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- 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
Several organizations, news outlets, and international have published news articles about the Central African Republic. The country itself does not maintain centralized archives of any note.
French Colonial Archives
1891-1918 - National Overseas Archives, Oubangui-Shari Oubangui-Shari (Ubangi-Shari) became Central African Republic in 1957.
Libraries
The French Institute of Scientific Research for Development and Cooperation maintains a research collection of 18,000 volumes in Bangui. The Agricultural Research Center in Mbaïki has a library of 2,800 volumes. There is a municipal library in Bangui as well as a Roman Catholic mission library. The University of Bangui library has 26,000 volumes.[1]
Museums
The Barthélémy Boganda Museum in Bangui (founded in 1964) includes collections on the ethnography, archaeology, and natural history of the country. There are regional natural history and anthropology museums in Bouar and M'Baiki. The Labasso Museum in Bangassou (1975) features archaeological and anthropological exhibits from the Nzakara and Zandé areas.[1]
The Boganda National Museum, also known as the Barthélémy Boganda National Ethnographic Museum, is a national museum of the Central African Republic. It is located in the Rue du Languedoc region of the capital, Bangui. Named after the country's first prime minister, it was founded in the 1960s and remained open until the Central African Republic Civil War. Despite looting, the majority of the artifacts remain at the museum in boxes.[2]
Record Offices
Places of registrations:
- – Main centres located at the headquarters of municipalities, boroughs and diplomatic missions for births, marriages and deaths;
- – Secondary centres located in villages, urban areas and health facilities for births and deaths.[3]
In charge of registering events:
- -Directorate General of Decentralization and Local Development
- -Minister of the Interior and Territorial Administration
- -Mayors, deputies and municipal councillors
- -Ambassadors and Consuls General
- -Civil registration officer of the special centre[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Central African Republic - Libraries and museums", Nations Encyclopedia, https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Central-African-Republic-LIBRARIES-AND-MUSEUMS.html, accessed 15 January 2023.
- ↑ "Boganda National Museum", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boganda_National_Museum, added 15 January 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 UNICEF Data: Monitoring the situation of children and women, UNICEF Data for African Republic/ Central African Republic, accessed 6 November 2020. "Data sources: Information on civil registration systems was compiled over a period from December 2016 to November 2017 using the existing relevant legal frameworks and in consultation with CRVS experts, officials within the relevant national institutions, and UNICEF country offices. All reasonable precautions have been taken by UNICEF to verify this country profile; updates will be made to reflect changes in policy and implementation and/or new information."