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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

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

Qatar National Archive
Doha, Qatar

Libraries

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.

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Qatar National Library
District of Freedom, Education City
Al Luqta Street
Doha, Qatar

Phone: +974 4454 0100
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Qatar Digital Library
Email: qnlinfo@qnl.qa
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For postal enquiries, write to us at:
PO Box 5825
Doha, Qatar
Website
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Qatar Heritage Library
Education City
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar

Phone: +974 4422 4100
Email: customerservice@qm.org.qa or
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Facilities

The heart of Qatar National Library, the Heritage Library is a unique contribution to Qatar’s cultural landscape. Its growing collection includes rare and valuable archival documents, books and periodicals in various European languages; early Arabic printed materials, such as books, journals, magazines and newspapers; and Arabic manuscripts, maps, atlases, globes, historical photographs, and instruments and tools related to travel. A number of the printed materials date back to the 15th century, when the printing process had recently been introduced in Europe, and these antiquarian books are among the rarest and most valuable features of the Heritage Library's collection.

Museums

Qatar Museums
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Contact Us

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Qatar National Museum
Museum Park Street
Doha, Qatar

Tel: +974 4452 5555
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Record Offices

Qatar Ministry of Public Health
P.O.box : 42
Al Rumaila, Doha, Qatar

Telephone: +974 4407 0000
Governmental Health Communication Center, to send a message