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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.

Archives

Cyprus State Archives
IBM Centrum Tower
42-44 Grivas Digenis Avenue
Agioi Omologites
1461 Nicosia
Cyprus

Phone: +357 22459994
Fax: +357 22667680
Website

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Kyrenia National Archive And Research Institute
Milli Arşiv ve Araştırma Dairesi
National Archives and Research Department
Mustafa Çağatay Caddesi, No: 45 or
Girne, Cyprus

E-mail infoarsiv@kamunet.net
Telephone 0392 815 2156

Visitors can find surviving archive documents on the following periods.

• 1570-1878 Latter Ottoman Period
• 1878-1960 British Colonial Period
• 1960-1963 Republic of Cyprus Period
• 1964-1983 Turkish Administration Period
• 1983- To date TRNC Period
  

Libraries

Cyprus Library
Eleftherias Square
1011 Nicosia, Cyprus

Tel.: +357 22 303180, + 357 22 676118
E-mail: cyprus.cylibrary.net@cyprus.com
Website
Electronic Catalog of the Cyprus Library

Museums

Department of Antiquities, Museums list and map

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Cyprus Museum, Lefkosia
1 Mouseiou Street
Lefkosia, Cyprus

Telephone: 22865854 (entrance/ticket sales)

22303112 (for information after Museum opening hours)

22865805 (Museum Shop)

Website

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Medieval Collection of the Cyprus Museum
Medieval Castle of Lemesos
Near the old harbor in the heart of the historical centre of the city
Lemesos, Cyprus

Telephone: 25305419

Record Offices

Civil Registry and Migration Department
Arch. Makariou Avenue, 90, 1077
Nicosia, Cyprus

Civil Registry Telephone: +357 22308808

+357 22308811

• Marriage records are at the office above.
  

• Birth and death records are available at district offices.
  
• Web Portal of the Republic of Cyprus lists the contact information of Municipalities and Communities.