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Archives and Libraries

• 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.
• Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

Archives

National Archives of Libya
Red Castle
Libya

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General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs Archives (Nüfus ve Vatandaşlık İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü Archives)
Archive Department
Archive Services Frequently Asked Questions Consult these questions and answers to understand how to access the archives. Only the answer to question #3 is provided here.

1. How can I reach the Archives Department of the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs?

2. What records are in the Archive of the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs?

• Waste Population Registers of 1883 (1299),

• Registry Books,

• 1904 (1320) General Population Records, Family Registers,

• Terrestrial Spelling Books, Draft Books for the years 1925-1926 and after,

• Incident Books kept from 1904 to 1974 (Books containing birth, marriage, divorce, transfer/relocation, correction/registration correction, re-registration and death information)

• Backing documents kept from 1904 to the present

3. In your applications, whose records can you request to be examined?

4. In which cases the records in the archive can be removed?

5. Which subjects in the archive can I request about the records?

6. Is there any study on genealogy / genealogy?

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Hazine
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Online collection of archives and libraries and their digitized materials in the Islamic world, including the Middle East and North Africa

Libraries

National Library of Libya
Benghazi Center
Benghazi, Libya

PO Box 9127
Email:info@nllnet.net
Phone:(+218-61-9096379) (+218-61-909
Fax:+218-61-9096380
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The national library holds books and scientific publications, theses and local periodicals. It contains rare books and reports issued by official government bodies, as well as archival documents that date several decades. (Source: Facebook)

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Libyan Center for Archives and Historical Studies
Tripoli, Libya
Phone: 218 21 333-3996

The Centre is in the heart of Tripoli and considered a historical landmark that protests documents and artefacts that reflect Libya’s history dating back centuries.

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Libyan Government Library
Tripoli, Libya

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Office of Libraries and Documentation
University of Benghazi Library
Central Library
Benghazi, Libya

Website

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Arab Genealogy Books Online
Website
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.

Museums

Google listing of museums in Libya

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The museums exhibit mainly antiquities excavated from various Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Arabic sites. The Department of Antiquities is responsible for all museums and archaeological sites in the country. Tripoli houses the Archaeological Museum, Epigraphy Museum, Ethnographic Museum, Natural History Museum, Prehistory Museum, and Islamic Museum. There are other museums, mainly archaeological, at Cyrene, Homs, Gaigab, Germa, Leptis Magna, Tokrah, Zanzur, Marsa Susah, and Sabrata.

Record Offices

"...each municipality has a civil registration office where birth, marriage, divorce and death must be registered".

Marriages and divorces are also kept by the religious law courts.