Palau Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

VisualWikitext

Latest revision as of 01:34, 20 August 2025

Palau Wiki Topics

Palau Beginning Research

Record Types

Palau Background

Local Research Resources

Palau

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.

Archives[edit | edit source]

Palau National Archive
Ministry of Community & Cultural Affairs
P.O. Box 100
Koror, Palau 96940

Tel. (680) 488-4720/6778
Email: archives@palaunet.com
Website

The Ministry of Human Resources, Culture, Tourism and Development
Koror, Palau

Telephone: +680 488 6600
Email: Info@ministryofhrctd.pw
Facebook
Website

National Archives at San Francisco
(Serves Palau)
Leo J. Ryan Federal Building
1000 Commodore Drive
San Bruno, CA 94066-2350

Telephone: (650) 238-3501
Fax: (650) 238-3510
Email: sanbruno.archives@nara.gov
Website

Records of the National Archives at San Francisco include Federal records from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, which included Palau from 1947 to 1994.

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Palau Public Library
P.O. Box 189
Koror, Palau 96940
Facebook

Museums[edit | edit source]

Belau National Museum
Ngerbeched Hamlet
Koror, Palau

Telephone:(680) 488-2265
Fax: (680) 488-3183
Email: bnm@palaunet.com
Website
Collections and Research Library

The aim of the Belau National Museum Research Library is to collect, preserve, and make accessible to the public, documents and literature about Palau and Micronesia and to a lesser extent the Pacific. As collections in the library are sensitive to the elements, the Belau National Museum Library is not a circulation library, but welcomes visitors to visit and research during museum hours.

The library holds over 5,000 volumes, as well as numerous periodicals, maps, posters, research papers and articles. Rare books include original volumes by Augustin Kramer, a German anthropologist who documented Palauan life and culture in the early 1900's. Other rare materials include Account of the Pelew Islands, Japanese language books, and original field notes.

Record Offices[edit | edit source]

Supreme Court
Trial Clerk of Courts
Telehone: (680) 488-2607(Koror)

(680) 488-3331(Koror)

(680) 488-4979(Koror)

(680) 767-2607(Ngerulmud)

Fax: (680) 488-2708(Koror)

(680) 767-2606(Ngerulmud)

The Supreme Court in Koror is located on the main road, across from Palau High School.

Birth and death records from the Trust Territory Archives (1800-1986) are on microfilm at:

United States National Archives
University of Hawaii, Manoa, Pacific Collection
National Archives of the Federated States of Micronesia at Palikir,Pohnpei

References[edit | edit source]

@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 |Topic Type=Local Resources
 |Local Resources=Archives and Libraries
-|Rating=Standardized
+|Content=Standardized
 }}{{breadcrumb
 | link1=[[Palau Genealogy|Palau]]
@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 | link4=
 | link5=[[Palau Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
 }}
-__TOC__
 *'''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.
@@ Line 31: / Line 30: @@
 <br>
 Telephone: +680 488 6600<br>
-E-mail: Info@ministryofhrctd.pw<br>
+Email: Info@ministryofhrctd.pw<br>
 [https://www.facebook.com/ministryofhrctd/ Facebook]<br>
 [https://ministryofhrctd.pw/?fbclid=IwAR1s8YCc-XK-M4uLjGsCZdJlmSjzxX6iOYURD5wgyaHumJAaRap6wz3fw2Y Website]<br>
@@ Line 37: / Line 36: @@
 *[https://ministryofhrctd.pw/palau-historic-research-library/ '''Palau Historic Research Online Library'''] [https://airtable.com/shrCBruOm3fJWOrjf/tblAZr0w2E7KMinvP '''Links''']
 ----
-'''[[National Archives at San Francisco]]'''<br> (Serves Palau)<br> Leo J. Ryan Federal Building<br> 1000 Commodore Drive<br> San Bruno, CA 94066-2350 <br><br> Telephone: (650) 238-3501<br> Fax: (650) 238-3510 <br> E-mail: [mailto:sanbruno.archives@nara.gov sanbruno.archives@nara.gov]<br>[http://www.archives.gov/pacific/san-francisco Website]
+'''[[National Archives at San Francisco]]'''<br> (Serves Palau)<br> Leo J. Ryan Federal Building<br> 1000 Commodore Drive<br> San Bruno, CA 94066-2350 <br><br> Telephone: (650) 238-3501<br> Fax: (650) 238-3510 <br> Email: [mailto:sanbruno.archives@nara.gov sanbruno.archives@nara.gov]<br>[http://www.archives.gov/pacific/san-francisco Website]
 Records of the National Archives at San Francisco include Federal records from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, which included Palau from 1947 to 1994.
@@ Line 54: / Line 53: @@
 Telephone:(680) 488-2265<br>
 Fax: (680) 488-3183<br>
-E-mail: bnm@palaunet.com<br>
+Email: bnm@palaunet.com<br>
 [https://www.belaunationalmuseum.net/ Website]<br>
 [https://www.belaunationalmuseum.net/collections.html Collections and Research Library]<br>
-:The aim of the Belau National Museum Research Library is to collect, preserve, and make accessible to the public, documents and literature about Palau and Micronesia and to a lesser extent the Pacific. As collections in the library are sensitive to the elements, the Belau National Museum Library is not a circulation library, but welcomes visitors to visit and research during museum hours.
+{{Block indent|The aim of the Belau National Museum Research Library is to collect, preserve, and make accessible to the public, documents and literature about Palau and Micronesia and to a lesser extent the Pacific. As collections in the library are sensitive to the elements, the Belau National Museum Library is not a circulation library, but welcomes visitors to visit and research during museum hours.}}
-:The library holds over 5,000 volumes, as well as numerous periodicals, maps, posters, research papers and articles. Rare books include original volumes by Augustin Kramer, a German anthropologist who documented Palauan life and culture in the early 1900's. Other rare materials include Account of the Pelew Islands, Japanese language books, and original field notes.
+{{Block indent|The library holds over 5,000 volumes, as well as numerous periodicals, maps, posters, research papers and articles. Rare books include original volumes by Augustin Kramer, a German anthropologist who documented Palauan life and culture in the early 1900's. Other rare materials include Account of the Pelew Islands, Japanese language books, and original field notes.}}
 == Record Offices ==
@@ Line 64: / Line 63: @@
 Trial Clerk of Courts<br>
 Telehone: (680) 488-2607(Koror)<br>
-:::(680) 488-3331(Koror)
+{{Block indent|(680) 488-3331(Koror)|3}}
-:::(680) 488-4979(Koror)
+{{Block indent|(680) 488-4979(Koror)|3}}
-:::(680) 767-2607(Ngerulmud)
+{{Block indent|(680) 767-2607(Ngerulmud)|3}}
 Fax: (680) 488-2708(Koror)
-:::(680) 767-2606(Ngerulmud)
+{{Block indent|(680) 767-2606(Ngerulmud)|3}}
 The Supreme Court in Koror is located on the main road, across from Palau High School.<br>