Zimbabwe Genealogy

{| width="100%" cellspacing="10" cellpadding="5" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" Zimbabwe is located in southern Africa between South Africa and Zambia. The UK annexed Southern Rhodesia from the [British] South Africa Company in 1923. A 1961 constitution was formulated that favored whites in power. In 1965 the government unilaterally declared its independence, but the UK did not recognize the act and demanded more complete voting rights for the black African majority in the country (then called Rhodesia). UN sanctions and a guerrilla uprising finally led to free elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe) in 1980.
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Related Wiki Articles
Zimbabwe Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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Jurisdictions in Zimbabwe

 * Provinces (Wikipedia)

Research Tools

 * African Genealogy Databases
 * adoptionregistry, adoptee and birth parent registry
 * CousinConnect, message board on Zimbabwe- some activity
 * Gedcomindex, website of gedcom files on the internet by country
 * Jewishgen (cemeteries, not limited to Jewish)
 * Kindred Trails Listing of on-line resources for Zimbabwe
 * Rootsweb, message board on Zimbabwe- some activity
 * WorldGenWeb, good general Zimbabwe site
 * Zimbabwe Jewish Community, cemetery images and transcriptions, marriage records
 * An Armorial of Zimbabwe and Rhodesia, by the Council fo the Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Zimbabwe, 2001, 141 pages, PDF

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 * Zimbabwe Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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