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Archives and Libraries

• Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
• If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
• Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

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Online Collections

• 1828-2000 - Bonaire (Nederlandse Antillen). Burgerlijke Stand, Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand, 1828-2000

• Civil records for Bonaire are included in WieWasWie.

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Archives

Archive Bonaire (Archivo Boneiru)
Contact Form
Bonaire Families
Website

Journalist and author Boi Antoin has built up an extensive collection of Bonairean cultural heritage on Bonaire in recent years. The material is stored in a space of approximately six by four metres. The collection includes photographs from the 20th century, video tapes, audio tapes, objects, books and documents

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Bonaire was part of the Netherlands Antilles until the country's dissolution in 2010, when the island became a special municipality (officially, a "Caribbean public body") within the country of the Netherlands.

The National Archives contact page
Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 20
2595 BE The Hague
The Netherlands

Postal address:
Nationaal Archief
PO Box 90520
2509 LM The Hague
The Netherlands

Telephone: +31 (0)70 3315400
Email

Libraries

Bonaire Public Library
Kralendijk, Bonaire

Telephone: (+599) 717 5330
Email: postarchive@bonairegov.com

Museums

Google list of museums in Bonaire

Record Offices

Civil Registry Department Bonaire
Kaya Neerlandia 40, Bonaire

Telephone: (+599) 717-5516/5517
Email: burgerzaken@bonairegov.com Family tree research