Noord-Holland Archives and Libraries

Introduction

 * 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.

Regional and Municipal Archives

 * The provincial archives are located in the capital of each of the 12 provinces.
 * Municipal archives exist for most large towns. They contain the same type of genealogical records found in the state archives.
 * The Family History Library has microfilmed many records from these archives.
 * Each archive collects records from its respective province. Records of genealogical value at these archives include:

Archives
Haarlem is the capital city of the province of Noord-Holland and thus the provincial archive is found in this city, see: Noord-Hollands Archief The Noord-Hollands Archief collects, preserves and makes available the documentary heritage of the province of Noord-Holland, the Kennemerland region (in particular the municipalities of Aalsmeer, Beverwijk, Bloemendaal, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Haarlemmermeer, Heemskerk, Heemstede, Uitgeest, Uithoorn, Velsen and Zandvoort), and of the provincial capital Haarlem.

At present only parts of this website are in English. If you can not find the information you are looking for, or if you do not understand any of the content, please contact the archive.They will do their best to answer all your queries.

Their mailaddress is: Postbus 3006 2001 DA Haarlem The Netherlands If you prefer to e-mail them you can reach them at info@noord-hollandsarchief.nl

The Stadsarchief Amsterdam page describes the city archives of Amsterdam with one of the largest collections in the world including material from Dutch colonies.