Sierra Leone Compiled Genealogies

Africa Sierra Leone

Oral Genealogies
Research use: Very useful supplement to civil and church records, especially prior to 1800; often the only source of family information available for native Africans.

Record type: Transcribed oral genealogies, tribal and family histories, pedigrees, etc. covering many indigenous inhabitants of Sierra Leone not found in the civil, church, or census records.

Time period: Approximately 1700-present.

Contents: Transcribed family pedigrees obtained by oral interview.

Location: National Archives in Freetown; some are in regional and local archives.

Population coverage: Approximately 30% of the native population.

Reliability: Good.