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Christian Records

• For more information about how to obtain records for Christian denominations, visit this page:Tunisia Church Records

Islamic Records

Marriage Contracts (Sidaq)

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.

Jewish Records

• 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
• 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