Stadsarchief Amsterdam

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Contact Information
E-mail:  [mailto:informatie@stadsarchief.amsterdam.nl informatie@stadsarchief.amsterdam.nl]

Visiting Address:


 * Vijzelstraat 32
 * 1017 HL Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mailing Address:


 * Postbus 51140
 * 1007 EC Amsterdam, Netherlands

Telephone: +31(0)20 - 25 11 511 Fax:  31 (0)20 - 2511512

Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Originals Reading Room, and Repro (copy center) closed weekends (no access to original documents).

Public transportation and map: The City Archives can be reached by tram from Central Station: take lines 16, 24 and 25, get out at the Keizersgracht stop. For a Google Earth photo-map, click here.

Internet sites and databases:


 * Amsterdam City Archives Internet site services, programs, inventories, rules, what to do when you arrive, tours, exhibitions and tickets.
 * Amsterdam City Archives Database Genealogy Indexes including Record cards, "Meldingsrapporten" 1940-1945, Burial registers before 1811, Burial register, "Boedelpapieren", "Comportementboeken", Family Cards, Passports, Police files, Forced labor, Market Cards, and "Huiszittenhuizen."
 * Amsterdam City Archives Inventories.

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