Saturday November 14th, 2026
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
Arab American National Museum
Russell J. Ebeid Library & Resource Center
13624 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn, MI 48126
Free with RSVP. Register here.
Held in collaboration with the National Society for Arab and Arab American Genealogy (NSAB), this free workshop on Palestinian American Genealogy is for anyone researching, tracing, and preserving Palestinian family history. Whether you have a wealth of family stories and names to build on, or you’re still trying to identify where in Palestine your family originates, this workshop is for you.
We’ll begin with a short presentation, then participants will spend most of the time working on their own research with guidance from our facilitators.
Hands-on stations will include:
- Online Palestinian archives
- Ottoman and other records on FamilySearch
- U.S. and international records using library editions of Ancestry, Newspapers.com, NewspaperArchive, British Newspaper Archive, and more.
- Immigration A-files through the National Archives or USCIS requests
- Preservation and digitization support (book, flatbed, and batch photo scanners; slide and negative scanners; audio and video converters)
- Palestinian geography resources and city/village books
- Arabic translation support
- And more
Participants can spend the entire time at one station or rotate among several stations to explore different tools and approaches for learning more about their Palestinian ancestors.
Seats are limited and registration is required. To join us for this in-person workshop at the Arab American National Museum, please register here. Please note: upon registering you will be asked to fill out a brief survey so that the workshop organizers can bring materials most relevant to the interests of the participants. Participants should bring their laptops to the workshop.
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