North Macedonia 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 Family History Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

National Archives
State Archives of the Republic of North Macedonia Kay Dimitar Vlahov no. 19 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia Phone: +389 2 3237 211 Fax: +389 2 3165 944 E-mail: contact@arhiv.gov.mk
 * The Balkan wars as well as the devastation of World War I contributed to an extensive destruction of archives.
 * In the period between the two world wars, the state archive in Beograd gathered Macedonian records there. The occupational government during World War II destroyed the archives that had been gathered in Skopje as of that date.
 * The Archive of FYROM (Macedonia)was established in 1951. An earthquake destroyed the facility in 1963.  In 1969 a new building was completed.
 * Records tend to be government administrative records with no genealogical help.

Regional Department Archives
There are nine regional archives located in Bitola, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Prilep, Skopje, Strumica, Tetovo, Titov Veles, and Stip.
 * Links to Departments

Church Records in Department Archives

 * Department of Bitola has birth registers, weddings and deaths from 1801/1962
 * Department of Ohrid has records of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Islamic Religious Community.
 * Department of Prilep has records the religious institutions of the Orthodox Church from the church municipalities and churches (1872-1945)
 * Department of Strumica has Methodist church records back to 1882.
 * Department of Tetovo has records from the Orthodox Church (1887-1937) - bishop's offices, church communities, churches and monasteries, and the Islamic Religious Community (1930-1944) - Waqa's attorneys and imams.
 * Department of Stip has records from the Orthodox Church (1918-1948) - bishop's offices, parishes, churches and monasteries and from the Islamic Religious Community (1921-1946) - Muftis in Stip, Kocani and Radovish.