Syria Compiled Genealogies
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Resources
Online Resources
- Al-Maktabah al-Shamilah (The Comprehensive Library) - Genealogy Category (Arabic) - catalogue of Arabic books on genealogy with detailed descriptions; books not accessible directly on website
- Arab-American Naff Collection at Smithsonian Institution - Oral histories and compiled genealogies
- Brown University Library - Ottoman Records of Greater Syria - collection of Ottoman era Islamic court records, advisory council records, and private family papers from the Levant
- Family History Archive: Syrian and Lebanese Families in the American South at Arab American National Museum - Oral histories and compiled genealogies
- Genealogical Science Library (Arabic - مكتبة علوم النسب) - digital catalogue of Arabic books on family and tribal genealogies; open source books are linked and accessible**Email: olomanasb@gmail.com
- A Summary on Genealogy (in Arabic), by ʻUmar ibn Yūsuf, Sultan of Yemen, Damascus: Maṭbaʻat al-Tarqī, 1949. Online at: Arabic Collections Online.
- 1949 :طرفة الاصحاب في معرفة الانساب ,عمر بن يوسف ,دمشق ,مطبعة الترقي
- See Compiled Genealogies for more resources.
Print Publications
Background
Types of Records
Information Recorded in the Records
Oral Genealogies
- See Oral Genealogies for more resources.
Strategy
- See Compiled Genealogies for more online collections, catalogs, and repositories.
- Some repositories or societies may have additional compiled genealogies. See Syria Archives and Libraries and Syria Societies for more resources.