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Panama Canal Zone

Submitted by administrator on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 15:39

Obtaining Records from the Now-Defunct Canal Zone District Court

Anyone may obtain copies of documents pertaining to court cases (including adoptions) by contacting:

National Archives and Records Administration
Attn: Archives 1 Reference Branch
700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC  20408-0001
E-mail: archives1reference@nara.gov
Website: https://www.archives.gov/dc

For Canal Zone birth and death records, as well as marriage and divorce certificates, visit:

http://www.vitalrec.com/cz.html

General information pertaining to the Canal Zone may be obtained by visiting the Panama Canal Zone Society web page at:

http://www.pancanalsociety.org/

Historical articles on Canal Zone court records may be viewed at:

http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2007/fall/panama.html