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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 and Libraries

Burundi National Archives and Library
Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sports
B.P. 1095, Rohero II - avenue Kunkiko
Bujumbura, Burundi

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Inventory of the National Archives of Burundi (EAP684) This article in the British Library describes a project to inventory and organize the records of Burundi, considered an "endangered archive".

• Archival records from Inventory of the National Archives of Burundi (EAP684) is a description, listing, and links to records discovered by the project.

Museums

Google listing of museums in Burundi

Record Offices

• The Department of Population oversees the offices at the provincial, municipal, and commune levels. The coordination mechanisms in the country have not been formalized. There is no national coordination mechanism.
• Like in most sub-Saharan African countries, the civil status system in Burundi was colonial in origin. A new civil status system was set up in April 1980.
• The lowest administrative unit where local civil registration offices are found is the zone administrative. There are 396 civil registration centres in the Republic of Burundi: 366 in nonurban areas and 30 in urban areas. There are 386 civil registrars: 297 in non-urban areas and 89 in urban areas.