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Research Resources

Use these databases to locate family members, search for resources from a specific time period, translate materials, and more.

ArabicSearch: Arab American Newspapers

Search and browse Arab American books and newspapers published in North and South America from the late 1880s to the mid-1900s.

Fihris: Arab American Manuscripts

Fihris is the first-ever full-text searchable Arabic manuscript archive, making Arabic handwritten history searchable, translatable, and accessible across languages.

US Census Data

Access our collection of over 300,000 records of Lebanese immigrants from the US Census, spanning the years from 1900 through 1940.

Lebanese American Business Directory

This 256-page directory, published in 1908, was a voluntary register of Lebanese-American business owners.

Nagib Abdou’s Directory

The 676 pages of al-Safar al-Mufid (Dr. Abdou’s Travels), published in 1907, contain 7,337 entries of Arab businesses and their owners across the world.

World War 1 Remittances

Search the names of people who sent and received money through the U.S. Consulate from 1915 to 1916, as well as where they lived.

Argentina Business Directory

Collected from three business directories, this database lists the names, addresses, and occupations of Syrian and Lebanese business owners in Argentina between 1917 and 1942.