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==Baha'i Records== | |||
==Christian Records== | |||
*For more information about how to obtain records for Christian denominations, visit this page:[[Tunisia Church Records]] | |||
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==Islamic Records== | |||
====Marriage Contracts (''Sidaq'')==== | ====Marriage Contracts (''Sidaq'')==== | ||
Research use: A primary source for verifying marriages. | Research use: A primary source for verifying marriages. | ||
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Population coverage: Approximately 65%. | Population coverage: Approximately 65%. | ||
Reliability: Excellent.<ref name="profile" | Reliability: Excellent.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Tunisia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1991-2001.</ref> | ||
==Jewish Records== | ==Jewish Records== | ||
*[https://search.archives.nat.tn/ar/ANTthekira/?Thakra[query]=&Thakra[refinementList][type][0]=Thekra '''National Archives of Tunisia'''] - The archive holds over 300 records written in Hebrew, including registers of marriages for Portuguese Jews who lived in Tunis in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, economic transactions, and personal letters<ref name="profile" /> | |||
*[https://farhi.org/genealogy/index.html Les Fleurs de l'Orient] - genealogy database of major Sephardic families in the Ottoman Empire and beyond | |||
*'''For further reading''': See the article [https://www.sephardicgen.com/tunis.htm The Portuguese Jews living in Tunisia] written by SephardicGen and the [[Jewish Records]] page for more information about how to obtain records for Jewish denominations | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Tunisia]] | [[Category:Tunisia]] | ||
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In other languages: العربيةBaha'i Records[edit | edit source]
Christian Records[edit | edit source]
- For more information about how to obtain records for Christian denominations, visit this page:Tunisia Church Records
Islamic Records[edit | edit source]
Marriage Contracts (Sidaq)[edit | edit source]
Research use: A primary source for verifying marriages.
Record type: Islamic civil marriage record.
Time period: 1500s - Present.
Contents: Names of marriage partners and date of marriage. Other information unknown.
Location: At Islamic law court [sharia] archives in various cities.
Population coverage: Approximately 65%.
Reliability: Excellent.[1]
Jewish Records[edit | edit source]
- National Archives of Tunisia - The archive holds over 300 records written in Hebrew, including registers of marriages for Portuguese Jews who lived in Tunis in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, economic transactions, and personal letters[1]
- Les Fleurs de l'Orient - genealogy database of major Sephardic families in the Ottoman Empire and beyond
- For further reading: See the article The Portuguese Jews living in Tunisia written by SephardicGen and the Jewish Records page for more information about how to obtain records for Jewish denominations