.

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Smith (Lancashire), McKenna (Ireland/Liverpool/Leyland), Maynard (Hertfordshire/London/Preston), Ricketts (Gloucestershire/Wigan/Preston), Scowcroft (Preston), Harling (N. Yorkshire/Lancashire), Willis (Preston), Clegg (Manchester/Preston), Dodd (Wigan/Cheshire), Alston (Lancashire), Hulks (Hertfordshire), Nicholson (Lancashire/Cumbria), Russell (Lancashire), Wilson (Cumbria), Bracewell (Lancashire), Moxham (Lancashire0

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Re: African BMD
« Reply #3 on: Friday 06 June 14 15:48 BST (UK) »
Hi,
I'm looking for my grandfather.We think he died in West Africa somewhere after 1935.
That's all we know.We don't even know what area either.It's a mystery.


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Re: African BMD
« Reply #4 on: Friday 06 June 14 15:51 BST (UK) »
Are you willing to share his name?
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Re: African BMD
« Reply #5 on: Friday 06 June 14 16:37 BST (UK) »
If he was a foreigner, his birth was probably registered with his home embassy.  My father was born in a West African country and the event was registered with the US embassy there.
Wiltshire:  Banks, Taylor
Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down:  Ennis, McGee
Wicklow:  Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire:  Logan, Conning
Wisconsin:  Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine:  Ware, Mitchell, Tarr, Davis

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Re: African BMD
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 07 June 14 08:59 BST (UK) »
Thanks.

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Re: African BMD
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 07 June 14 09:40 BST (UK) »
Here are the familysearch.org records in Africa.



Historical Record Collections
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Title   Records   Last Updated
Ghana Census, 1984   Browse Images   28 Jan 2014
Ghana, Accra, Marriages, 1863-2003   Browse Images   15 Oct 2012
International Genealogical Index (IGI)   892,761,439   legacy
Liberia, Monrovia, Census, 1843   917   03 Dec 2013
South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972   11,622   06 May 2014
South Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Archives Records, 1792-1992   Browse Images   01 Nov 2013
South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004   Browse Images   09 Dec 2013
South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Records, Stellenbosch Archive 1660-2011   Browse Images   22 Feb 2013
South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers, 1660-1970   220,122   25 Jan 2013
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Estate Files, 1962-2004   Browse Images   31 Mar 2014
South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956   46,522   08 Nov 2012
South Africa, Methodist Parish Registers, 1822-1996   63,475   09 Dec 2013
South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955   210,566   11 Jul 2013
South Africa, Orange Free State, Estate Files, 1951-2006   19,126   06 Nov 2013
South Africa, Reformed Church Records, 1856-1988   Browse Images   22 Dec 2011
South Africa, Western Cape, Estate Files, 1966-2004   Browse Images   01 Nov 2013
Zimbabwe, Death Registers, 1890-1977; Index to Death Register, 1892-1977   Browse Images   24 Feb 2011
Zimbabwe, Death notices, 1904-1976

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Re: African BMD
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 07 June 14 14:38 BST (UK) »
I received a pm from J, but I've asked for the name and dates to be posted on the topic so that others can have a look.

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Sherry-Paddington & Marylebone,
Longhurst-Ealing & Capel, Abinger, Ewhurst & Ockley,
Chandler-Chelsea