Palestine
Where the records of Palestine are, who holds them, and what it costs to look. 932,043 indexed records reachable through FamilySearch alone.
This atlas holds no source of its own for Palestine yet. On top of that, 9 worldwide services reach Palestine without a subscription.
No national archive is recorded here yet, which is a gap in this atlas and not a statement about Palestine. FamilySearch has 2 collections covering it, running 1876–1917, 932,043 indexed records. No jurisdiction region covers Palestine yet, so this atlas cannot say whose archive held this ground in a given year — and it will not guess.
3 places placed, 1 volume walked. Open Palestine on the map, or tell us what is missing.
2 FamilySearch collections
Grouped by the ground each one covers, province by province, with the nationwide indexes last. A free account opens the images; some are restricted to a Family History Centre.
- Palestine, Ottoman Census and Population Registers, 1876-1917 ↗ 1876–1917 828,475 records
- Palestine, Nablus, Population Registers, 1881-1917 فلسطين٫ نابلس، دفاتر النففوس العثمانية٫ ١٨٨١-١٩١٧ ↗ 1881–1917 103,568 records
1 more collections, contributed
A directory David assembled, sorted by what kind of record each one is. Read this differently from the rest of the page. The descriptions are his, not an archive's catalogue, and nobody here has opened the volumes behind them. Every link was tried on 2026-09-20 and answered; the ones that did not are not listed.
- Israel State Archives Primary Record Collection & Archival Series ↗ Israel State Archives 1700–2026 refuses scripts
Principal digitized record collection and archival series hosted by Israel State Archives. Mandate-period civil records, immigration passenger lists, and land registries.
- Israel State Archives Primary Record Collection & Archival Series ↗ Israel State Archives 1700–2026 refuses scripts
Principal digitized record collection and archival series hosted by Israel State Archives. Mandate-period civil records, immigration passenger lists, and land registries.
- Israel State Archives Primary Record Collection & Archival Series ↗ Israel State Archives 1700–2026 refuses scripts
Principal digitized record collection and archival series hosted by Israel State Archives. Mandate-period civil records, immigration passenger lists, and land registries.