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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

Somali Archives
Mogadishu, Somalia
E-mail: afarah205@gmail.com
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From 1924- 1989 Old videos & photos

Libraries

Somalia National Library
Mogadishu, Somalia

Phone:+252 61 6686167
E-mail:it@snl.gov.so
Website

"limited historical and cultural archival material"

Museums

National Museum of Sonalia
Mogadishu, Banadir, Somalia
MoMAA Website

Record Offices

Department of Birth Certificate
Ministry of the Interior
3, Koodbuur-June Road
Guul Alla,Ibrahim Koodbuur
Hargeisa,90501
Republic of Somaliland

Phone: +252 634462350
E-mail: info.moi@govsomaliland.org
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