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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

Online Collections

• 1828-2000 - Bonaire (Nederlandse Antillen). Burgerlijke Stand, Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand, 1828-2000

• Civil records for Bonaire are included in WieWasWie.

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Netherlands Archives

Bonaire was part of the Netherlands Antilles until the country's dissolution in 2010, when the island became a special municipality (officially, a "Caribbean public body") within the country of the Netherlands.

The National Archives contact page Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 20
2595 BE The Hague
The Netherlands

Postal address:
Nationaal Archief
PO Box 90520
2509 LM The Hague
The Netherlands

Telephone: +31 (0)70 3315400
Email

Libraries

Kralendijk, Bonaire

Telephone: (+599) 717 5330
Email: postarchive@bonairegov.com

Record Offices

Civil Registry Department Bonaire
Kaya Neerlandia 40, Bonaire

Telephone: (+599) 717-5516/5517
Email: burgerzaken@bonairegov.com