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+== Archives ==
+'''National Archives of Sierra Leone'''<br>Fourah Bay College Mount<br>Aureol<br>Freetown, Sierra Leone<br>Telephone:232 76 2053669<br>Email: SierraLeonePublicArchive@gmail.com<br>
+Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/slpaFreetown/?ref=py_c Sierra Leone Public Archives Facebook]
+:The Sierra Leone Public Archives include the holdings of the British colonial government and subsequently the independent Republic of Sierra Leone.
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+'''Sierra Leone Blue Books'''<br>British Online Archives<br>Main Street<br>East Ardsley<br>Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF3 2AP UK<br>Telephone: 0 1924 825700<br>
+Email: [mailto:info@britishonlinearchives.co.uk info@britishonlinearchives.co.uk]<br>Website: [https://microform.digital/boa/collections/39/volumes/235/sierra-leone-1824-1943 Sierra Leone Blue Books]
-National Archives in Freetown<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Sierra Leone,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.</ref>
+:Sierra Leone has had that name since the 15th century. It was established as a colony for freed slaves at a time when slavery continued elsewhere. These books include population numbers, the accounts and lists of Sierra Leone's officers. Details of its trading partners and social services are also in these records. Each book has a contents page at the front so that you can see if the data set you need is included.
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+[https://eap.bl.uk/search?f%5B0%5D=country%3ASierra%20Leone '''Endangered Archives: Sierra Leone''']
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-== References ==
+== Libraries ==
-{{reflist}}
+'''Fatima College Library'''<br>University of Makeni<br>Makeni<br>Bombali District<br>Northern Province<br>Telephone: +232 76 670769<br>
+Email: [mailto:info@universityofmakeni.com info@universityofmakeni.com]<br>Website: [https://unimak.edu.sl/?s=library Fatima College Library]
-[[Category:Sierra Leone]]
+== Museums ==
+'''Sierra Leone National Museum'''<br>Siaka Stevens St<br>Cotton Tree<br>Freetown<br>Telephone: +232 022 223555<br>
+:Sierra Leone’s National Museum is located at the centre of Freetown under the branches of the city’s famous Cotton Tree. It is the hub of many cultural activities in Freetown and holds an important collection of Sierra Leonean artefacts and artworks.
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+'''Sierra Leone Peace Museum'''<br>Jomo Kenyatta Rd<br>Freetown<br>Telephone: +232 76 819242<br>Email: [mailto:dumbuya1@un.org dumbuya1@un.org]<br>
+Email #2: [mailto:slpeacemuseum@gmail.com slpeacemuseum@gmail.com]<br>Website: [http://www.sierraleonetrc.org/index.php/sierra-leone-peace-museum Sierra Leone Peace Museum]<br>
+:The Peace Museum includes a memorial to victims, an exhibit which documents and narrates the war’s history and the peace process, and an archive and law library containing an unparalleled collection of documents relating to the conflict, including the public records of the SCSL and of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
+== Record Offices ==
+'''Office of Chief Registrar'''<br>Births and Deaths Office<br>3 Wilberforce Street<br>Freetown<br>
+Website: [http://www.aho.afro.who.int/profiles_information/index.php/Sierra_Leone:Civil_registration_and_vital_statistics_systems Civil registration and vital statistics systems]
+:The office of the Registrar of Births and Deaths is a unit of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and is responsible for vital registration. District Registrars are employees of local councils (local government) but are supervised by staff of the MoHS. Almost all of the 149 Chiefdoms have a Community Health Officer (an employee of MoHS) who registers births and deaths.
+[[Category:Sierra Leone]][[Category:Sierra Leone Archives and Libraries]]