Sephardim? I will even give up to find out who I am related to. What happen to the girls, there were separate orphanages for boys and for girls. The Armenians with Turkish citizenship and pre-genocide origins in Istanbul would seem to be the most likely to gain insights from the NEW reports. Interest was so intense that for a few hours the website collapsed. Don't skip generations. The religious affiliation was also indicated as well as the date of conversion when the affiliation changed. The name 'Thomas' in Lebanon is spelled in translation as either Touma or Toumas. The person’s name, surname, parents’ names and dates of birth and death were listed. Searching for Turkish records? We do not know anything about his family. I am not Irish that is after all the fighting and people finding their place. Yet this is the demographic that most often survived the genocide and remained in Turkey. Currently, researchers are only allowed access to census registers that date to prior to 1850 and the regions where Armenians predominantly lived are underrepresented in availability. Hire the student or teacher to copy the records you want when overseas. God bless Armenia. I’m just wondering if the country will remain as one with a new cultural view or divide into several different countries, Good Morning, so glad to hear that people are searching their background. When I went to the Nufus Dairesi (birth info center) a very nice man told me that most of info on Armenians were destroyed or hidden. Some religious names are used by Moslems and Christians. The site shows you how to read the alphabet encountered in genealogical research in the former Ottoman Empire. Search medical and dental records, hospitals, orphanages, prisons, asylums, midwives' records, marriage certificates, business licenses, work permits, migration papers, passports, military pensions, notaries, sales records of homes or businesses, or any other court, military, or official transaction that might have occurred. Lebanese immigrant to Cairo, Egypt and Coptic Orthodox? The NEW report does not include a person’s identification number nor a date of registration. You won't find surnames in old records. You'll learn how to decipher the handwritten entries using Arabic script. For example, Antioch, now in Turkey used to be in Syria before World War II. Thank you. Each person is listed with surname and parents’ names, date and place of birth, marital status and date of death. You can research the Ottoman Census and Population Registers named in Turkish the Nufus Defter. Turkish language written in Arabic script is the key to searching genealogy records in European and Middle Eastern areas formerly ruled by the Ottomans. Surnames were required in 1934 and, old titles indicating professions and classes were dropped. 22 Edirne 29… I am at the end of my quest and I need help. Searching for Turkish records? 17 Çanakkale 23. Druze? For Christians, entries sometimes identified residence for those not of the parish. In Lebanon, most names were Christian prior to 1870, and the Christian names could also be European, especially Greek names like Petros (Peter) which later becomes Boutros in Arabic. There is a specific reference to address though no indication for the time period the address was in use. My fathers name was Sarkis Darachtschian could have also been spelled Daraktschian. Who teaches courses in both Turkish and Arabic? Committees were set up each year to register the males in order to keep tabs on migrations in and out of each district. In many cases, early deaths are missing exact dates. Each generation is a vital link in countries where thousands have the same name. The one example of conversion to Islam took place during the Republican period (post-1923). Each religion had a different status under the former Ottoman Empire--Moslems first class and conscripted into the military; all other religions, not conscripted, but taxed. Ottomans dealt with the complexities of ethnicity through what they called the millet system. Genealogy records are often kept on the local level in Turkey. An excellent reference book is titled, Step 6: Check Business, School Alumni, Medical, Military, Marriage, and Property Records. Guide to Turkey ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. An ambitious project has been launched online, documenting Jewish gravestones in Turkey. For example, in Lebanon, Peter becomes Boutros and GeorgeGeorge becomes Girgis or Abdul Messikh, meaning servant of the Messiah (Christ). What's in the census? Step 7: Search the 'Annual' Census and the Population Registers. This website requires a paid subscription for full access. This is a common practice in demography. divorce, death, migration, etc.). Others took popular surnames describing their occupations such as Haddad meaning 'smith.'. Or for the Balkans, look at the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe's Web site at: http://www.cdsee.org/teaching_packs_belgrade_bio.html.
