Palestine Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

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*[https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2015/09/palestinian-plan-retrieve-archive-diaspora-inside.html '''Palestinian archives remain scattered'''] is an article covering the complexity of retrieving archive material from around the world pertaining to the current State of Palestine.<br>

*[https://libguides.brown.edu/Palestine/primary '''Palestinian Studies, Digital Archives and Sources'''] by Brown University, is a list of 10 archives and collections pertinent to Palestinian history, with  digital links. Including [https://www.levyinstitute.org/palestinian-census/ '''The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version''']

Online collection of archives and libraries and their digitized materials in the Islamic world, including the Middle East and North Africa<br>

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:The project’s aim is to digitize, index, catalog, preserve, and provide access to the material through the creation of a state-of-the-art digital platform. It aims to expand and include additional oral history collections documenting varied aspects of the Palestinian experience in Lebanon and the region.

:Supportive documents may include family trees, lists of family names, diaries, marriage contracts, deeds for land sales, newspaper articles, and family photos.

[http://awraq.birzeit.edu/ar/taxonomy/term/379 Family Documents]

::An open archive documenting the history and lives of Palestinians from the Ottoman times to the present through written and audiovisual materials.

 

[http://palestine.mei.columbia.edu/about-1 Website]<br>

Palestine information found in the Reading Room of the Israel State Archives:  

*The Government of Israel The Office of the Chief Secretariat - 1918-1948  

::The Chief Executive Office of the British Mandatory Government in Palestine . Including personal files of government employees.   

*Ottoman Administration. Books of Nafos 1917-1876  

::The material is arranged according to cities, including ethnic groups and religious affiliation. The records were made for tax purposes and military service.   

*Collection of Documents from the British Consulate in Jerusalem 1838-1948  

*Austrian consulate in Palestine 1903-1938

::list of passports, visas, applications for passports and visas to Austria

::List of Austrian war dead buried in military cemeteries in Palestine.

'''The (British) National Archives'''<br>Kew, Richmond<br>Surrey TW9 4DU<br>England<br><br>Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444<br>[https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/contact-us/ Contact us]<br>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Website]<br>[https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/?research-category=family-history Family history research guides]<br>

[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1133557 United States Consular Records for Jerusalem, Palestine, 1856–1935]

===Webinar===

*[https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/tracing-your-ancestry-and-connecting-with-your-heritage-from-the-palestinian-diaspora Tracing Your Ancestry and Connecting with Your Heritage from the Palestinian Diaspora]

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