Burkina Faso Archives and Libraries

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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

National Archives

National Archives Centre
BP 7030, Présidence du Faso
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso

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French Colonial Archives

National Overseas Archives, Upper Volta (Haute-Volta)

Libraries

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