Beirut, Lebanon Genealogy

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Beirut District

Guide to Beirut District ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, and church records.

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Beirut District

Historys

[1] (Wikipedia)

Quarters in Beirut

There are 12 quarters that Beirut is divided into. Below is a list of the quarters within the Beirut District.

• Achrafieh
• Bachoura
• Dar Mreisse
• Mazraa
• Medawar
• Minet El Hosn
• Moussaitbeh
• Port (Marfa')
• Ras Beirut
• Remeil
• Saifi
• Zuqaq al-Blat

Civil Registration

Civil registration records are government records that cover birth, marriage, and death. These are kept at the Governorate's Serail and at individual Civil Status Registrar Offices. These records can be accessed by the governor, commissioner and the registrar.

Governorate Center	Governor	Landline	Mobile	Fax
Beirut	Ziad Elias Chebib	961 1 986014/961 1 987013	961 3 700309	961 1 986006

Civil Status Registrar Office	Civil Status Registrar	Landline	Mobile
Civil Status Division of Beirut	Fatima El Ghouch	961 1 355009	961 71 434024

Mukhtar

Mukhtar records can support your search for records in Lebanon. The Mukhtar keep birth, death, marriage and proof of residency records. These records are kept at a village and city level, so it's important to know the village that an ancestor came from to use these records. To see the list of Mukhtar information for this district see Beirut District Mukhtar Records.