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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.

Libraries

Library of the Departmental Archives of Guadeloupe
Gourbeyre Basse-Terre — Guadeloupe

Postal address: Departmental Archives of Guadeloupe, BP 074, 97102 Basse-Terre CEDEX Guadeloupe
Catalog

Bibliothèque Universitaire Antilles-Guyane
(Section Guadeloupe)
B.P. 32
97159 Pointe-A-Pitre Cedex
GUADELOUPE

Museums

Museums in Guadeloupe, Trip Advisor

Record Offices

Writing for Records

Online records tend to cover only the time before 100 years, due to privacy laws. You can write to civil registration offices and local churches who might honor requests for more recent records of close family members for the purpose of genealogy.

For a civil registration office, address your request to:

Monsieur l'officier de l'état-civil
Mairie de (Town)
(Postal code) (Town)

For a parish church:

Monsieur le Curé
(Church --see The Catholic Directory for church name and address)
(Town) (Postal Code) France

For help writing your request in French, use French Letter Writing Guide.