Réunion Island, France 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
Departmental Archives of Réunion 4 rue Marcel Pagnol Champ-Fleuri 97490 Sainte-Clotilde Réunion Island Telephone : 02 62 94 04 14 Fax : 02 62 94 04 21 Website Online Archives

National Archives of Overseas (ANOM) 29 chemin du moulin de Testas - CS50062 13182 Aix-en-Provence CEDEX 5 France Telephone: + 33 (0)4 42 93 38 50 E-mail: anom.aix@culture.gouv.fr
 * National Overseas Archives, Réunion

Libraries
Réunion Island Departmental Library 52, rue Roland Garros 97400 Saint-denis de La Réunion E-mail: bdr@cg974.fr Telephone: 02 62 21 13 96 Fax: 02 62 21 54 63 Website Collecctions

Museums
Google listing of Museums in Réunion Island

Writing for Records
Online records tend to cover only the time before 100 years, due to privacy laws. You can write to civil registration offices and local churches who might honor requests for more recent records of close family members for the purpose of genealogy.

For a civil registration office, address your request to:

Monsieur l'officier de l'état-civil Mairie de (Town) (Postal code) (Town)

For a parish church:

Monsieur le Curé (Church --see The Catholic Directory for church name and address) (Town) (Postal Code) France

For help writing your request in French, use French Letter Writing Guide.