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Asia Laos

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



Laos is a landlocked country on the South East Asia Peninsula. it's official name is the Lao People's Democratic Republic. It has a population of close to 6.5 million people.

Initially a loose adjunct to ancient Imperial China, Laos became a separate entity following the establishment of the kingdom of Lan Xang somewhere about 1350 A.D. In 1893 it became a colony of the French, and briefly gained independence from France in 1945 after the WWII Japanese occupation. However it gained autonomy in 1949, and became an independent state in 1953, with a constitutional monarchy.

Finally, after a long civil war, the communist Pathet Lao came to power, establishing a communist government. Today the country functions as a Socialist power, with the military exercising control over the people.

It is an economically destitute country, with a third of the population living on less than US$1.25 per day. The Global Hunger Index places it as the 25th. hungriest nation in the world. Most houses are cobbled together from scrap materials, and those houses are cohabited by people and their domestic animals. (See lead picture above)

Laos also has a very bad human rights record, particularly with the genocide practiced by the government against its Hmong minority.

There is almost no industry as such in Laos. Its present economic strategy is to use its rivers to generate electricity and sell that electricity to neighboring countries. However recently large deposits of industrial metals have been discovered, and mining is becoming a major source of income.

Getting started with Lao research
The following link provides some basic information on starting with Vietnam ancestors: http://www.familytree.com/culture/vietnamese-genealogy/

For those who may have Chinese origins, the following website may provide name based links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_surname

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Vietnam has no central repository for birth, marriage, and death certificates. Persons desiring this information need to contact the city or province to determine what is available.

The following listing, provided by wikipedia, provides province names and locations as a starting point:

Red River Delta

Bắc Ninh Hà Nam Hải Dương Hưng Yên Nam Định Ninh Bình Thái Bình Vĩnh Phúc Hanoi (municipality) Hai Phong (municipality)

Northeast

Bắc Giang Bắc Kạn Cao Bằng Hà Giang Lạng Sơn Lào Cai Phú Thọ Quảng Ninh Thái Nguyên Tuyên Quang Yên Bái

Northwest

Điện Biên Hòa Bình Lai Châu Sơn La

North Central Coast

Hà Tĩnh Nghệ An Quảng Bình Quảng Trị Thanh Hóa Thừa Thiên–Huế

Central Highlands

Đắk Lắk Đắk Nông Gia Lai Kon Tum Lâm Đồng

South Central Coast

Bình Định Bình Thuận Khánh Hòa Ninh Thuận Phú Yên Quảng Nam Quảng Ngãi Da Nang (municipality)

Southeast

Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Bình Dương Bình Phước Province Đồng Nai Tây Ninh Ho Chi Minh City (municipality)

Mekong Delta

An Giang Bạc Liêu Bến Tre Cà Mau Đồng Tháp Hậu Giang Kiên Giang Long An Sóc Trăng Tiền Giang Trà Vinh Vĩnh Long Cần Thơ (municipality)

The provinces are subdivided into provincial municipalities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), townships (thị xã) and counties (huyện), which are in turn subdivided into towns (thị trấn) or communes (xã). The centrally controlled municipalities are subdivided into districts (quận) and counties, which are further subdivided into wards (phường).

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