🗄 Archives of the World

These are notable archives — institutions that keep the original records of governments, churches, families and businesses, from national record offices holding thousand-year-old charters to regional repositories whose ledgers and parish registers anchor all genealogy. Each profile shows where the archive stands, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

541 archives from 62 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any archive for its full profile.

Africa (7) Americas (144) Asia (35) Europe (342) Oceania (13)

Africa (7 archives)

Americas (144 archives)

Asia (35 archives)

Europe (342 archives)

Oceania (13 archives)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.