Palestine Civil Registration

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How to Find the Records

Online Collections

• 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

Ministry of Interior (State of Palestine) - Wikipedia

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."

UNRWA Offices:

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

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

Fax: (+ 972) 2 0751 589
Contact Name: Kazem Abu-khalaf, OIC-Public Information Officer
Email: k.abu-khalaf@unrwa.org

U.S. Visa documents by country shows how to obtain birth, death, marriage, divorces, adoptions, and other records.

The Supreme Constitutional Court has the marriage records.

Historical Background

According to Wikipedia, many governments recognize Palestine as a state.

"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."