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===Lineal Kinship Inquiry=== | ===Lineal Kinship Inquiry=== | ||
The Turkish government put their genealogy archives online. It is known as the [www.turkiye.gov.tr Lineal Kinship Inquiry]. The information mostly comes from civil registers the Ottoman Empire kept up to the 19th century. | The Turkish government put their genealogy archives online. It is known as the [https://www.turkiye.gov.tr Lineal Kinship Inquiry]. The information mostly comes from civil registers the Ottoman Empire kept up to the 19th century. | ||
Details about ancestors include names, dates of birth and death, the town, village or city of origin, marital status.<ref>''"Who are you again: Turks go crazy over genealogy service".'' Daily Sabah. https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2018/02/17/who-are-you-again-turks-go-crazy-over-genealogy-service Accessed 16 June 2020.</ref> | Details about ancestors include names, dates of birth and death, the town, village or city of origin, marital status.<ref>''"Who are you again: Turks go crazy over genealogy service".'' Daily Sabah. https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2018/02/17/who-are-you-again-turks-go-crazy-over-genealogy-service Accessed 16 June 2020.</ref> | ||
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* Links to [https://www.turkiye.gov.tr/belediyeler e-Services Provided by Local Governments]. Choose a municipality to see its phone number, address and a link to its webpage. | * Links to [https://www.turkiye.gov.tr/belediyeler e-Services Provided by Local Governments]. Choose a municipality to see its phone number, address and a link to its webpage. | ||
====Marriage Contracts (Arabic-''Sidāq'')==== | |||
These records are the only source of specific marriage information and provide a marriage date. They also provide relationships helpful in lineage linking. They are a legal contract of marriage. Islamic law courts (''sharia'') handled the majority of litigation, particularly in the domain of personal and family status including marriage and divorce.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Turkey,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1998.</ref> | |||
These records exist from 1622-1928 and may contain:<br> | |||
*Names of marriage candidates | |||
*dates of contract and marriage | |||
*parents (at least the father) of marital partners | |||
*details concerning dowry | |||
These records can be found at sharia court archives in various cities and many are found at the Ethnographic Museum in Ankara and the seat of the Mufti (''Müftülük'') in Istanbul. Other possible locations include the Sulaymaniye Library and the Topkap Museum in Istanbul.<br> | |||
These records pertain to Muslim marriages.<br> | |||
==References== | |||
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==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
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