Martinique Archives and Libraries
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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
Departmental Archives of Martinique (Archives départementales de la Martinique)
Morne Tartenson - B.P. 649
19 avenue Saint-John Perse
Fort-de-France
Martinique 97263
France
Phone: +33 5 96 55 43 43
Fax: +33 5 96 70 04 50
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
Libraries
The Schœlcher library
La bibliothèque Schœlcher
Rue de la Liberté
97200 Fort-de-France
Martinique
Tel: +596 (0)596 70 26 67
Website
- "The Schœlcher Library has a particularly rich historical heritage collection. It offers everyone the possibility of discovering or studying all the aspects - economic, social, literary and political - of the life of our country and its environment, the Caribbean, from the 16th century to today.
- Handwritten letters, typescripts, exercise books, drafts of published works, travel notes, post cards, plans, photographs, prints, musical scores, books, geographical maps, past exhibitions, etc. are preserved in the storage area in the best possible conditions, coming down through time to tell us about Martinique’s history. These rare, precious or very old documents are fragile and are being digitalized under the digitalization plan."[1]
Museums
Musee d'Histoire et d'Ethnographie
10 Boulevard du Général de Gaulle
97200 Fort-de-France, Martinique
Telephone: +05 96 72 81 87
Website
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.
References
- ↑ " The Schœlcher Library", Banque Numérique du Patrimoine Martiniquais, or Martinique Heritage Database, https://www.patrimoines-martinique.org/?id=40&lang=en, accessed 13 December 2022.