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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 [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Library'''] may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them. | |||
== Archives and Libraries == | |||
'''Burundi National Archives and Library'''<br> | |||
Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sports<br> | |||
B.P. 1095, Rohero II - avenue Kunkiko<br> | |||
Bujumbura, Burundi<br> | |||
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[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP684 '''Inventory of the National Archives of Burundi''' (EAP684)] This article in the British Library describes a project to inventory and organize the records of Burundi, considered an "endangered archive". | |||
*[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP684/search '''Archival records from Inventory of the National Archives of Burundi (EAP684)'''] is a description, listing, and links to records discovered by the project. | |||
=== | == Museums == | ||
[https://www.google.com/search?q=museums+in+burundi&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS809US810&oq=museums+in+burundi&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i15i22i30l2.9993j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 '''Google listing of museums in Burundi'''] | |||
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== Record Offices == | |||
*The Department of Population oversees the offices at the provincial, municipal, and commune levels. The coordination mechanisms in the country have not been formalized. There is no national coordination mechanism. | |||
*Like in most sub-Saharan African countries, the civil status system in Burundi was colonial in origin. A new civil status system was set up in April 1980. | |||
*The lowest administrative unit where local civil registration offices are found is the zone administrative. There are 396 civil registration centres in the Republic of Burundi: 366 in nonurban areas and 30 in urban areas. There are 386 civil registrars: 297 in non-urban areas and 89 in urban areas.<ref>"SNAPSHOT OF CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS SYSTEMS OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI", CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE for CRVS Systems, International Development Research Centre, 2021. https://crvssystems.ca/sites/default/files/assets/images/CRVS_Burundi_e_WEB.pdf, accessed 23 January 2023.</ref> | |||
==References== | |||
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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 and Libraries
Burundi National Archives and Library
Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sports
B.P. 1095, Rohero II - avenue Kunkiko
Bujumbura, Burundi
Inventory of the National Archives of Burundi (EAP684) This article in the British Library describes a project to inventory and organize the records of Burundi, considered an "endangered archive".
- Archival records from Inventory of the National Archives of Burundi (EAP684) is a description, listing, and links to records discovered by the project.
Museums
Google listing of museums in Burundi
Record Offices
- The Department of Population oversees the offices at the provincial, municipal, and commune levels. The coordination mechanisms in the country have not been formalized. There is no national coordination mechanism.
- Like in most sub-Saharan African countries, the civil status system in Burundi was colonial in origin. A new civil status system was set up in April 1980.
- The lowest administrative unit where local civil registration offices are found is the zone administrative. There are 396 civil registration centres in the Republic of Burundi: 366 in nonurban areas and 30 in urban areas. There are 386 civil registrars: 297 in non-urban areas and 89 in urban areas.[1]
References
- ↑ "SNAPSHOT OF CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS SYSTEMS OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI", CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE for CRVS Systems, International Development Research Centre, 2021. https://crvssystems.ca/sites/default/files/assets/images/CRVS_Burundi_e_WEB.pdf, accessed 23 January 2023.