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* [https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.mideast.iraq Message board] - Genealogical discussion forum for Iraq.
* [https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.mideast.iraq Message board] - Genealogical discussion forum for Iraq.
'''WorldGenWeb'''  
'''WorldGenWeb'''  


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== 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.

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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]