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|Local Resources=Archives and Libraries | |||
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*'''Archives''' collect and preserve '''original documents''' of organizations such as churches or governments. '''Libraries''' generally collect '''published sources''' such as books, maps, and microfilm. | *'''Archives''' collect and preserve '''original documents''' of organizations such as churches or governments. '''Libraries''' generally collect '''published sources''' such as books, maps, and microfilm. | ||
*'''If you plan to visit a repository, contact them''' and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one. | *'''If you plan to visit a repository, contact them''' and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one. | ||
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[https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2012/01/douglas-cox-kuwait-archives/ Finding Kuwait's Missing National Archives] <br> | [https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2012/01/douglas-cox-kuwait-archives/ Finding Kuwait's Missing National Archives] <br> | ||
[https://english.alarabiya.net/News/gulf/2021/03/28/Kuwait-receives-eight-tons-of-national-archives-from-Iraq- Kuwait receives eight tons of national archives from Iraq]<br> | [https://english.alarabiya.net/News/gulf/2021/03/28/Kuwait-receives-eight-tons-of-national-archives-from-Iraq- Kuwait receives eight tons of national archives from Iraq]<br> | ||
'''Hazine'''<br> | |||
[https://hazine.info/visual-sources-middle-east-north-africa-islamic-studies-online/ Website]<br> | |||
Online collection of archives and libraries and their digitized materials in the Islamic world, including the Middle East and North Africa<br> | |||
== Libraries == | == Libraries == | ||
'''Arab Genealogy Books Online'''<br> | |||
[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/MENA/kuwait-books Website]<br> | |||
Open access collection of Arabic genealogy books that have been digitized and can be browsed by country/region. Books contain valuable information about tribal histories and family lineages. | |||
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'''National Library of Kuwait'''<br> | '''National Library of Kuwait'''<br> | ||
Al Ma'arri Street<br> | Al Ma'arri Street<br> | ||
Kuwait City, Kuwait<br> | Kuwait City, Kuwait<br> | ||
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Phone: (965) 2292 9803 | Phone: (965) 2292 9803<br> | ||
[https://www.nlk.gov.kw/ Website] | [https://www.nlk.gov.kw/ Website] | ||
:The National Library of Kuwait is the national library and legal deposit and copyright library for Kuwait. It was founded in 1923 through the efforts of several Kuwaiti writers, and received its collection from the library of the Kuwaiti Charitable Society, which was founded in 1913. In 1994, Amiri Decree No. 52/1994 officially ordered the creation of the National Library of Kuwait, and entrusted it with the responsibility of collecting, organizing, preserving, and documenting the national heritage and the state of Kuwait's intellectual and cultural output.<ref>"National Library of Kuwait", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Kuwait, accessed 17 January 2023.</ref> | :The National Library of Kuwait is the national library and legal deposit and copyright library for Kuwait. It was founded in 1923 through the efforts of several Kuwaiti writers, and received its collection from the library of the Kuwaiti Charitable Society, which was founded in 1913. In 1994, Amiri Decree No. 52/1994 officially ordered the creation of the National Library of Kuwait, and entrusted it with the responsibility of collecting, organizing, preserving, and documenting the national heritage and the state of Kuwait's intellectual and cultural output.<ref>"National Library of Kuwait", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Kuwait, accessed 17 January 2023.</ref> | ||
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== Museums == | == Museums == | ||
[https://www.google.com/search?q=museums+in+kuwait&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS809US810&sxsrf=AJOqlzU2YZVi232doYQfX68ji-eM_t3D6Q%3A1674093356444&ei=LKPIY8PWGvLBkPIP8uSFmAs&ved=0ahUKEwjDnNPew9L8AhXyIEQIHXJyAbMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=museums+in+kuwait&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzIHCAAQgAQQDTIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgUIABCGAzIFCAAQhgMyBQgAEIYDMgUIABCGAzoGCAAQBxAeOggIABAIEAcQHjoKCAAQCBAHEB4QDzoICAAQBRAHEB46BggAEAUQHjoGCAAQCBAeOggIABAIEB4QDzoFCAAQogQ6BwgAEB4QogQ6CAghEKABEMMESgQIQRgASgQIRhgAUABY7jhgiU1oAHABeACAAcgBiAHICJIBBTguMi4xmAEAoAEBwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp Google listing of museums in Kuwait'''] | |||
== Record Offices == | == Record Offices == | ||
'''Central Record for Birth and Death Department of the Ministry of Health'''<br> | |||
Telephone: 24810932<br> | |||
Fax: 24865414<ref>Wikiprocedure, [https://www.wikiprocedure.com/index.php/Kuwait_-_Obtain_Birth_Certificate Kuwait - Obtain Birth Certificate], (accessed 28 October 2022)</ref><br> | |||
For Marriages:<br> | |||
Authentication Office at Ahmadi Court Complex<br> | |||
5428+GV5, Fahad Al Ahmad, Kuwait<ref>Wikiprocedure, [https://www.wikiprocedure.com/index.php/Kuwait_-_Obtain_Birth_Certificate Kuwait - Obtain Birth Certificate], (accessed 28 October 2022)</ref><br> | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Kuwait]] | [[Category:Kuwait]] | ||