Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions
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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. | ||
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*Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm. | *Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm. | ||
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Archives and Libraries Wiki Pages By Country[edit | edit source]
What Archives Are[edit | edit source]
- Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
What Libraries Are[edit | edit source]
- Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
Before You Visit[edit | edit source]
- 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.