Vatican City Archives and Libraries

Archives and Libraries
Access to the Vatican Apostolic Library is not available to the general populace: The Library is open to:
 * researchers and scholars with appropriate qualifications and/or relevant scientific publications;
 * teachers and researchers at Universities and other institutes of Higher Education;
 * graduate students (laureati) who are pursuing research for a doctoral dissertation;
 * in exceptional cases, undergraduate students who can demonstrate that they need to consult material which is available only at the Vatican Library.
 * it is not open to High School students, nor, as a rule, to undergraduate University students.

In March 2014, the Vatican Library began an initial four-year project of digitizing its collection of manuscripts, to be made available online.
 * Digital Vatican Library

Museums
Google listing of museums in Vatican City

Record Offices
“Registry and Notary Office keeps a record of births, marriages, deaths, citizenship and residence. It also issues and archives public and private documents.” Vatican City Administrations and Central Offices Direct genealogical queries to: Registry and Notary Office Ufficio Legale Governatorato della Città del Vaticano 00120 Citta del Vaticano Telephone:(39 6) 6982