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In other languages: العربيةResources[edit | edit source]
Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- 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.
- Branching out from Sepharad : a global journey of selected rabbinic families with biographies and genealogies by Roffé, Sarina Missry. Brooklyn, [New York]:Sephardic Heritage Project, 2017. FS Catalog book 929.25691 K154r
- 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
- Encyclopedia of Damascene Families: Their History, Genealogies, and Notable Figures by Sawaf, Muhammad Sharif. Damascus, Syria:Bayt al-Ḥikmah, 2010. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "موسوعة الأسر الدمشقية : تاريخها، أنسابها، أعلامها / صواف، محمد شريف
- Families of the Levant in the Ottoman Era: A Historical Documentary Study by Shami, Ayoub Abdel Rahman. Amman, Jordan:Dār al-Fatḥ lil-Dirāsāt wa-al-Nashr, 2011. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "عائلات بلاد الشام في العهد العثماني : دراسة تاريخية وثائقية / شامي، أيوب عبد الرحمن
- 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
- Ghurar al-Sham: Biographies of the Al-Khatib al-Hasaniya family and their contemporaries by The Husseini preacher, Abdul Aziz Muhammad Suhail. Damascus, Syria:Dar Hassan, 1996. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "غرر الشام : في تراجم آل الخطيب الحسنية ومعاصريهم / الخطيب الحسيني، عبد العزيز محمد سهيل
- Jews of Damascus, Syria by Al-Ajlani, Shams al-Din. Damascus, Syria:Sh.al-D. al-ʻAjlānī, 2008. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "يهود دمشق الشام / العجلاني ، شمس الدين،
- "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
- "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
- Origins of Damascene genealogies by Hamzawi, Abdel Karim. Damascus, Syria:Maktabat Dār al-Daqqāq, 2016. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "أصول الأنساب الدمشقية / حمزاوي, عبد الكريم
- 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
- Tārīkh wa-shajarat ‘ā’ilat Jabārah by Jabārah, Rimūn Fāris. No Publisher Information. Online at: New York University; History of the Jabarah family
- .تاريخ وشجرات عائلة جباره .ثيودور نولدكه No Publisher Information
- Rawḍ al-bashar fī a‘yān Dimashq fī al-qarn al-thālith ‘ashar, 1200-1300 by Shaṭṭī, Jamīl. Dimashq:Maṭba‘at Dār al-Yaqaẓah al-‘Arabīyah, 1905?. Online at: New York University; Newspaper obituaries and histories of families in Damascus.
- .روض البشر في اعيان دمشق في القرن الثالث عشر، 1300-1200 .محمد جميل الشطي دمش:مطبعة دار اليقظة العربية، 1905?
- See Syria Tribes and Clans for more resources.
Print Publications[edit | edit source]
- 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)
Background[edit | edit source]
Types of Records[edit | edit source]
Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]
Oral Genealogies[edit | edit source]
- See Oral Genealogies for more resources.
Strategy[edit | edit source]
- 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.