Burkina Faso 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.

National Archives
National Archives Centre BP 7030, Présidence du Faso Zabre daaga, Ouagadougou - BURKIA FASO Phone: +(226) 25 32 46 38 E-mail: dgan@dgan.com Website

French Colonial Archives
1897-1919 - National Overseas Archives, Upper Volta (Haute-Volta)

Libraries
Bibliothèque nationale du Burkina Faso (National Library of Burkina Faso) Ministère de la Culture des Arts et du Tourisme (Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism) Avenue Pascal Zagre 01 BP 6436 Ouagadougou 01 Burkina Faso Tel: +(226) 50 32 63 63 Fax: 226-50-33-09-61 E-mail: bnburkina@yahoo.fr

Museums
Google listing of museums in Burkina Faso

Record Offices
Ministry of Territorial Administration Decentralization and Security (MATDS) Directorate of Civil Registration Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Avenue de l'Indépendance Burkina Faso

Telephone: (226) 25 30 84 17 Telephone: (226) 25 31 68 91 / 25 31 68 92 E-mail(s): [mailto:matd@gov.bf matd@gov.bf]

Other places that have birth, marriage, and death records are the Directorate-General of Civil Registration Modernization (DGMEC) and the mayors of municipalities.

Places of registration are:

Births and Deaths Places of registration: Chief towns of the department and the communes (primary centres); Health units in villages and sectors of towns and communes, place of birth (secondary centres)

Marriages Registration takes place at the level of the main civil status centres and the secondary centres, by the registrar of the place of residence of the spouses.