Djibouti Archives and Libraries


 * Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
 * If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
 * Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

Archives
Archives Nationales & Bibliothèque Nationale Balbala, Djibouti Telephone: +33 6 50 23 37 80 E-mail: mohamed.h.doualeh@gmail.com Facebook

French Colonial Archives
National Archives of Overseas (ANOM) 29 chemin du moulin de Testas - CS50062 13182 Aix-en-Provence CEDEX 5 France Telephone: + 33 (0)4 42 93 38 50 E-mail: anom.aix@culture.gouv.fr
 * Overseas National Archives, French Somali Coast, now Djibouti

Libraries
Archives Nationales & Bibliothèque Nationale Balbala, Djibouti Telephone: +33 6 50 23 37 80 E-mail: mohamed.h.doualeh@gmail.com Facebook

Museums
Djibouti National Museum (Musee National) 2nd Avenue Conakry, Guinea Phone: +224 622 07 22 87

Record Offices
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Djibouti.

Issuing Authorities of Birth Records:


 * -Births in Djibouti City - Dar-Al Hanan (Telephone: +253 21 35 17 38)
 * or Balbala Hospital (Telephone: +253 27 51 38 07)
 * -Commune de Boulaos - Issuing Authority, Mohamed Omar Ismail, Director
 * -Commune de Ras Dika, - Issuing Authority, Said Ibrahim Said, Director
 * -Commune de Balbala – Issuing Authority, Waberi Nour Eleyeh, Director
 * -Births elsewhere in Djibouti –Prefet de [of the respective region (Dikhil, Ali Sabieh, Tajourah, and Obock)]
 * -Births in a private Hospital – Clinic Affi – Issuing Authority: Mairie de Djibouti, Mme Fatouma Oasman Awaleh

Issuing Authorities of Marriage Records:


 * -Civil marriages performed prior to 1973 - Commandant du Cercle of the respective region (Dikhil, Ali Sabieth, Tajourah, Arta, Obock, and Djibouti City)
 * -Civil marriages performed after 1973 – Mairie de Djibouti
 * Djibouti, District de Djibouti
 * Telephone: +253 21 33 33 33
 * Email: [mailto:contact@justice.gouv.dj contact@justice.gouv.dj]
 * -Muslim marriages outside Djibouti City– Khadi of the region in which the marriage took place
 * -Muslim marriages within Djibouti City in different locations: 1st Arrondissement. 2nd Arrondissement, 3rd Arrondissement and 4th /5th Arrondissement

Issuing Authorities of Divorce Records:


 * -Civil divorces – Tribunal de Djibouti – Greffier en Chef
 * -Divorces of civil marriages are usually noted on the marriage certificate.
 * -Muslem divorces outside Djibouti City– Khadi of the region in which the divorce took place
 * -Muslem divorces inside Djibouti City – Tribunal du Charia

Issuing Authority for Death Records: Othman Hamad Mahamad, Officier d’Etat Civil

RefWorld, Djbouti, Sharia marriage certificate (acte charien de mariage)