NORTH AFRICA
Sources of information |
Below is the list of organizations that will allow you to search and trace your ancestors who emigrated or lived in North Africa.
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Municipal Archives in ALGERIA |
Please apply directly to the President of the Municipal Assembly of the city where the event occurred. Sending an international reply coupon and a self-addressed envelope is recommended.
Postcodes (ZIP codes) can be found on the website:
www.sosannuaire.com/codes-postaux-algerie.php
The names of cities before and after 1962 can be found on this website:
encyclopedie-afn.org/VILLES
The APC (Assemblees Populaires Communales) are closed on Fridays and Saturdays.
Here are a few useful addresses:
APC de CONSTANTINE
Boulevard Zighoud Youcef
25000 Constantine
APC de SKIKDA (ex Philippeville)
Rue Zighoud Youcef
21000 Skikda
Archives de la Wilaya d'ORAN
Boulevard Colonel A. Benabderrazek
BP 12008
31030 Oran
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Parish Registers of ALGERIA |
Archive records transferred to France
Archives of the diocese of ALGIERS
Monastère des Clarisses
34 Rue de Brunschwich
30000 Nîmes
+33 466266676
archives.clarisses-nimes@orange.fr
Archives of the diocese of ORAN
Communauté des Moniales Dominicaines de Taulignan
Monastère La Clarté Notre Dame
980 Chemin de l’Ecluze
26770 Taulignan
+33 475535511
Record are requested directly on their site:
www.dominicaines-taulignan.fr
Archives of the diocese of CONSTANTINE
Monastère de la Visitation
Archives de Constantine
1 Boulevard Joseph Desanat
13150 Tarascon
+33 490910440
archivesconstantinevisitation13@orange.fr
Archive records which remained in Algeria
If your search in the archives held in France are unsuccessful, try contacting:
Archevêché d'ALGER
15, rue Khelifa-Boukhalfa
16000 Alger-Gare
Algeria
redac_chef@eglise-catholique-algerie.org
www.eglise-catholique-algerie.org
Évêché d’ORAN
2, rue Saad-ben-Rabbi
31007 Oran-el-Makkari
Algeria
echeveoran@yahoo.fr
Évêché de CONSTANTINE
32, boulevard Belouizdad
BP 24B
DZ 25002 Constantine Coudiat
Algeria
Pour le SUD ALGERIEN
Mr le Secrétaire de l’Evêché
BP 94
03000 Laghouat
Algeria
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Research in MOROCCO |
State website to use to apply for civil status documents:
www.watiqa.ma
Morocco genealogical research:
fr.geneawiki.com/index.php/Recherche_généalogique_au_Maroc
Parish archives:
Archevêché de RABAT
Services des Archives
1, rue Hadj Mohamed Riffai
BP 258 RP
10001 Rabat
Maroc
archev.rabat@wanadoo.net.ma
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Research in TUNISIA |
State website to use to apply for civil status documents. This service allows you to request a birth certificate online and collect it through the post Office for Tunisians in Tunisia or foreign residents.
www.etatcivil.gov.tn
Geneanum allows you to search for civil or religious documents as well as a large indexed database, and other services:
www.geneanum.com/tunisie.html
Tunisia genealogical research:
fr.geneawiki.com/index.php/Recherche_généalogique_en_Tunisie
Other useful sites for Tunisia
sgranger.pagesperso-orange.fr/Tunportail.html
sgranger.pagesperso-orange.fr/archivTun.htm
sgranger.pagesperso-orange.fr/Tunsepcim.html
GAMT (Généalogie Algérie Maroc Tunisie)
This is the most comprehensive starting point for research in North Africa but you need to become a member.
GAMT
29 Avenue de Tubingen
13090 AIX EN PROVENCE
+33 442951949
www.genealogie-gamt.org
Genealogical mutual aid
www.entraide-genealogique.net
Jewish genealogy
genealoj.org/fr
www.genami.org/pays-de-vos-origines/recherches
North Africa
www.cdha.fr
genealogielibre.jimdo.com/afrique
www.pearltrees.com/vbringuier/afrique-nord
lemarcheafricain.over-blog.com
genealogie.azuelos.free.fr
secher.bernard.free.fr
ogalea.chez.com/RecherchesMaghreb.htm
encyclopedie-afn.org
www.cartespostales-afriquedunord.com
www.portail-du-fle.info
encyclopedie-afn.org
www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/anom
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