Brunei Archives and Libraries

Brunei Wiki Topics

Brunei Beginning Research

Getting Started Online Learning Record Finder Research Strategies

Record Types

Church Records Civil Registration Compiled Genealogies Emigration & Immigration Online Genealogy Records Religious Records

Brunei Background

Gazetteers History Languages Maps Periodicals Social Life & Customs

Local Research Resources

Archives & Libraries Societies Local FamilySearch Center

Brunei

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

Researchers should contact the National Archives for post-independence documents and the British National Archives for pre-independence records.

---

National Archives of Brunei Darussalam
Jalan Dewan Majlis
Bandar Seri Begawan, BB3910
Brunei Darussalam

Telephone: 2381672
Fax: 2384371
E-mail: arkibrunei@muzium.gov.bn
Website

---

The British National Archives
Kew, Richmond
Surrey TW9 4DU
England

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444
Contact us
Website
Family history research guides
Additional research guides
Online collections
Discovery (Catalogue) Access records held by The National Archives and more than 2,500 other archives.

What is Discovery?

Paying for research
Ordering copies

Libraries

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Library
Jalan Elizabeth II, BS3510
Bandar Seri Begawan
Brunei Darussalam

Tel : (673) 2235501-5/2-222135/2-224764
Fax : (673) 2224763 / 2-380472
Website
Collection

Museums

Brunei Department of Museums
Google listing of museums in Brunei

Record Offices

Birth and Death Records

Ministry of Health
Commonwealth Drive
Bandar Seri Begawan
Brunei Darussalam, BB3910

Telephone: +673-2381640
Email: corp.comms@moh.gov.bn

Marriage Records

Registry of Civil Marriages
High Court - Supreme Court Building
Jalan Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha
Bandar Seri Begawan, BA1910
Negara Brunei Darussalam

Telephone: (673) 2243939 to 46
Fax: (673) 2241984
Email: courts@judicial.gov.bn

Attorney General's Chambers
The Law Building
Jalan Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha
Bandar Seri Begawan, BA1910
Brunei Darussalam

Telephone : +673 2244872
Fax : +673 2227954

Marriage notices are also filed at the District where the marriage applicants usually reside. Brunei is divided into four districts: Brunei-Muara, Belait, Tutong and Temburong.