State of Palestine Civil Registration

Online Collections

 * 1883-1917 - Nüfūs registers (Ottoman census and population registers of Palestine), 1883-1917. Includes birth, marriage, divorce, and death records. These records can only be accessed at a family history center or a FamilySearch affiliate library.
 * 1937-1947 - Mandatory Palestine Naturalization Applications, 1937-1947, MyHeritage ($)
 * 1945-1948 - Palestine Conflict British Deaths, 1945-1948, FindMyPast ($)

Offices to Contact
U.S. Visa documents by country explains how to obtain birth, death, marriage, divorces, adoptions, and other records for Israel, Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.

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

Telephone: +970-22946540 Fax: +970-22946542 Email: [mailto:info@moi.pna.ps info@moi.pna.ps]

The Supreme Constitutional Court Palestine - Al-Bireh

Telephone: +970-22409035 Fax: +970-22409033 Email: [mailto:president@tscc.pna.ps president@tscc.pna.ps]

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."

To understand who lived in the area of Palestine and when, see the Wikipedia article, State of Palestine.

Coverage and Compliance
National Census Palestine Census Bureau of Statistics includes number of Palestinians in Israel from 1948 to 2017. But those individuals will most likely be recorded in Israeli archives. The Palestinian Census estimates 85-90% coverage. It includes only Palestinians in Palestinian Territories, and does not include foreigners in Palestine, or Palestinians who hold Israeli citizenship.

There were two British Censuses done. One in 1922 and another in 1931.

Jordan did a census in 1952 that included three districts - Hebron, Nablus, and Jerusalem.

In 1967 there was an Israeli Census. This included: There are also numbers for people exiled.
 * Name of family/clan
 * First Name
 * Name of Father and Mother
 * Name of Grandfather
 * Address
 * Passport/Identification Number
 * Gender
 * Marital Status
 * Members of Household