Indonesia Genealogy

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

Country Information
Indonesia is an island country in Asia and Oceania whose nearest neighbors are Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, and Palau. The official language is Indonesian.

Indonesia Map
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Indonesia.

Provinces
Indonesian name is in parentheses if different from English. An asterisk (*) in the list below indicates a locality with special status (Daerah Istimewa or Daerah Khusus Ibukota).
 * Indonesian provinces and their capitals, listed by region

Sumatra Java Lesser Sunda Islands
 * Aceh (Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam) * – Banda Aceh
 * North Sumatra (Sumatera Utara) – Medan
 * West Sumatra (Sumatera Barat) – Padang
 * Riau – Pekanbaru
 * Riau Islands (Kepulauan Riau) – Tanjung Pinang
 * Jambi – Jambi City
 * South Sumatra (Sumatera Selatan) – Palembang
 * Bangka-Belitung Islands (Kepulauan Bangka-Belitung) – Pangkal Pinang
 * Bengkulu – Bengkulu City
 * Lampung – Bandar Lampung
 * Special Capital Region of Jakarta* (Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta) – Jakarta
 * Banten – Serang
 * West Java (Jawa Barat)– Bandung
 * Central Java (Jawa Tengah) – Semarang
 * Yogyakarta Special Region* (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta) – Yogyakarta (city)
 * East Java (Jawa Timur) – Surabaya
 * Bali – Denpasar
 * West Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Barat) – Mataram
 * East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur) – Kupang

Kalimantan
 * West Kalimantan (Kalimantan Barat) – Pontianak
 * Central Kalimantan (Kalimantan Tengah) – Palangkaraya
 * South Kalimantan (Kalimantan Selatan) – Banjarmasin
 * East Kalimantan (Kalimantan Timur) – Samarinda
 * North Kalimantan (Kalimantan Utara) – Tanjung Selor

Sulawesi Maluku Islands Western New Guinea
 * North Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara) – Manado
 * Gorontalo – Gorontalo City
 * Central Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tengah) – Palu
 * West Sulawesi (Sulawesi Barat) – Mamuju
 * South Sulawesi (Sulawesi Selatan) – Makassar
 * Southeast Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tenggara) – Kendari
 * Maluku – Ambon
 * North Maluku (Maluku Utara) – Sofifi
 * West Papua* (Papua Barat) – Manokwari
 * Papua* – Jayapura

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.
 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
 * Historical Records
 * Family History Center locator map

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