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Online Resources
- 1875-1917 Records of the Land of Israel at The Israel Genealogical Society - index ($)
- 1876-1917 Palestine, Ottoman Census and Population Registers, 1876-1917 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1883-1917 Nüfūs registers (Ottoman census and population registers of Palestine), 1883-1917(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1890 Nufus Jerusalem at Israel Genealogy Research Association - index ($)
- 1910 Nufus of the Council of the Sephardi and Oriental Communities of Jerusalem at Israel Genealogy Research Association - index ($)
- 1915 Census of Tel-Aviv at The Israel Genealogical Society - index ($); About this collection
- 1918 Liste des protégés allemands dans L'Empire Ottoman, 1918,(*); at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1918 Verzeichnis der Tempelkolonie, Sarona, Wilhelma, and Walhalla, 1918,(*); Deutschland. Konsulat Tel Aviv-Jaffa at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1922 British Census of Tel-Aviv at at Israel Genealogy Research Association - index ($); Also at The Israel Genealogical Society ($)
- 1931 Karkur Census at Israel Genealogy Research Association - index ($)
- 1947 Census of Jerusalem Residents at Israel State Archives; index & images - A population census conducted by the “Hebrew Community Committee” in Jerusalem, including over 100,000 of Jerusalem’s Jewish residents
- 1958 The Jerusalem Population Census of the “Mishmar Ha’am” 1958 at Israel State Archives; index & images - The population census of the “People’s Guard” was conducted in Jerusalem only in 1948. The census was part of the set of operations carried out by the “People’s Guard” during the War of Independence.
Offices to Contact
ארכיון מדינת ישראל
(Israel State Archives)
Hartom 14, Har Hotzvim, RAD building
Jerusalem, Israel
Email: PublicInquiries@archives.gov.il
Website
Background
Types of Censuses
Nüfūs registers (Ottoman census and population registers of Palestine)
Registers are arranged into 10 districts, each including cities (divided into neighborhoods) and villages in present day Palestine, Israel, and parts of Jordan and Egypt. Registration within each locality is according to religious affiliation. The records are in Ottoman Turkish, except for seven books of the Ashkenazi community in Jerusalem, which are in Hebrew. The collection also includes a catalog in English, created by the Israel State Archives (the current owners of the archives), which includes general background information about the registers, a locality index, and detailed descriptions of the contents of each register.
Palestine, Ottoman Census and Population Registers
Population registers arranged into 10 districts in present day Israel/Palestine, Jordan, and Egypt. Registration within each locality is by religious affiliation.
1922 British Census of Tel-Aviv
In 1922, the British conducted a population census of the Mandate in the Land of Israel. At that time, the population numbered 753,048 people. For now, we only have the census that refers to the residents of Tel Aviv and Petah Tikva. Opened to the general public August 2010. This was the first census conducted by the British in Palestine. Not all of it remains. The census for Tel-Aviv includes 13,262 residents. It include names and most of the addresses. The census was found in the Historical Municipal Archives of Tel Aviv-Yaffo. About this collection.
Karkur Census
This list was found in the Pardes Hana-Karkur Archives.
Information Recorded in the Records
- Nüfūs registers: Includes birth, marriage, divorce, and death records. The collection above consists of 7 types of registers: preliminary registers; basic registers; early population registers; registers of births, marriages, divorces and changes of address; registers of men of military age; registers of foreigners; and Mukhtars' registers.
- Nufus Jerusalem: (listed above in Online Resources) This census contains only males and was probably prepared for use of the military in the Ottoman Empire. It contains males of all the various Jewish ethnic communities in Jerusalem. Sometimes it was hard to differentiate between the given name and the surname. This ledger is from the Archive of the Council of the Sephardi and Oriental Communities and is found in the Jerusalem Municipal Archives. It belongs to the Council of the Sephardi and Oriental Communities, Jerusalem.
- Nufus of the Council of the Sephardi and Oriental Communities of Jerusalem: (listed above in Online Resources) This is a list from the ledger found in the Archive of the Council of the Sephardi and Oriental Communities. The nufus census was found in the Jerusalem Municipal Archives and was conducted for the Turkish government. The list contains 2,204 names of those living in the Old City of Jerusalem and in some of the neighborhoods outside of the walls of the Old City. The nufus includes year of birth and occupation. The ledger belongs to the Council of the Sephardi and Oriental Communities, Jerusalem.
- 1922 British Census of Tel-Aviv: It include names and most of the addresses. The census was found in the Historical Municipal Archives of Tel Aviv-Yaffo.
- Karkur Census: It consists of the names of 81 people.
- 1915 Census of Tel-Aviv: Includes personal details about the residents: last name and first name, occupation, source of income, mother tongue, number of people, address, if he is a resident of Tel Aviv. Apart from that, the census includes details about the resident's living conditions and thus his uniqueness. These are the details: the number of rooms at his disposal and whether there is a 'bathroom', the price of the apartment for the year, it is indicated who owns the house and who rents a room, usually together with one or two partners. There are also cases of registering people without indicating their place of residence. The last column is dedicated to comments with details that were not included in any section.