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==How to Find the Records==
==Resources==
 
===Online Resources===
*[https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Lebanon.html U.S. State Department Reciprocity and Civil Documents] - (Lebanon) Contains information about record-keeping practices in Lebanon and offices to contact
===Offices to Contact===
===Offices to Contact===


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==Historical Background==
==Background==
Lebanon has kept civil records since about 1920. Before that, they were part of the Ottoman Record, where records were kept as well.  
Lebanon has kept civil records since about 1920. Before that, they were part of the Ottoman Record, where records were kept as well.  


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Demographic Statistics, CRVS Technical Report Series, Vol. 1, March, 2009, [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/crvs/documents/Technical_report_ESCWA_Final.pdf Technical Report on the Status of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in ESCWA Region], 30 March 2009 (accessed 21 July 2020).</ref>
Demographic Statistics, CRVS Technical Report Series, Vol. 1, March, 2009, [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/crvs/documents/Technical_report_ESCWA_Final.pdf Technical Report on the Status of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in ESCWA Region], 30 March 2009 (accessed 21 July 2020).</ref>


==Coverage and Compliance==
===Coverage and Compliance===
===Census Records===
'''Ottoman Censuses before 1967 "Tabu Daftari"''' carried out every 30-40 years. <br>
Located at the Archives of Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Istanbul, Turkey.
 
'''Census done in 1860'''<br>
Can be found in Lebanese Serails and Lebanese and Turkish Ministries of Interior. Mukhtars can request Ottoman documents.
 
'''Census done in 1913''' <br>
Can be found in Lebanese Serails and Lebanese and Turkish Ministries of Interior.
 
'''1921''' <br>
Census carried out by the French.
 
'''1932''' <br>
Last official census. Includes:
*resident records
*personal status records
*foreigner records
*immigrant and refugee records
Can be found in archives of Division of Personal Status at the Ministry of Interior.


==Information Recorded in the Records==
==Information Recorded in the Records==
==Strategy==


==References==
==References==
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