Mongolia Genealogy

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Guide to Mongolia ancestry, family history and genealogy parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Mongolia Listeni/mɒŋˈɡoʊliə/ (Mongolian: is a landlocked country in east-central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west.

During the times of Genghis Khan, the Mongol hordes conquered almost all of Asia, and came perilously close to entering Europe through Turkey, and conquering Europe as well.

Because of its proximity to the silk road, most of Mongolian history is written about nomadic peoples whose primary activities were raising livestock, and trading and bartering.

In the middle of the 20th. century, Mongolia came under the influence of the USSR, but with the breakdown of that Federation, Mongolia saw its own democratic revolution in early 1990. This led to a multi-party system, a new constitution of 1992, and transition to a market economy.

While the itinerant lifestyle still persists in more than 30% of the country, today one-third of the population has settled in Ulan Bator – a city where “new buildings are rising all the time and traffic has become a major problem



Jurisdictions
Rank - Name - Mongolian - Inhabitants (2000) - Inhabitants (est. 2006) - Administrative Unit 1. Ulan Bator * - Улаанбаатар - 711,900 - 1,008,738(2008) - Ulan Bator 2. Erdenet - Эрдэнэт - 68,310 - 86,866(2008) - Orkhon 3. Darkhan - Дархан - 65,791 - 74,300(2007) - Darkhan-Uul 4. Choibalsan - Чойбалсан - 44,880 - 38,150(2008) - Dornod 5. Mörön - Мөрөн - 28,903 - 36,082(2007) - Khövsgöl 6. Nalaikh - Налайх - 23,600 - 29,115(2008) - Ulan Bator 7. Khovd - Ховд - 26,023 - 28,601(2007) - Khovd 8. Ölgii - Өлгий - 28,060 - 27,855(2008) - Bayan-Ölgii 9. Bayankhongor - Баянхонгор - 22,066 - 26,252 - Bayankhongor 10. Baganuur - Багануур - 21,100 - 25,877(2008) - Ulan Bator 11. Arvaikheer - Арвайхээр - 19,058 - 25,622(2008) - Övörkhangai 12. Ulaangom - Улаангом - 26,319 - 21,406(2007) - Uvs 13. Sükhbaatar - Сүхбаатар - 22,374 - 19,626(2008) - Selenge 14. Sainshand - Сайншанд - 25,210 - 18,285(2008) - Dornogovi 15. Tsetserleg - Цэцэрлэг - 16,553 - 16,300 - Arkhangai 16. Uliastai - Улиастай - 24,276 - 16,240(2008) - Zavkhan 17. Altai - Алтай - 18,023 - 15,800(2008) - Govi-Altai 18. Züünkharaa - Зүүнхараа - n.a. - 15,000(2004) - Selenge 19. Öndörkhaan - Өндөрхаан - 18,003 - 14,800 - Khentii 20. Zuunmod - Зуунмод - 16,227 - 14,568(2007) - Töv 21. Dalanzadgad - Даланзадгад - 14,183 - 14,000 - Ömnögovi 22. Baruun-Urt - Баруун-Урт - 15,133 - 12,944(2008) - Sükhbaatar 23. Zamyn-Üüd - Замын-Үүд - 5,486 - 11,527(2008) - Dornogovi 24. Bulgan - Булган - 16,239 - 11,198(2008) - Bulgan 25. Mandalgovi - Мандалговь - 14,517 - 10,299(2007) - Dundgovi 26. Kharkhorin - Хархорин - n.a. - 8,977(2003) - Övörkhangai 27. Bor-Öndör - Бор-Өндөр - 6,406(2001) - 8,902(2008) - Khentii 28. Choir - Чойр - 8,983 - 7,998 - Govisümber 29. Sharyngol - Шарынгол - 8,902 - 7,798(2008) - Darkhan-Uul * - city proper, Nalaikh, Baganuur, Bagakhangai not included

Derived from a Wikipedia list of Mongolian cities

Getting started with Mongolia research
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mngwgw/.

http://www.geni.com/projects/Mongolia-Genealogy-Project/12760.

http://en.geneanet.org/pays/research-genealogy-ancestry-Mongolia-MNG.


 * http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200110/12/eng20011012_82128.html


 * http://www.vital-records-online.net/


 * http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107796.html


 * http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/mntoc.html


 * http://www.kiku.com/electric_samurai/virtual_mongol/

For Mongolian cemetery information, please consider the following:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?ll=47.942912,106.918602&amp;msa=0&amp;spn=0.05738,0.154324&amp;mid=z0LS5hRjAEiQ.kG7E3eLU8_4I.

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mongolia/northern-mongolia/sights/cemeteries-memorials-tombs.

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Did you know?
The use of surnames was prohibited along with many other aspects of Mongolian culture by the Soviet-backed Communist government that came to power in 1924. The suppression of names was intended to crush allegiances that might supersede loyalty to the state. Along with destroying temples and banning Mongolian script, the Communists confiscated the centuries-old family genealogies that central Asian nomads had sewn into silk or written on parchment. Throughout the period of communist rule the entire population of Mongolia used only given names. The father’s given name or its initial was placed before the given name on official documents or in other circumstances where more than just a given name was needed. After sixty years of suppression, few Mongolians knew their ancestral family names. In addition to destroying family ties, the suppression of surnames led to an increased incidence of genetic diseases due to inadvertent incest.

In the years since the Soviet empire collapsed and free elections took place in 1990, Mongolians have been steadily reclaiming their national identity and culture, including the use of surnames denoting affiliation to one of the country's ancient families. All of Mongolia’s 2.5 million citizens have been ordered to search for their roots to determine their family surname. But, as of July of 1998, so few people were ready for the change to surnames that the government opted for a phased introduction of the naming rule. Most Mongolians still do not know their surname, let alone use it. It has now been decided that all Mongolians must select a surname at the end of the year 2000. Because of lack of information, many families are simply selecting a surname from a list or manufacturing a new one.