On 4 Aug 2020 Sharon Taylor raised the question of Censuses conducted by the British of the population in Palestine,.

Here now is the clarifying response from the Israel State Archive

From: =?iso-8859-8-i?B?4Ons5CDw5+Xt?= <ayalan@...>
To: David Lewin <david@...>
Subject: ISA CRM:0068118
Thread-Topic: ISA CRM:0068118
Thread-Index: AQ3fZESLH0vtowvg0lcd1bbWohDbuw==
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 10:00:37 +0000

Dear Mr. Lewin,

The   1922 and 1931 Censuses in Palestine are not found in the  Israel  State Archives.

But there is an article in Hebrew by Yitzhak Ben-Zvi "Christians in the Land of Israel" following the census (October-November 1922).

Please see the attached  link:

https://www.archives.gov.il/archives/Archive/0b071706800309b3/File/0b07170680ef198f

Regarding the 1931 census:

Please see link to file number M - 5066/2: Data and correspondence regarding the 1931 census of the Jerusalem District

https://www.archives.gov.il/archives/Archive/0b071706800225ea/File/0b0717068071ff61

 

File No. M - 5066/3::

There is a problem with the archive website so the file can be seen scanned in early November.

https://www.archives.gov.il/archives/Archive/0b071706800225ea/File/0b07170680919f4e

 

File No. P 1907 / 5: Research material by Yitzhak Ben Zvi regarding the 1931 census:

https://www.archives.gov.il/archives/Archive/0b071706800309b3/File/0b071706807ae9c1

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David Lewin
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