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== Genealogical Societies ==
== Genealogical Societies ==


No Family History, nor Genealogy Societies could be found for Iraq.
'''FamilySearch'''
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*[https://community.familysearch.org/en/group/343-arab-genealogy-research Arab Ancestry Community (مجتمع الأصول العربية)] - Active community forum for Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa and the Arab diaspora
'''Worldgenweb''' has a page for Iraq genealogy that may be helpful:


Link: https://www.worldgenweb.net/iraq/
'''Ancestry'''
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* [https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.mideast.iraq Message board] - Genealogical discussion forum for Iraq.
'''The Jewish Historical and Genealogy Society''' has information on Iraqi - Jewish genealogy.


Website: https://jhgswa.org.au/links/
'''WorldGenWeb'''
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* [https://www.worldgenweb.net/iraq/ Country page] - Genealogical resources for Iraq
'''Ancestry.com''' has message boards for Iraq:


Link: https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.mideast/mb.ashx
'''National Society of Arab & Arab American Genealogy (NSAB)'''<br>
[https://arabamericangenealogy.com/ Website]<br>
[https://www.linkedin.com/company/arabamericangenealogy/posts/?feedView=all LinkedIn]<br>
:* Fosters interest in Arab and Arab American genealogy by encouraging education, research, writing, recording family histories, and preserving records.


== Historical Societies ==
== Historical Societies ==
'''Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center'''
Sderot Mordehai Ben Porat 83
Or Yehuda, Israel
The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center houses a large, special collection of databases compiled over several decades, which reflect the life of the Jewish community in Iraq. The collections contain manuscripts, films, photographs, liturgical songs, Iraqi-Jewish music, names and family trees. Some of the items in the collections are rare and can only be found at the center.
* [https://www.bjhcenglish.com/ Website]
* [https://infocenters.co.il/babylon/ Digital repository]


'''The Iraqi Mutual Aid Society''' has much on the history of Iraq.
'''The Iraqi Mutual Aid Society''' has much on the history of Iraq.

Revision as of 09:52, 29 May 2025

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Genealogical Societies[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch

Ancestry

WorldGenWeb

National Society of Arab & Arab American Genealogy (NSAB)
Website
LinkedIn

  • Fosters interest in Arab and Arab American genealogy by encouraging education, research, writing, recording family histories, and preserving records.

Historical Societies[edit | edit source]

Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center

Sderot Mordehai Ben Porat 83

Or Yehuda, Israel

The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center houses a large, special collection of databases compiled over several decades, which reflect the life of the Jewish community in Iraq. The collections contain manuscripts, films, photographs, liturgical songs, Iraqi-Jewish music, names and family trees. Some of the items in the collections are rare and can only be found at the center.


The Iraqi Mutual Aid Society has much on the history of Iraq.

Website: http://www.iraqimutualaid.org/iraqi-history--civilization.html

The National Museum of Iraq provides many references to local history.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/museummm/

Other Societies[edit | edit source]