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The Israel Genealogy Research Association has the following census collections in its online searchable database. To search the database, '''[http://genealogy.org.il/AID/index.php go to their Search Engine here.]'''

This census contains only males and was probably prepared for use of the military in the Ottoman Empire. It contains males of all the various Jewish ethnic communities in Jerusalem. Sometimes it was hard to differentiate between the given name and the surname. This ledger is from the Archive of the Council of the Sephardi and Oriental Communities and is found in the Jerusalem Municipal Archives. It belongs to the Council of the Sephardi and Oriental Communities, Jerusalem, who have given permission to publish this database. Our thanks to Mr. Ephraim Levy who transcribed it to modern Hebrew script.

This is a list from the ledger found in the Archive of the Council of the Sephardi and Oriental Communities. The nufus census was found in the Jerusalem Municipal Archives and was conducted for the Turkish government. The list contains 2,204 names of those living in the Old City of Jerusalem and in some of the neighborhoods outside of the walls of the Old City. The nufus includes year of birth and occupation. The ledger belongs to the Council of the Sephardi and Oriental Communities, Jerusalem, who have given permission to publish this database. Our thanks to Mr. Ephraim Levy who transcribed it to modern Hebrew script.

This was the first census conducted by the British in Palestine. Not all of it remains. The census for Tel-Aviv includes 13,262 residents. It include names and most of the addresses. The census was found in the Historical Municipal Archives of Tel Aviv – Yaffo .