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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

Archives Nationales de Madagascar
21, Rue Karija
Tsaralalàna
Antananarivo, Madagascar 101

Mailing address: P.O. Box 3384, Tsaralalàna, Antananarivo, Madagascar 101
Telephone: (261) (20) 22 235 34
Email: dan@primature.gov.mg
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French Colonial Archives

National Archives of Overseas (ANOM)
29 chemin du moulin de Testas - CS50062
13182 Aix-en-Provence
CEDEX 5 France

Telephone: + 33 (0)4 42 93 38 50
E-mail: anom.aix@culture.gouv.fr

• 1807 to 1919 - Overseas National Archives, Madagascar

Libraries

National Library of Madagascar (Bibliothèque nationale de Madagascar)
Antananarivo, Madagascar

Telephone:+261344624285
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Madagascar - Libraries and museums The principal libraries are the National Library in Antananarivo, with 236,000 volumes, and the university library, with 195,000 volumes. Other important libraries include the National Archives (30,000 volumes), the Antananarivo municipal library (23,000), and the Albert Camus Cultural Center Library (35,000).<ref name= "mad">"Madagascar - libraries and museums", Nations Encyclopedia, https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Madagascar-LIBRARIES-AND-MUSEUMS.html, accessed 26 January 2023.