Benin Military Records

Benin

Research use: Useful for linking families, since the village head was required to furnish lists of all able-bodied men together with their families.

Record type: List of colonial native troops who served in Africa or Europe.

Time period:1893 to 1960.

Contents: Age, village, family name, date of enlistment for officers and enlisted men, village locations, village headmen; marital status, names of wives and children.

Location: National Archives in Porto Novo, the Archives Nationales, Paris.

Population coverage: Approximately 25%.