Ghana Census, 1984 - FamilySearch Historical Records

Ghana

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes records from the census taken on March 11, 1984. The census was recorded in census registers, which include a title page summary and the enumeration pages with detailed information for each address taken. The text of the census is written in English. The 1984 Ghana census was conducted with 140 local councils as administrative units. Please be aware that the census records have the imprinted year of 1982; however, the census was conducted in March of 1984. The census is divided into a total of 56,170 localities. It was the third post-independence census of Ghana (1960, 1970, and 1984). Only those individuals, including foreign visitors, who were present in Ghana on March 11, 1984, were included in the census enumeration. Due to records lost in Ghana, not all localities are listed.

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The following information may be found in these records: • 2

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 * Name of district and town/village

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 * Remember that sometimes individuals alternated between using first and middle names

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in Ghana.
 * Ghana Record Finder
 * Ghana Online Genealogy Records

Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * R. E. Dumett, A Survey of research materials in the National Archives of Ghana Basel, Switzerland : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, c1974 FS Library 966.7 A3d
 * Ghana (Gold Coast), Colonial Secretary's Office, passport applications

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Gana, Censo, 1984 (Registros Históricos do FamilySearch)