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Archives Library Information Center (ALIC)
Listing of State Archives
Alabama
Alabama Department of Archives & History
624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36130
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 300100, Montgomery, AL 36130
Phone: (334) 242-4435\
Email: mark.palmer@archives.alabama.gov
Alaska
Alaska State Archives
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 110525, 141 Willoughby Avenue, Juneau, AK 99811-0525
Phone: (907) 465-2270 Fax: (907) 465-2465 E-mail: archives@alaska.gov
Arizona
State Library, Archives and Public Records
History and Archives Division
Mailing Address: 1901 West Madison, Phoenix, AZ 85009
Phone: (602) 926-3720 Fax: (602) 256-7982 E-mail: See the Contact Form
Arkansas
Arkansas History Commission
Mailing Address: One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 77201
Phone: (501) 682-6900 E-mail: state.archives@arkansas.gov
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California
California State Archives
Mailing Address: 1020 O Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone, Reference Desk: (916) 653-2246 Phone, General Information: (916) 653-7715 Fax: (916) 653-7363
E-mail: See the Contact Form
Colorado
Colorado State Archives
Mailing Address: 1313 Sherman Street, Room 122, Denver, CO 80203
Phone: (303) 866-2358 Toll-free, in state only: (800) 305-3442 Text: (303) 866-2229 E-mail: See the Contact Form
Connecticut
Connecticut State Archives
Mailing Address: Connecticut State Library, 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106
Phone, General Information: (860) 757-6500 Phone, History and Genealogy Unit: (860) 757-6500
Text: (860) CONNREF (860 266-6733)
E-mail: See the Contact Form
Delaware
Delaware Public Archives
Mailing Address: 121 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. North, Dover, DE 19901
Phone: (302) 744-5000 E-mail: See the Contact Form
Florida
State Archives of Florida
Mailing Address: R.A. Gray Building, 500 South Bronough Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
Phone: (850) 245-6700 TDD: (850) 245-6096 Reference Fax: (850) 488-4894 E-mail: info@dos.myflorida.com
Georgia
Georgia Archives
Mailing Address: 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260
Phone: (678) 364-3710 E-mail: See Ask an Archivist
Hawaii
Hawaii State Archives
Mailing Address: Kekauluohi Building, Iolani Palace Grounds, 364 S. King Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
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Phone: (808) 586-0329 Fax: (808) 586-0330 E-mail: archives@hawaii.gov
Idaho
Idaho State Archives
Mailing Address: Idaho State Archives, 2205 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, ID 83712
Phone, Archives: (208) 334-2620 Fax, Public Archives: 208-334-2626
Illinois
Illinois State Archives
Mailing Address: Margaret Cross Norton Building, Capitol Complex, Springfield, IL 62756
Phone: (217) 782-4682 Fax: (217) 524-3930 E-mail: See the Reference Request Form (Illinois Residents Only)
Indiana
Indiana State Archives
Mailing Address: 6440 East 30th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46219
Phone: (317) 591-5222 Fax: (317) 591-5324 E-mail: arc@icpr.in.gov or see the Contact Form
Iowa
State Historical Society of Iowa: State Archives and Records Program
Mailing Address: State of Iowa Historical Building, 600 East Locust, Des Moines, IA 50319-0290
Phone: (515) 281-5111 E-mail: dm.library@iowa.gov
Kansas
Kansas Historical Society: State Archives
Mailing Address: 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615-1099
Phone: (785) 272-8681 Phone, State Archives Reference Desk: (785) 272-8681, ext. 117 E-mail: reference@kshs.org
Kentucky
Department for Libraries and Archives
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 537, Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 564-8300 Fax: (502) 564-5773 E-mail: kdla.archives@ky.gov or see the Records Request Forms
Louisiana
Louisiana State Archives
Mailing Address: Louisiana State Archives, Louisiana Secretary of State, P.O. Box 94125, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125
Phone: (225) 922-1200 Fax: (225) 922-0433 E-mail: See the Contact Us Page
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Maine
Maine State Archives
Mailing Address: 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: (207) 287-5790 Fax: (207) 287-6035
Maryland
Maryland State Archives
Mailing Address: 350 Rowe Boulevard, Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: (410) 260-6400 Toll free: (800) 235-4045
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Archives Division
Mailing Address: Secretary of Commonwealth, Massachusetts Archives, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125
Phone: (617) 727-2816 Fax: (617)288-8429 E-mail: archives@sec.state.ma.us
Michigan
Archives of Michigan
Mailing Address: 702 W. Kalamazoo Street, Lansing, Michigan 48915
Phone: (517) 335-2576 E-mail: archives@michigan.gov
Minnesota
Minnesota State Archives
Mailing Address: Minnesota Historical Society, 345 Kellogg Boulevard, St. Paul, MN 55102-1906
Phone: (651) 259-3260 Fax: (651) 296-9961 E-mail: See the Contact Us Page
Mississippi
Mississippi Department of Archives & History
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205-0571
Phone: (601) 576-6876 Fax: (601) 576-6964 E-mail: refdesk@mdah.state.ms.us.
Missouri
Missouri State Archives
Mailing Address: 600 W. Main, P.O. Box 1747, Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-3280 Fax: (573) 526-7333
E-mail: archref@sos.mo.gov. Please read the guidelines before sending reference requests.
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Montana
Montana Historical Society
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 201201, 225 North Roberts Street, Helena, MT 59620-1201
Phone, Research Center: (406) 444-2681 E-mail: mhslibrary@mt.gov or see the Online Request Form .
Nebraska
Library/Archives Division of the Nebraska State Historical Society
Mailing Address: Library / Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society, P.O. Box 82554, 1500 “R” Street, Lincoln, NE 68501
Phone: (402) 471-4751 Fax: (402) 471-3100 E-mail: nshs.libarch@nebraska.gov
Nevada
Nevada State Library and Archives
Mailing Address: 100 North Stewart Street, Carson City, NV 89701-4285
Phone: (775) 684-3310 Toll free, in state only: (800) 922-2880 Fax: (775) 684-3311 E-mail: See the request form
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Division of Archives and Records Management
Mailing Address: 71 South Fruit Street, Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-2236 Fax: (603) 271-2272
E-mail: archives@sos.nh.gov . For birth, death, and marriage records, contact the Division of Vital Records Administration
at http://www.sos.nh.gov/vitalrecords/.
New Jersey
New Jersey State Archives
Mailing Address, State Archives: 225 West State Street, P.O. Box 307, Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
Mailing Address, State Records Center: 2300 Stuyvesant Avenue, P.O. Box 307, Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
Phone: (609) 292-6260 Fax, Reference: (609) 292-4127 E-mail, State Archives: njarchives@sos.state.nj.us
New Mexico
State Records Center and Archives
Mailing Address: 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone, Archives and Historical Services Division: (505) 476-7948
Fax, Archives and Historical Services Division: (505) 476-7909
E-mail: archives@state.nm.us
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New York
New York State Archives
Mailing Address: New York State Education Department, Cultural Education Center, 222 Madison Avenue, Empire State Plaza, Albany,
NY 12230
Phone, Research Assistance: (518) 474-8955 Phone, General Information: (518) 474-6926
E-mail, Research Assistance: archref@mail.nysed.gov
North Carolina
State Archives of North Carolina
Mailing Address: 4614 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-4614
Phone: (919) 807-7310 Fax: (919) 733-1354 E-mail: archives@ncdcr.gov
North Dakota
State Archives
Mailing Address: 612 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58505
Phone, Reference: (701) 328-2091 E-mail: archives@nd.us
Ohio
Ohio Historical Society Archives/Library
Mailing Address: 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211
Phone: 614-297-2510 Toll free: 800-686-6124 Fax: (614) 297-2358
E-mail: reference@ohiohistory.org or see the Reference Contact Form .
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Archives and Records Management
Mailing Address: 200 NE 18th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Phone, Archives: (405) 522-3579 Phone, Records Center: (405) 524-4416 Fax, Archives: (405) 522-3583
Fax, Records Management: (405) 524-7567
Oregon
Oregon State Archives
Mailing Address: 800 Summer Street NE, Salem, OR 97310
Phone: (503) 373-0701 Fax: (503) 373-0953 E-mail: reference.archives@state.or.us
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Archives
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Mailing Address: 350 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120.
Phone: (717) 783-3281 E-mail: ra-statearchives@state.pa.us
Rhode Island
State Archives
Mailing Address: 337 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 222-2353 Fax: (401) 222-3199 E-mail: statearchives@sos.ri.gov
South Carolina
Department of Archives and History
Mailing Address: 8301 Parklane Road, Columbia, SC 29223
Phone, Reference Room: (803) 896-6104 Fax, Reference Room: (803) 896-6198 E-mail: See the Genealogy Request Form
South Dakota
South Dakota State Archives
Mailing Address: 900 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: (605) 773-3804 Fax: (605) 773-6041 E-mail: archref@state.sd.us
Tennessee
Tennessee State Library and Archives
Mailing Address: 403 7th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-2764 E-mail: reference.tsla@tn.gov
Texas
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 12927, Austin, TX 78711-2927
Phone: (512) 463-5455 Email, Reference: reference.desk@tsl.state.tx.us
Utah
Utah State Archives
Mailing Address, Research Center: 300 S. Rio Grande, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone, Research Center: (801) 533-3535 E-mail: See the Contact Form
Vermont
Vermont State Archives and Records Administration
Mailing Address: Office of the Secretary of State, 1078 Route 2, Middlesex, Montpelier, VT 05633-7701
Phone, Reference Room: (802) 828-2308 E-mail: archives@sec.state.vt.us. For vital records requests use vitals@sec.state.vt.us.
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Virginia
Library of Virginia
Mailing Address: 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 692-3500 E-mail: See the Contact Form
Washington
Washington State Archives
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 40238, Olympia, WA 98504-0238
Phone: (360) 586-1492 E-mail, State Archivist: archives@sos.wa.gov
E-mail, Research Requests and Information on Public Records: research@sos.wa.gov
West Virginia
West Virginia State Archives
Mailing Address: Archives and History Library, The Cultural Center, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Charleston, WV 25305-0300
Phone: (304) 558-0230
The West Virginia Archives will not answer e-mail research requests. All research requests must be submitted in writing.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Historical Society Library-Archives
Mailing Address: Archives Reference, Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 264-6460 Fax: (608) 264-6472 E-mail: See the Archives Reference Request Form
Wyoming
Wyoming State Archives
Mailing Address: Barrett Building, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: (307) 777-7826 Fax: (307) 777-7044 E-mail: See the Contact Form
Source: State Archives | National Archives
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Hidden Figures in Your Family – House Hunting
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