Mayotte 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 Mayotte Mariaze Street Mamoudzou, Mayotte Postal address: DAC Mayotte, BP 976, 97600 Mamoudzou Phone number: 02.69.63.00.48 E-mail: djaouharia.mohamed@culture.gouv.fr National Overseas Archives, Mayotte Online
 * For a demonstration of navigating archives websites, watch the video, Using France Department Archives Online.

French Colonial 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
 * Overseas National Archives, Saint Lucia

Museums
MUMA Musée de Mayotte 1 Place de France Place de France Dzaoudzi 97615, Mayotte Museum of Mayotte, Wikipedia

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.