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| ==How to Find the Records==
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| ===Online Collections===
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| *'''1883-1917 -''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/34209?availability=Family%20History%20Library Nüfūs registers (Ottoman census and population registers of Palestine), 1883-1917]. Includes birth, marriage, divorce, and death records. These records can only be accessed at a [https://www.familysearch.org/fhcenters/locations/ FamilySearch center] or a [https://www.familysearch.org/fhcenters/locations/ FamilySearch affiliate library].
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| ::In Ottoman Turkish (Turkish in Arabic script) except for seven books of the Ashkenazi community in Jerusalem, which are in Hebrew.
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| ::Collection consists of 7 types of registers: preliminary registers; basic registers; early population registers; registers of births, marriages, divorces and changes of address; registers of men of military age; registers of foreigners; and Mukhtars' registers.
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| ::Registers are arranged into 10 districts. Each district includes cities (divided into neighborhoods) and villages in present day Israel, and parts of Jordan and Egypt. Registration within each locality is according to religious affiliation.
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| ::Collection also includes a catalog in English, created by the Israel State Archives. Includes general background information about the registers, a locality index and detailed descriptions of the contents of each register.
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| *[https://www.levyinstitute.org/palestinian-census/ '''The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version''']
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| ==Historical Background==
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| According to Wikipedia, many governments recognize Palestine as a state.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_the_State_of_Palestine Legal status of the State of Palestine], (accessed 10 August 2021).</ref>
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| "In accordance with the Oslo agreement signed in Washington on September 13, 1993, the Palestinian self-government began issuing Palestinian Authority Passport/Travel Documents in 1995."<ref>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, [https://www.uscis.gov/archive/resource-information-center-palestine-0 Resource Information Center: Palestine U.S.]</ref>
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| To understand who lived in the area of Palestine and when, see the Wikipedia article, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine State of Palestine].
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| ==Coverage and Compliance==
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| '''National Census''' <br>
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| Palestine Census Bureau of Statistics includes number of Palestinians in Israel from 1948 to 2017. But those individuals will most likely be recorded in Israeli archives. The Palestinian Census estimates 85-90% coverage. It includes only Palestinians in Palestinian Territories, and does not include foreigners in Palestine, or Palestinians who hold Israeli citizenship.
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| There were two '''British Censuses''' done. One in 1922 and another in 1931.
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| Jordan did a census in '''1952''' that included three districts - Hebron, Nablus, and Jerusalem.
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| In '''1967''' there was an '''Israeli Census'''. This included:
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| *Name of family/clan
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| *First Name
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| *Name of Father and Mother
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| *Name of Grandfather
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| *Address
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| *Passport/Identification Number
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| *Gender
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| *Marital Status
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| *Members of Household
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| There are also numbers for people exiled.
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| == References ==
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| {{reflist}}
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| [[Category:State of Palestine]]
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