The Society's goal has been to locate and microfilm Armenian family-type records of genealogical value. Most Armenian locations in the world have been visited by an AGS representative. This includes Armenia, Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, Europe, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asian countries, as well as some former Soviet Union republics.

Microfilm rolls in the Armenian collection contain mostly birth, marriage, and death records. In addition there are some census, obituary, refuge, tax, hospital, immigrant, voter, donor, cemetery records, and printed volumes of family histories and genealogies which have been donated to the AGS by individuals...

With this introduction to the AGS microfilm collection, you will better appreciate the index that follows. The records are listed alphabetically by country, then city or village. Each locality has a statement about the record, such as name of church, the language the record is written in, how many reels of film, and where the original record is kept.

Each section of a reel is listed by type of record (birth, marriage, etc.), and years covered. Usually an "item number" 1, 2, etc. designates sections as well. Each reel is identified by a film number shown at the right side with item numbers. This number is used to identify the reel for filing and renting.