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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

Palau National Archive
Ministry of Community & Cultural Affairs
P.O. Box 100
Koror, Palau 96940

Tel. (680) 488-4720/6778
Email: archives@palaunet.com
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The Ministry of Human Resources, Culture, Tourism and Development
Koror, Palau

Telephone: +680 488 6600
Email: Info@ministryofhrctd.pw
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National Archives at San Francisco
(Serves Palau)
Leo J. Ryan Federal Building
1000 Commodore Drive
San Bruno, CA 94066-2350

Telephone: (650) 238-3501
Fax: (650) 238-3510
Email: sanbruno.archives@nara.gov
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Records of the National Archives at San Francisco include Federal records from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, which included Palau from 1947 to 1994.

Libraries

Palau Public Library
P.O. Box 189
Koror, Palau 96940
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Museums

Belau National Museum
Ngerbeched Hamlet
Koror, Palau

Telephone:(680) 488-2265
Fax: (680) 488-3183
Email: bnm@palaunet.com
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Collections and Research Library

The aim of the Belau National Museum Research Library is to collect, preserve, and make accessible to the public, documents and literature about Palau and Micronesia and to a lesser extent the Pacific. As collections in the library are sensitive to the elements, the Belau National Museum Library is not a circulation library, but welcomes visitors to visit and research during museum hours.

The library holds over 5,000 volumes, as well as numerous periodicals, maps, posters, research papers and articles. Rare books include original volumes by Augustin Kramer, a German anthropologist who documented Palauan life and culture in the early 1900's. Other rare materials include Account of the Pelew Islands, Japanese language books, and original field notes.

Record Offices

Supreme Court
Trial Clerk of Courts
Telehone: (680) 488-2607(Koror)

(680) 488-3331(Koror)

(680) 488-4979(Koror)

(680) 767-2607(Ngerulmud)

Fax: (680) 488-2708(Koror)

(680) 767-2606(Ngerulmud)

The Supreme Court in Koror is located on the main road, across from Palau High School.

Birth and death records from the Trust Territory Archives (1800-1986) are on microfilm at:

• United States National Archives
• University of Hawaii, Manoa, Pacific Collection
• National Archives of the Federated States of Micronesia at Palikir,Pohnpei