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Armenian Immigration Project - Mark Arslan has created a valuable resource for Armenians researching their ancestry. He has compiled numerous lists and organized them in useful databases that can be accessed through the link to "Project Reports & Queries."
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List of Armenian orphans in the American orphanage in Kharpert as published in 1919 in the periodical Gotchnag. I transcribed the list for Mark Arslan's Armenian Immigration Project website.
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List of graduates of Euphrates (Yeprad) College in Kharpert as printed in Hishadagaran Yeprad Koleji (Memoranda of Euphrates College 1878 - 1915) edited by Haret M. Pilibbosian [Boston, 1942]. I transcribed the list for Mark Arslan's Armenian Immigration Project website.

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Armenian Genealogy Facebook Group - This is a fantastic place to go to post questions. There are now over 13,000 members world-wide with vast knowledge and expertise. Those that participate are more than happy and willing to assist on a broad array of topics.

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Houshamadyan.org - Houshamadyan is a non-profit making association that was founded in Berlin, Germany, in 2010. It has a basic mission: to reconstruct and preserve the memory of Armenian life in the Ottoman Empire through research.
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Ottoman Istanbul and Its Armenian Inhabitants: Population Data and Maps, 1830s–c. 1907 - Dan Ohanian's databases of population registers for the Armenians of Istanbul hosted by houshamadyan.org.
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Tracking Down the Past: The Memory Book (‘Houshamadyan’) Genre: A Preliminary Bibliography - Mihran Minassian's valuable bibliography of Armenian village histories hosted by houshamadyan.org.

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Association pour la recherche et l’archivage de la mémoire arménienne (ARAM) - Databases of transcribed records related to the Armenian community in France.
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Filea - the largest source of French archives: civil records, censuses, historical archives, etc.

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Cemeteries in the Republic of Armenian - hush.am

Resources for Specific Regions
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Luc Baronian's website devoted to Gurin
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Facebook group for those from Gurin
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Jonathan Varjabedian's website devoted to Efkere
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Liz Chater's blog devoted to the Armenians of India and Southeast Asia
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Facebook group for those from Urfa
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Facebook group for those from Yozgat
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Facebook group for those from Palu
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Facebook group for those from Dersim
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Facebook group for those from Van
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Facebook group for those from Dikranagerd
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Facebook group for those from Jerusalem
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Facebook group for those from Tadem

Resources for Name Meanings
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Dictionary of Armenian Surnames by C.K. Garabed
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Հայոց ազգանունների բառարան by Տիգրան Ավետիսյան
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Հայոց անձնանունների բառարան by Հրաչեայ Աճառեան
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