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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.
  • 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[edit | edit source]

Palestinian Studies

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

Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Latin Patriarchate Road
P.O.B 14152
Jerusalem 9114101
Telephone: +972 (2) 6282323
Mobile: +972 52 6233137
Website
Archives
Online Inquiries

  • Approximately 3,000 folders and boxes containing numerous documents in four languages (French, Arabic, Italian, and English) as old as 1847, including books, photographs, and periodicals

Palestinian Oral History Archives
American University of Beirut
University Libraries
Bliss Street
P.O.Box 11-0236
Riyad El-Solh, Beirut 1107 2020
Lebanon

Telephone: 961 1 35 00 00 Ext: 2600
Fax: 961 1 74 47 03
Website
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The project’s aim is to digitize, index, catalog, preserve, and provide access to the material through the creation of a state-of-the-art digital platform. It aims to expand and include additional oral history collections documenting varied aspects of the Palestinian experience in Lebanon and the region.

Palestinian Museum Digital Archive
Website
Explore the Archive (Search engines in English and Arabic)
Instructions start at 15:36 minutes

Supportive documents may include family trees, lists of family names, diaries, marriage contracts, deeds for land sales, newspaper articles, and family photos.

Birzeit University Digital Palestinian Archive
Website
Browse
Family Documents

An open archive documenting the history and lives of Palestinians from the Ottoman times to the present through written and audiovisual materials.

Center for Palestine Studies
Columbia University
Knox Hall Suite 301
606 W 122nd Street
New York, NY 10027
Email: palestine@columbia.edu
Phone: 212-851-2992
Website

Israel State Archives
AS Khartum 14
Har Hotzvim
Jerusalem 91919, Israel

Tel: 02-5680680, 02-5680612
Fax:02-5680670
Website
Palestine information found in the Reading Room of the Israel State Archives:

  • The Government of Israel The Office of the Chief Secretariat - 1918-1948
The Chief Executive Office of the British Mandatory Government in Palestine . Including personal files of government employees.
  • Ottoman Administration. Books of Nafos 1917-1876
The material is arranged according to cities, including ethnic groups and religious affiliation. The records were made for tax purposes and military service.
  • Collection of Documents from the British Consulate in Jerusalem 1838-1948
  • Austrian consulate in Palestine 1903-1938
list of passports, visas, applications for passports and visas to Austria
List of Austrian war dead buried in military cemeteries in Palestine.

The (British) National Archives
Kew, Richmond
Surrey TW9 4DU
England
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444
Contact us
Website
Family history research guides
Material relating to Palestine
United States Consular Records for Jerusalem, Palestine, 1856–1935

Webinar

Libraries[edit | edit source]

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.


Palestinian National Library
Sarda, Ramallah
West Bank
Palestinian National Library to collect Palestine's scattered archives, 2019.


Khalidi Library

129 Bab al-Silsilah Street Old City-East Jerusalem

Telephone: 02-354-3537

Email:librarian@khalidilibrary.org
Website

Archive of Family Papers; contains scans of original documents related to al-Khalidi family

The Khalidi Library, established in 1900, was the first Arab public library established by a private institution. Today it houses many books and manuscripts, including genealogical information on the founding al-Khalidi family and other prominent Jerusalemite families.

Museums[edit | edit source]

Google listing of Palestinian museums

Record Offices[edit | edit source]

General Administration of Civil Status
Palestinian Authority Ministry of Interior (MOI)
Ramallah
Al Masyoun - opposite the Cabinet
Palestine

Telephone: +970-22946540
Fax: +970-22946542
Email: info@moi.pna.ps
Website

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