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Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the Family History Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

Archives[edit | edit source]

Al-Azhar University; al-Azhar Library
American University in Cairo
Majma al-Lugha al-‘Arabi
Nederlands-Vlaams Instituut in Cairo (NVIC)
American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)
Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO)
Franciscan Centre of Christian Oriental Studies
Suq al-Ezbekiyya
Al Ahram
Akhbar al-Yawm Newspaper Archive
Ruz al Yusuf Foundation
Dar Al Hilal Newspaper Archive
Wekalet Behna
Dar al-Mahfuzat al-ʿUmumiyya

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Central Library (al-Sayyidah Zaynab)
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Alexandria Municipal Library
St. Catherine’s Monastery Library

Museums[edit | edit source]

Coptic Museum and Patriarchate

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Museums[edit | edit source]

Record Offices[edit | edit source]

Department of Civil Status (under the Ministry of Interior)
Magles El Shaab Street
Kasr El Aini St
Cairo, Egypt

Telephone: +20 7958014
Fax: +20 7958048

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 *'''Archives''' collect and preserve '''original documents''' of organizations such as churches or governments. '''Libraries''' generally collect '''published sources''' such as books, maps, and microfilm.
 *'''If you plan to visit a repository, contact them''' and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
-*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 '''Family History Library'''] may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.
 == Archives ==
-[http://www.darelkotob.gov.eg/ar-eg/Pages/Home.aspx '''Egyptian National Library and Archives (Dar Al-Kottob Al-masryyia-Bab al-Khalq)''']<br>
+*[http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.display.site.details&language_id=1&element_id=1034 National Library and Archives]
-Corniche El Nil<br>
+*[https://hazine.info/tag/egypt-en/ Egypt Archives]
-Ramlet Boulaq, Cairo<br>
-Arab Republic of Egypt<br>
-<br>
-Phone: 02-25751078 / 02-25752883 / 02-25750886<br>
-Fax: 202-25789547
-* [http://www.darelkotob.gov.eg/ar-eg/Pages/Home.aspx Website]
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_National_Library_and_Archives Wikipedia: Egyptian National Library and Archives]
-* [https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/dar-al-kutub-manuscripts UNESCO: Dar Al-Kutub Manuscripts article]
-* [https://islamicana.com/guides/manuscript-guide/cairo/ Visiting the archive] (article)
-** The National Archives contain census records, Sharia court records, and Ottoman records in their [http://www.darelkotob.gov.eg/ar-eg/Pages/HeritageCategoryDetails.aspx?cid=3#top Documents] collection, but these have not been digitized and are only viewable in-person after following all of the correct visiting procedures
-[https://eap.bl.uk/search?f%5B0%5D=country%3AEgypt '''Endangered Archives: Egypt''']
-'''Dar al-Mahfuzat al-ʿUmumiyya''' <br>
-Shari’a al-Mahjar<br>
-Cairo, Egypt<br>
-* [https://hazineblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/daralmahfuzat/ Informational article, Hazine]<br>
-* Permission needs to be requested from the Security Bureau (Maktab al-Amn) of the Property Tax Office of the Finance Ministry, at the left side of the Saʿd Zaghlul Mausoleum. Three important collections are described below:
-** The pension dossiers of state employees between the 1830s and 1959. In these dossiers one can trace the entire careers of state employees and obtain some information on their heirs. These files provide also an insight into the administrative work and cooperation between different branches of the state.
-** The tax-registers of buildings in Cairo which once belonged to the Cairo Governorate [Muhafazat Misr]), and possibly of other cities as well, from the turn of the century to the early 1950s.
-** Tax registers of agricultural lands.<ref>"Informational article", Hazine, https://hazineblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/daralmahfuzat/, accessed  2 December 2022.</ref>
-'''Hazine'''<br>
-* [https://hazine.info/visual-sources-middle-east-north-africa-islamic-studies-online/ Website]<br>
-** [https://web.archive.org/web/20230329100339/https://hazine.info/researching-modern-egypt-online/ Researching Modern Egypt Online] - List of online collections for Modern Egypt research
+Al-Azhar University; al-Azhar Library<br>
+American University in Cairo<br>
+Majma al-Lugha al-‘Arabi<br>
+Nederlands-Vlaams Instituut in Cairo (NVIC)<br>
+American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)<br>
+Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO)<br>
+Franciscan Centre of Christian Oriental Studies<br>
+Suq al-Ezbekiyya <br>
+Al Ahram <br>
+Akhbar al-Yawm Newspaper Archive <br>
+Ruz al Yusuf Foundation <br>
+Dar Al Hilal Newspaper Archive <br>
+Wekalet Behna <br>
+Dar al-Mahfuzat al-ʿUmumiyya <br>
 ==Libraries==
+Central Library (al-Sayyidah Zaynab) <br>
+Bibliotheca Alexandrina <br>
+Alexandria Municipal Library <br>
+St. Catherine’s Monastery Library
+==Museums==
+Coptic Museum and Patriarchate
-'''Bibliotheca Alexandrina''' <br>
+== Libraries ==
-Corniche<br>
-Alexandria, Egypt<br>
-<br>
-Phone: + (203) 4839999 - Ext: 1573 and 1574<br>
-Email: visits@bibalex.org<br>
-[https://www.bibalex.org/en/ Website]<br>
-[https://www.bibalex.org/en/Page/BA_Visiting?Keywords= Visit guidelines]<br>
-[http://dar.bibalex.org/webpages/dar.jsf Digital Assets Repository]
-:The Digital Assets Repository (DAR) is a system developed at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, to create and maintain the Library's digital collections. Explore our large collection of Arabic digital books, photo albums and more. Source: Bibliotheca Alexandrina.<br>
-[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina Wikipedia: Bibliotheca Alexandrina] Information and details about the Library.<br>
-'''St. Catherine’s Monastery Library'''<br>
-Phone, Athens Dependency: +30 210 6461 401<br>
-Phonr, Mount Sinai Foundation: +30 210 6454 923<br>
-Fax: +20 69 3470 341 & 3<br>
-Email: sinaimonastery@gmail.com<br>
-[http://www.sinaimonastery.com/index.php/en/library  Website]
-::The library, founded sometime between 548 and 565, is the oldest continuously operating library in the world. The monastery library preserves the second largest collection of early codices and manuscripts in the world, outnumbered only by the Vatican Library. It contains Greek, Christian Palestinian Aramaic, Syriac, Coptic, Georgian, Arabic, Ethiopic/Ge‘ez, Latin, Armenian, Church Slavonic, and Caucasian Albanian manuscripts and books. It also contains some very rare Hebrew Language books.<ref>"Saint Catherine's Monastery", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catherine%27s_Monastery, accessed 2 December 2022.</ref>
-'''Arab Genealogy Books Online'''<br>
-[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/MENA/egypt-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.
+== Museums ==
-==Museums==
-[http://www.darelkotob.gov.eg/ar-eg/Pages/Museum.aspx#top '''Dar al-Kutub Museum in Bab al-Khalq''']<br>
-Nile Corniche<br>
-RAMLET BOULAK<br>
-Bulaq, Cairo Governorate 4311110<br>
-Egypt<br>
-<br>
-Phone: +20225750886<br>
-[http://www.darelkotob.gov.eg/ar-eg/Pages/Museum.aspx#top Website]
 == Record Offices ==
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 Kasr El Aini St<br>
 Cairo, Egypt<br>
 Telephone: +20 7958014<br>
 Fax: +20 7958048<br>
-[https://moi.gov.eg Website]
-==References==
 [[Category:Egypt]][[Category:Egypt Archives and Libraries]]