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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
• 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
• 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
• The Kalbids and their role in the Arab presence throughout history by Attar, Adnan. Damascus, Syria:Dar Al-Awam for Publishing and Distribution: Dar Al-Farqad for Printing, Publishing and Distribution, 2007. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
  • "الكلبيون ودورهم في الوجود العربي خلال التاريخ / العطار، عدنان
• 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
• "Salem and Cohen family tree : a genealogy from the sephardic heritage project," by Sarina Roffé. Brooklyn, [New York] : Seraphic Heritage Project, ©2014. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
• "L'dor v'dor : tracing the Missry familiy heritage," by Sarina Missry Roffé. New York, New York : Sephardic Heritage Project, 2021. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
• See Syria Tribes and Clans for more resources.

Print Publications

• Daib-Dukhlala pedigree chart at FamilySearch Catalog - pedigree chart
• The Shadids family at Gedeidet-Merjoyoun, Lebanon at FamilySearch Catalog - pedigree chart (includes some relatives in Syria)

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.