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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.

Record Offices

• Agence nationale du registre des populations et des titres sécurisés (ANRPTS)
  

(National Agency for the Register of Population and Securities)
Nouakchott, Mauritania

• The Centre d'accueil des citoyens (CAC) (Citizens’ Reception Centre or Enrollment Center) of the commune where the birth, marriage, divorce, or death was registered.