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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.  
*'''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.  
*'''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.  
*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 ==
== Archives ==
'''National Archives of Birkina Faso'''<br>
===National Archives===
'''National Archives Centre'''<br>
BP 7030, Présidence du Faso<br>
BP 7030, Présidence du Faso<br>
Ouagadougou<br>
Zabre daaga, Ouagadougou - BURKIA FASO<br>
Burkina Faso<br>
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Phone: +(226) 25 32 46 38<br>
[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=UPPER_VOLTA '''National Overseas Archives, Upper Volta''']
E-mail: dgan@dgan.com<br>
[https://www.archives.gov.bf/index.html Website]
 
===French Colonial Archives===
'''1897-1919''' - [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=HAUTE-VOLTA '''National Overseas Archives, Upper Volta (Haute-Volta)''']
===Endangered Archives===
[https://eap.bl.uk/search?f%5B0%5D=country%3ABurkina%20Faso '''Endangered Archives: Burkina Faso''']


== Libraries ==
== Libraries ==
'''Bibliothèque nationale du Burkina Faso (National Library of Burkina Faso)'''<br>
Ministère de la Culture des Arts et du Tourisme (Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism)<br>
Avenue Pascal Zagre<br>
01 BP 6436<br>
Ouagadougou 01<br>
Burkina Faso<br>
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Tel: +(226) 50 32 63 63<br>
Fax: 226-50-33-09-61<br>
E-mail: bnburkina@yahoo.fr<br>


== Museums ==
== Museums ==
[https://www.google.com/search?q=museums+in+burkina+faso&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS809US810&oq=museums+in+burkina+faso&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i299j33i22i29i30l2.14730j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 '''Google listing of museums in Burkina Faso''']


== Record Offices ==
== Record Offices ==
[https://www.matd.gov.bf/accueil Ministry of Territorial Administration Decentralization and Security (MATDS)]<br>
Directorate of Civil Registration<br>
Burkina Faso<br>
Ouagadougou<br>
Avenue de l'Indépendance<br>
Burkina Faso<br>
Telephone: (226) 25 30 84 17<br>
Telephone: (226) 25 31 68 91 / 25 31 68 92<br>
E-mail(s): [mailto:matd@gov.bf matd@gov.bf]
Other places that have birth, marriage, and death records are the Directorate-General of Civil Registration Modernization (DGMEC) and the mayors of municipalities. <br>
Places of registration are:<ref name="Unicef Burkina Faso">
'''Births and Deaths'''
Places of registration: Chief towns of the department and the communes (primary centres);
Health units in villages and sectors of towns and communes, place of birth (secondary centres)
'''Marriages'''
Registration takes place at the level of the main civil status centres and the secondary centres, by the registrar of the place of residence of the spouses.


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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[edit | edit source]

National Archives[edit | edit source]

National Archives Centre
BP 7030, Présidence du Faso
Zabre daaga, Ouagadougou - BURKIA FASO

Phone: +(226) 25 32 46 38
E-mail: dgan@dgan.com
Website

French Colonial Archives[edit | edit source]

1897-1919 - National Overseas Archives, Upper Volta (Haute-Volta)

Endangered Archives[edit | edit source]

Endangered Archives: Burkina Faso

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Bibliothèque nationale du Burkina Faso (National Library of Burkina Faso)
Ministère de la Culture des Arts et du Tourisme (Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism)
Avenue Pascal Zagre
01 BP 6436
Ouagadougou 01
Burkina Faso

Tel: +(226) 50 32 63 63
Fax: 226-50-33-09-61
E-mail: bnburkina@yahoo.fr

Museums[edit | edit source]

Google listing of museums in Burkina Faso

Record Offices[edit | edit source]

Ministry of Territorial Administration Decentralization and Security (MATDS)
Directorate of Civil Registration
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Avenue de l'Indépendance
Burkina Faso

Telephone: (226) 25 30 84 17
Telephone: (226) 25 31 68 91 / 25 31 68 92
E-mail(s): matd@gov.bf

Other places that have birth, marriage, and death records are the Directorate-General of Civil Registration Modernization (DGMEC) and the mayors of municipalities.

Places of registration are:<ref name="Unicef Burkina Faso">

Births and Deaths Places of registration: Chief towns of the department and the communes (primary centres); Health units in villages and sectors of towns and communes, place of birth (secondary centres)

Marriages Registration takes place at the level of the main civil status centres and the secondary centres, by the registrar of the place of residence of the spouses.