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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

Saint Helena Government Archives
Castle Court Yard, Jamestown
Saint Helena

Phone: +290 22470 Ext 242
Email: karen.henry@sainthelena.gov.sh
Website

Services provided by the Archives include dealing with requests for research, which can be undertaken for residents and non-residents for a fee. Research requests can vary from a customer enquiring about a copy of a birth certificate, preparation of a family tree or general research about the island’s history.

Libraries

Public Library Service
Jamestown
St Helena

Telephone: + (00290) 22580
Email: publiclibrary@helanta.co.sh
Website

Museums

Museum of Saint Helena
Jamestown
Saint Helena

Website

Record Offices

• Civil registration, 1852-1936. St. Helena. Registrar General's Office

To view these images do one of the following:

Access the site at a FamilySearch center.

Access the site at a FamilySearch affiliate library.

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Saint Helena Government
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
Website

Registrar: Mrs. Karen Yon Post Office Building Jamestown Saint Helena Telephone: +290 22008 or 22629 E-mail: karen.yon@sainthelena.gov.sh

Deputy Registrar: Mr. Alan Bennett Post Office Building Jamestown Saint Helena Telephone: +290 22008 or 22629 E-mail: alan.bennett@sainthelena.gov.sh