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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.

Museums

Wikipedia: Nauru Museum
Due to a legacy of colonial exploitation, much Nauru's photographic archive and material culture is held in foreign institutions, some of which include:

• the British Museum;
• Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa;
• the Metropolitan Museum of Art;
• Israel Museum.
• The National Museum of Australia has collected object relating to Nauru's refugee crisis.

Record Offices

Government of the Republic of Nauru
Office of Births, Deaths and Marriages (BDM)

Telephone: +674 557 3133 ext. 307
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