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Resources
Online Resources
- Arab Genealogy Books Online at FamilySearch Library; open access collection of Arabic genealogy books that have been digitized and can be browsed by country/region. They contain valuable information about tribal histories and family lineages.
- 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
- 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
- The Arab Tribes: Their Historical Origins and Roots (in Arabic), by Jamal Mashari al-Rafdi. Online at: Archive.org.
- القبائل العربية: أصولها جذورها التاريخية، جمال بن مشاري الرفدي.
- Juifs du Maghreb: noms de famille et société (Maghreb Jews: family names and society) by Jacques Taïeb. Paris, France: Cercle de Généalogie Juive, [200-?]. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Covers Jewish family names in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.
- 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 Tunisia Archives and Libraries and Tunisia Societies for more resources.