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.

Libraries
National and University Library "St. Kliment of Ohrid" Wikipedia Information

National and University Library "St. Kliment of Ohrid" Blvd. "Goce Delchev" no. 6 P.O. 566 Skopje Republic of Macedonia E-mail:kliment@nubsk.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3115 177 Fax: +389 2 3226 846 Website Catalogues Digital Library Collections in the Digital Library Macedonian e-Libraries

Museums
Google Links to Museums in North Macedonia -

National Museum of Macedonia Josif Mihaljovic 7 Skopje, Macedonia Phone: 389 2 3129 323; 389 2 3116 044 E-mail: musmk@mt.net.mk The large, white and distinctly decrepit Yugoslav-era building just below the Mustafa Pasha Mosque is the central location for a series of museums located around the Old Bazaar, including at the must-see Kuršumli Han. Elsewhere in the complex you can find an Historical Museum, Ethnographic Museum, Natural History Museum and Icon Gallery. Macedonia’s long and legendary history has been carefully preserved in its museums, the most important one being in Skopje. The Archaeological Museum takes the tourist on a journey through the millennia, from the Neolithic Age, the Bronze and the Iron Ages, the Classical and the Hellenic Periods, all the way through to the Roman, Slavic, Byzantine and Turkish Periods. The Historical Museum gives a chronological overview of Macedonian history throughout the centuries up to the National War of Liberation. The Ethnographic Museum offers thematically displayed set of items. Finally, the Natural History Museum showcases many examples of the indigenous and sometimes odd flora and fauna found throughout Macedonia.

Record Offices
Republic of North Macedonia, Office for Management of Registers Bul. St. Cyril and Methodius 54 1000 Skopje, R. Macedonia Telephone:02 3223-787 E-mail: contact@uvmk.gov.mk Addresses of Regional Offices