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Catalogues - Archives: “The automated catalogue of archival holdings kept in the Archival Section of the Vatican Library is still at the drafting stage and includes partial data taken from inventories. Wherever possible, complete entries include also a choice of digital images. The encoding of the descriptive elements conforms to the EAD specifications and uses XML syntax.The system (data archive, authority index and search engine) has been entirely developed using open-source Java/XML technology.” http://opac.vatlib.it/iguana/www.main.cls?sUrl=homeARC&language=eng
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==Archives and Libraries==
Access to the Vatican Apostolic Library is not available to the general populace:
The Library is open to:
*researchers and scholars with appropriate qualifications and/or relevant scientific publications;
*teachers and researchers at Universities and other institutes of Higher Education;
*graduate students (laureati) who are pursuing research for a doctoral dissertation;
*in exceptional cases, undergraduate students who can demonstrate that they need to consult material which is available only at the Vatican Library.
*it is not open to High School students, nor, as a rule, to undergraduate University students.<ref>"Admission Criteria", Vatican Apostolic Library, https://www.vaticanlibrary.va/en/admission-in-bav/admission-criteria.html, accessed 2 February 2023.</ref>
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In March 2014, the Vatican Library began an initial four-year project of digitizing its collection of manuscripts, to be made available online.
*[https://digi.vatlib.it/ '''Digital Vatican Library''']
==Museums==
[https://www.google.com/search?q=vatican+city+museums&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS809US810&oq=vatican+city+museums&aqs=chrome.0.0i355i512j46i175i199i512j0i22i30l8.8007j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 '''Google listing of museums in Vatican City''']
 
==Record Offices==
 
“Registry and Notary Office keeps a record of births, marriages, deaths, citizenship and residence. It also issues and archives public and private documents.”  [http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en/stato-e-governo/struttura-del-governatorato/direzioni-ed-uffici-centrali.html Vatican City Administrations and Central Offices]
<br>Direct genealogical queries to:<br><br>
Registry and Notary Office<br>
Ufficio Legale <br>
Governatorato della Città del Vaticano <br>
00120 Citta del Vaticano<br>
<br>
Telephone:(39 6) 6982
 
 
==References==
<references/>
 
 
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Archives and Libraries[edit | edit source]

Access to the Vatican Apostolic Library is not available to the general populace: The Library is open to:

  • researchers and scholars with appropriate qualifications and/or relevant scientific publications;
  • teachers and researchers at Universities and other institutes of Higher Education;
  • graduate students (laureati) who are pursuing research for a doctoral dissertation;
  • in exceptional cases, undergraduate students who can demonstrate that they need to consult material which is available only at the Vatican Library.
  • it is not open to High School students, nor, as a rule, to undergraduate University students.[1]

In March 2014, the Vatican Library began an initial four-year project of digitizing its collection of manuscripts, to be made available online.

Museums[edit | edit source]

Google listing of museums in Vatican City

Record Offices[edit | edit source]

“Registry and Notary Office keeps a record of births, marriages, deaths, citizenship and residence. It also issues and archives public and private documents.” Vatican City Administrations and Central Offices
Direct genealogical queries to:

Registry and Notary Office
Ufficio Legale
Governatorato della Città del Vaticano
00120 Citta del Vaticano

Telephone:(39 6) 6982


References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Admission Criteria", Vatican Apostolic Library, https://www.vaticanlibrary.va/en/admission-in-bav/admission-criteria.html, accessed 2 February 2023.