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Contact Name: Kazem Abu-khalaf, OIC-Public Information Officer<br> | Contact Name: Kazem Abu-khalaf, OIC-Public Information Officer<br> | ||
Email: [mailto:k.abu-khalaf@unrwa.org k.abu-khalaf@unrwa.org]<br> | Email: [mailto:k.abu-khalaf@unrwa.org k.abu-khalaf@unrwa.org]<br> | ||
==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
Revision as of 14:19, 16 August 2021
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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]
Online Collections[edit | edit source]
- 1883-1917 - Nüfūs registers (Ottoman census and population registers of Palestine), 1883-1917. These records can only be accessed at a family history center or a FamilySearch affiliate library.
Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]
U.S. Visa documents by country explains how to obtain birth, death, marriage, divorces, adoptions, and other records for Israel, Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.
Palestinian Authority Ministry of Interior (MOI)
Ramallah
Al Masyoun - opposite the Cabinet
Palestine
Telephone: +970-22946540
Fax: +970-22946542
Email: info@moi.pna.ps
The Supreme Constitutional Court has marriage records.
Palestine - Al-Bireh - The Supreme Constitutional Court Building
Telephone: +970-22409035
Fax: +970-22409033
Email: president@tscc.pna.ps
United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
UNRWA helps about 5.7 Million Palestine refugees. It is creating a "registration portal which will allow Palestine refugees to directly access their records and download electronic documents pertaining to their family history over the last 70 years."[1]
Sami Mshasha, Director of Communications & Arabic Language Spokesperson
Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Palestinian Territory
Telephone: +972-(0)54-216-8295
- +972 (0)258 90724
- +972 (0)258 90724
Email: s.mshasha@unrwa.org
Gaza Public Information Office
Al-Azhar Road (opposite Islamic University), Rimal Quarter
Gaza City
Palestinian Territory
Telephone: (+ 972 8) 288 7213
Fax: (+ 972 8) 288 7219
Contact Name: Milina Shahin, Public Information Officer
Email: gazapio@unrwa.org
West Bank Public Information Office
Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Palestinian Territory
Telephone: (+ 972) 2 589 1618
- (+ 972) 542 168 723
- (+ 971) 562 940 664
- (+ 972) 542 168 723
Fax: (+ 972) 2 0751 589
Contact Name: Kazem Abu-khalaf, OIC-Public Information Officer
Email: k.abu-khalaf@unrwa.org
Historical Background[edit | edit source]
According to Wikipedia, many governments recognize Palestine as a state.[2]
"In accordance with the Oslo agreement signed in Washington on September 13, 1993, the Palestinian self-government began issuing Palestinian Authority Passport/Travel Documents in 1995." "The passport contains the following paragraph, which is signed by the Minster of the Interior or Director General of Civil Registration and Passport Department: This passport/travel document is issued persuant to the Palestinian Self Government Agreement according to Oslo Agreement signed in Washington on 13/9/1993."[3]
Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]
Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), What We Do, Eligibility Registration, (accessed 13 August 2021)
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, Legal status of the State of Palestine, (accessed 10 August 2021).
- ↑ U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Resource Information Center: Palestine U.S.