Jordan Taxation

Jordan

Taxation records
Research use: Primarily for family relationships and to extend lineage beyond other existing records.

Record type: Tax records, property assessments, estates and purchase agreements.

Time Period: 1658-present. Content: Names of property holders and renters, taxes and rent paid, dates of residence, descriptions, fathers’ names and sometimes names of several generations of ancestors.

Location: National Archives in Amman, local government archives.

Population coverage: Approximately 40%.

Reliability: Good.