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Online Resources

• 1876-1917 Palestine, Ottoman Census and Population Registers, 1876-1917(*) at FamilySearch — index & images
• 1883-1917 Nüfūs registers (Ottoman census and population registers of Palestine), 1883-1917(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images; includes birth, marriage, divorce, and death records.
• 1949-1980Census, St. Nishan Church: 1949-1980(*);Armenian Apostolic Church of Lebanon at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Offices to Contact

• Bureau of the Census: "If you know the Arabic names and the appropriate dates, you may be able to obtain birth and death certificates from district or central offices of the Bureau of the Census. Address your inquiry to the Census Office in the community (i.e., village, city, county) where your ancestor lived."
  

Al Hamra - Sana'a
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities 9710 - 9500
Telephone number: 01/754200 - 01/751601 - 01/751602

Background

Types of Censuses

Pre 1967: Ottoman Censuses before 1967 "Tabu Daftari" carried out every 30-40 years.

1860: Found in Lebanese Serails and Lebanese and Turkish Ministries of Interior.

1913: Found in Lebanese Serails and Lebanese and Turkish Ministries of Interior.

1921: Census carried out by the French.

1932 Found in archives of Division of Personal Status at the Ministry of Interior.

Nüfūs Registers - Ottoman Census and Population Registers of Palestine

These records are in Ottoman Turkish (Turkish in Arabic script) except for seven books of the Ashkenazi community in Jerusalem, which are in Hebrew. The collection consists of 7 types of registers: preliminary registers; basic registers; early population registers; registers of births, marriages, divorces and changes of address; registers of men of military age; registers of foreigners; and Mukhtars' registers. Registers are arranged into 10 districts, each including cities (divided into neighborhoods) and villages in present day Palestine, Israel, and parts of Jordan and Egypt. Registration within each locality is according to religious affiliation. The collection also includes a catalog in English, created by the Israel State Archives (the current owners of the archives), which includes general background information about the registers, a locality index and detailed descriptions of the contents of each register.

• 1876-1917 Palestine, Ottoman Census and Population Registers, 1876-1917(*) at FamilySearch — index & images
• 1883-1917 Nüfūs registers (Ottoman census and population registers of Palestine), 1883-1917(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images; includes birth, marriage, divorce, and death records.

Information Recorded in the Records

Last official census consists of resident records, personal status records, foreigner records, immigrant and refugee records.