State of Palestine Civil Registration

Online Collections

 * 1883-1917 - Nüfūs registers (Ottoman census and population registers of Palestine), 1883-1917. These records can only be accessed at a family history center or a FamilySearch affiliate library.

Offices to Contact
Palestinian Authority Ministry of Interior (MOI) Ramallah Al Masyoun - opposite the Cabinet

Telephone: 022946540 Fax: 022946542 Email: [mailto:info@moi.pna.ps info@moi.pna.ps]

U.S. Visa documents by country shows how to obtain birth, death, marriage, divorces, adoptions, and other records for Israel, Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. This varies by time frame. The Supreme Constitutional Court has the marriage records.

United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNRWA helps about 5.7 Million Palestine refugees. It is creating a "registration portal which will allow Palestine refugees to directly access their records and download electronic documents pertaining to their family history over the last 70 years."

UNRWA Offices:

Sami Mshasha, Director of Communications & Arabic Language Spokesperson Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem Jerusalem Palestinian Territory

Telephone: +972-(0)54-216-8295
 * +972 (0)258 90724

Email: [mailto:s.mshasha@unrwa.org s.mshasha@unrwa.org]

Gaza Public Information Office Al-Azhar Road (opposite Islamic University), Rimal Quarter Gaza City Palestinian Territory

Telephone: (+ 972 8) 288 7213 Fax: (+ 972 8) 288 7219 Contact Name: Milina Shahin, Public Information Officer Email: [mailto:gazapio@unrwa.org gazapio@unrwa.org]

West Bank Public Information Office Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem Jerusalem Palestinian Territory

Telephone: (+ 972) 2 589 1618
 * (+ 972) 542 168 723
 * (+ 971) 562 940 664

Fax: (+ 972) 2 0751 589 Contact Name: Kazem Abu-khalaf, OIC-Public Information Officer Email: [mailto:k.abu-khalaf@unrwa.org k.abu-khalaf@unrwa.org]

Historical Background
According to Wikipedia, many governments recognize Palestine as a state.

"In accordance with the Oslo agreement signed in Washington on September 13, 1993, the Palestinian self-government began issuing Palestinian Authority Passport/Travel Documents in 1995." "The passport contains the following paragraph, which is signed by the Minster of the Interior or Director General of Civil Registration and Passport Department: This passport/travel document is issued persuant to the Palestinian Self Government Agreement according to Oslo Agreement signed in Washington on 13/9/1993."