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• 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

National Archives of the Dominican Republic
C/Modesto Diaz No. 2
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2870

Phone: (809) 362-1111
Fax: (809) 362-1119
E-mail: oaip@agn.gob.do
Website

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National Archives of Overseas (ANOM)
29 chemin du moulin de Testas - CS50062
13182 Aix-en-Provence
CEDEX 5 France

Telephone: + 33 (0)4 42 93 38 50
E-mail: anom.aix@culture.gouv.fr

• 1666 to 1809 - Overseas National Archives, Santo Domingo

Libraries

Pedro Henríquez Ureña National Library
C/ César Nicolás Pénson #91
National District, Dominican Republic, 10204

Phone: 829-946-2674
E-mail: info@bnphu.gob.do
Website

Museums

Google listing of museums in the Dominican Republicc

Record Offices

Junta Central Electoral (JCE) Headquarters
Garantía de Identidad Democracia
Av. 27 de Febrero corner Av. Luperón
Industrial Zone of Herrera
Santo Domingo, DN

Telephone for civil registration: 809-537-0188 637/633/638
Toll Free: 1 (809) 200-1959
Fax: (809) 518-1143
Email: rai@jce.do

Each civil registrar (Oficial del Estado Civil) is required to keep a duplicate registry of the original records of birth, marriage, divorce, and death. At the end of each year, the original registry, together with its corresponding index book, is sent to the Central Office of the Civil State.