Bonaire 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.

Online Collections

 * 1828-2000 - Bonaire (Nederlandse Antillen). Burgerlijke Stand, Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand, 1828-2000


 * Civil records for Bonaire are included in WieWasWie.

Archives
Archive Bonaire (Archivo Boneiru) Contact Form Bonaire Families Website
 * Journalist and author Boi Antoin has built up an extensive collection of Bonairean cultural heritage on Bonaire in recent years. The material is stored in a space of approximately six by four metres. The collection includes photographs from the 20th century, video tapes, audio tapes, objects, books and documents

Bonaire was part of the Netherlands Antilles until the country's dissolution in 2010, when the island became a special municipality (officially, a "Caribbean public body") within the country of the Netherlands. The National Archives contact page Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 20 2595 BE The Hague The Netherlands

Postal address: Nationaal Archief PO Box 90520 2509 LM The Hague The Netherlands

Telephone: +31 (0)70 3315400 Email

Libraries
Bonaire Public Library Kralendijk, Bonaire Telephone: (+599) 717 5330 Email: [mailto:postarchive@bonairegov.com postarchive@bonairegov.com]

Museums
Google list of museums in Bonaire

Record Offices
Civil Registry Department Bonaire Kaya Neerlandia 40, Bonaire

Telephone: (+599) 717-5516/5517 Email: [mailto:burgerzaken@bonairegov.com burgerzaken@bonairegov.com] Family tree research