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*Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Library'''] may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.  
*Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Library'''] may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.  
== Archives ==
== Archives ==
'''Hazine'''<br>
[https://hazine.info/visual-sources-middle-east-north-africa-islamic-studies-online/ Website]<br>
Online collection of archives and libraries and their digitized materials in the Islamic world, including the Middle East and North Africa<br>
'''Yemen National Digital Archive'''<br>
'''Yemen National Digital Archive'''<br>
Sana'a, Yemen<br>
Sana'a, Yemen<br>
E-mail: info@​yemennationalarchive.org<br>
Email: info@​yemennationalarchive.org<br>
[https://www.yemennationalarchive.org/ Website]<br>
[https://www.yemennationalarchive.org/ Website]<br>
:The Yemen National Digital Archive has a mandate to secure and build a digital archive for Yemen. These are documents (including manuscripts, files, maps, pictures, posters, films and sound recordings in analogue and digital form) that have been produced in Yemen, or on Yemen. The Archive also collects written, and recorded legacies from eminent persons, documents from parties, organisations and associations of national importance as well as journalistic sources.<ref>"What We Do", Yemen National Digital Archive, https://www.yemennationalarchive.org/what-we-do.html, accessed 11 January 2023,</ref>
:The Yemen National Digital Archive has a mandate to secure and build a digital archive for Yemen. These are documents (including manuscripts, files, maps, pictures, posters, films and sound recordings in analogue and digital form) that have been produced in Yemen, or on Yemen. The Archive also collects written, and recorded legacies from eminent persons, documents from parties, organisations and associations of national importance as well as journalistic sources.<ref>"What We Do", Yemen National Digital Archive, https://www.yemennationalarchive.org/what-we-do.html, accessed 11 January 2023,</ref>
===Published Archives===
===Published Archives===
'''Records of the Yemen 1798-1960''', Edited by Doreen and Leila Ingrams, 16 volumes. Archive Editions, 1993
'''Records of the Yemen 1798-1960''', Edited by Doreen and Leila Ingrams, 16 volumes. Archive Editions, 1993
:The editors have brought together, in sixteen very handsome volumes, all the official English-language archives which have survived white ants and theft over the years and which are now housed in the India Office Library and Records and the Public Records Office in London. For complete details, including contents of each of the 16 volumes, see [http://b-ys.org.uk/journal/book-reviews/records-yemen-1798-1960 Records of the Yemen 1798-1960] [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1310262199 '''WorldCat]
:The editors have brought together, in sixteen very handsome volumes, all the official English-language archives which have survived white ants and theft over the years and which are now housed in the India Office Library and Records and the Public Records Office in London. For complete details, including contents of each of the 16 volumes, see [https://britishyemenisociety.org.uk/records-of-the-yemen-1798-1960/ Records of the Yemen 1798-1960] '''[https://search.worldcat.org/title/1310262199 WorldCat]'''


== Libraries ==
== Libraries ==
The '''National Library of Yemen''' is located in central Sana'a, near the Al-Tahrir Square and the Yemen Military Museum. It has an extensive collection of books in French and in English about Yemen.<ref>"National Library of Yemen", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Yemen, accessed 11 January 2023.</ref>
'''Arab Genealogy Books Online'''<br>
[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/MENA/yemen-books Website]<br>
Open access collection of Arabic genealogy books that have been digitized and can be browsed by country/region. Books contain valuable information about tribal histories and family lineages.
 
'''National Library of Yemen'''<br>
Located in central Sana'a, near the Al-Tahrir Square and the Yemen Military Museum. It has an extensive collection of books in French and in English about Yemen.<ref>"National Library of Yemen", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Yemen, accessed 11 January 2023.</ref>


== Museums ==
== Museums ==
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== Record Offices ==
== Record Offices ==
[https://cra.gov.ye/indexen.php?sub=cont Presidency of the Civil Status and Civil Registry Authority]<br>
'''Presidency of the Civil Status and Civil Registry Authority'''<br>
Sana'a - Asr<br>
Sana'a - Asr<br>
P.O. Box: 3666<br>
P.O. Box: 3666<br>
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