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Resources[edit | edit source]
Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- 1800-1975 Pedigree Chart of the Almustakim Family(*); Nabeel A. Almustakim at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 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
- An Honorable Pedigree Connected to Tamim al-Dari. Hebron: 1861. Online at: Archive.org; book is handwritten and reading it requires some knowledge of Arabic paleography
- نسبة شريفة متصلة بتميم الداري. الخليل: 1861.
- 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.
- 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
- Digital Collections at the Palestinian Museum Digital Archive - Digitized documents and images
- Digital Palestinian Archive at Birzeit University - Documents of Palestinian families
- 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
- Howiyyah: The Encyclopedia of Palestinian Families - Compilation of Palestinian villages and local families; in Arabic
- Official Website for the Jerusalemite Family of al-Khalidi at Khalidi.org - Index for Al-Deiri, Al-Khalidi, and Al-Makhzumi families of Jerusalem; in Arabic
- Silk ad-durar,(*); Palestine, Jerusalem at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- The Tribes of Acre District (in Arabic), by Mahmud 'Abdullah Kallam. Beirut: Bissan Publishing and Distribution, 2016. Online at: Archive.org.
- عشائر قضاة عكا، محمود عبد الله كلّم. بيروت: بسيان للنشر والتوزيع، 2016.
- See Compiled Genealogies for more resources.
Print Publications[edit | edit source]
- Palestinian Village Histories:Geographies of the Displaced, by Rochelle A. Davis. Stanford:Stanford University Press, 2010. At various libraries (WorldCat)
- Ramallah, its history and its genealogies, by Azeez Shaheen. Birzeit, Palestine:Birzeit University, 1982. FS Catalog book 956.94 R1 D2; At various libraries (WorldCat)
- All that remains : the Palestinian villages occupied and depopulated by Israel in 1948, by Walid Khalidi. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, 2006. At various libraries (WorldCat)
Background[edit | edit source]
Types of Records[edit | edit source]
Village Histories[edit | edit source]
Village histories may record prominent families or tribes and family trees for them.
Throughout modern-day Israel, over four hundred Palestinian villages were depopulated in the 1947-1949 war. With houses mostly destroyed, mosques and churches put to other uses, and cemeteries plowed under, Palestinian communities were left geographically dispossessed. Palestinians have since carried their village names, memories, and possessions with them into the diaspora, transforming their lost past into local histories in the form of "village memorial books". Numbering more than 100 volumes in print, these books recount family histories, cultural traditions, and the details of village life, revealing Palestinian history through the eyes of Palestinians.
Through a close examination of these books and other commemorative activities, Palestinian Village Histories reveals how history is written, recorded, and contested, as well as the roles that Palestinian conceptions of their past play in contemporary life. Moving beyond the grand narratives of 20th century political struggles, this book analyzes individual and collective historical accounts of everyday life in pre-1948 Palestinian villages as composed today from the perspectives of these long-term refugees.[1]
Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]
Oral Genealogies[edit | edit source]
- See Oral Genealogies for more resources.
Strategy[edit | edit source]
- Tracing Your Ancestry and Connecting with Your Heritage from the Palestinian Diaspora at RootsTech - online class recording
- See Compiled Genealogies for more online collections, catalogs, and repositories.
- Some repositories or societies may have additional compiled genealogies. See State of Palestine Archives and Libraries and State of Palestine Societies for more resources.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Barnes and Noble book description, https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/palestinian-village-histories-rochelle-davis/1126841519, accessed 2 March 2023.