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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

Jane Cameron National Archives
Jeremy Moore Avenue
P.O. Box 687
Stanley, Falkland Islands
FIQQ 1ZZ

Email: tnewman.archives@sec.gov.fk
Phone: +500 27249
Website
Online Records:

• Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Estates
• Church Parish Records
• 19th and early 20th Century Families:
  • A-C
  • D-I
  • J-M
  • N-R
  • S-Z
• Census Information and Early Settlers
• Aliens: The majority of 19th Century non-British settlers and workers came to the Falkland Islands from or through Montevideo, Uruguay. Other settlers were sailors who were either shipwrecked or decided to stay. Late in the 19th Century there was constant migration between the Falkland Islands and Chile & Patagonia or “The Coast” as it was referred to locally. These lists are those researched to date and are not necessarily complete and should not be treated as such.
• Certificates of Nationality and Passport Applications, 1919-1969
• Medals and Honours
• Cemeteries
  • Stanley Maps - Sections A to I Headstones - Sections A to I
  • Darwin Map & Key Headstones

Libraries

Falkland Islands Government
The Christie Community Library
West end of the Falkland College Building
Magazine Valley, Stanley
Falkland Islands, FIQQ 1ZZ

Phone: +500 27134
Website

Museums

Historic Dockyard Museum
Stanley, Falkland Islands
Website

Record Offices

Falkland Islands Government
Stanley, Falklands Islands

Telephone: +500 27400
Email: info@sec.gov.fk