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===Municipal Archives=== | ===Municipal Archives=== | ||
All records created by local governments in Peru, including birth, death, and marriage records, are kept in municipal offices. These offices are comparable to county courthouses and town halls in the United States. Copies of the municipal records are available to the public. For more information about these offices and their records, see [[Peru Civil Registration]]. | |||
These archives also house the Libros de Cabildos (minute books), which contain information about local administration, founding of towns, commercial life, markets, sanitation, administration of justice, and social relations. The municipal records of the town of Huamanga are housed in the National Library. | |||
You can get information about the records kept at a particular municipality by writing to the municipal office. See [[Spanish Letter Writing Guide]] for instructions on how to write for genealogical information. | |||
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'''Municipal Library and Historical Archive of Lima''' (Archivo de la Municipalidad de Lima)<br>Jirón Conde de Superunda 141<br>Cercado de Lima 15001<br> | '''Municipal Library and Historical Archive of Lima''' (Archivo de la Municipalidad de Lima)<br>Jirón Conde de Superunda 141<br>Cercado de Lima 15001<br> | ||
Telephone: 51 63 21540/51 13151540<br>Email: [mailto:library@munlima.gob.pe library@munlima.gob.pe]<br> | Telephone: 51 63 21540/51 13151540<br>Email: [mailto:library@munlima.gob.pe library@munlima.gob.pe]<br> | ||