Empire's Children

Egypt

A good starting point when researching your family in Egypt is to join a genealogy forum such as the 'Egypt Genealogy Forum', where you can post questions relating to your research, and also look at other people's questions and answers to help you progress further.

http://genforum.genealogy.com
/egypt/

For a general overview of African and Middle Eastern history and roots, use 'Ancestry.com'. This site contains access to listings of classified newspaper adverts, which you can search by geographical region. Within the 'Notices' section you can search births, engagements, death certificates, etc. These entries are changed daily and unfortunately there are no archived entries, so it is advisable to look at these routinely to keep up-to-date. This site also enables you to search a huge number of historical records for more information.

http://www.ancestry.com/learn
/library/article.aspx?article=
dailynews

There are a number of websites dedicated to helping you trace your family history. 'D'Addezio.com' is in the process of creating a site dedicated to tracing Egyptian ancestors. You may wish to add your family's names to their database.

http://www.daddezio.com/egypg
en.html

Newspapers are a great resource for tracing your ancestors, as not only will they provide you with a rich picture of life at the time, but in most cases will contain notices of births, marriages and deaths. It can be a lengthy search, but if you know dates of events then they can be very useful and reliable. ABZ Newspapers has links to newspapers from around the world, and although these mainly cover more recent history, some sites include archived stories too.

http://www.abyznewslinks.com/
egypt.htm

There are also a number of collections which you can visit and search in person. Some of these are in Egypt.

The British Library holds private papers and manuscript collections of prominent British administrators, statesmen and military men in Africa, and it covers Egypt. The subject coverage of this collection is wide-ranging and includes historical, political and administrative themes, observations on society, culture and traditions, as well as travellers' accounts, maps, charts and topographical drawings.

http://www.bl.uk/collections/
african.html

The British Library Newspaper Collection: Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5HE Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7353

The British Library newspaper library has an extensive holding of colonial newspapers, including Egyptian papers.

http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/n
ewspapers

The National Library and Archives of Egypt: PO Box 8-Sabttiya, Corniche El-Nil, Ramlet Boulac, Cairo 11638. Tel: +20 (2) 575 0886/1078/2883

The National Library and Archives of Egypt is one of the oldest libraries in the Middle East, with holdings in Arabic, Turkish and Persian languages. The official website of The National Archives and Library of Egypt is currently under construction, but you can access details in English.

http://www.darelkotob.org/ENG
LISH/HTML/ABOUT.HTM

The Egyptian Museum: Tahrir square, Cairo, Egypt. Tel: +20 (2) 579 6974/575 4267/579 6948/574 2681

The Museum holds a wealth of material about Egypt which can help you discover background information about your ancestors' lives.

'Eternal Egypt' has a searchable catalogue of the holdings of the Egyptian Museum and many other collections. The website also has research guides on a variety of topics, as well as a rich selection of multimedia resources.

http://www.eternalegypt.org/E
ternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServ
let