Archiwum Państwowe w Lublinie - Oddział w Kraśniku

The archive in Kraśnik was created in 1955 as a County State Archive in Kraśnik. In 1976, according to the reform of state administration, the archive became the branch of Voivodship State Archive in Lublin (after 1983: the Lublin State Archive). 

The archive in Kraśnik possesses 236 collections and archival founds, which makes 58 540 units and 492 running metres. It gathers records of the following institutions: villages and local communities (1864-1954) - 31 founds, villages' councils (Gromadzkie Rady Narodowe) - 76 founds, towns councils (1950-1973): Biłgoraj, Bełżyce, Janów Lubelski, Kraśnik, Opole Lubelskie and Poniatowa - 7 founds, records of Biłgoraj and Kraśnik County (1944-1950), County Councils (Powiatowe Rady Narodowe): Bełżyce, Biłgoraj, Janów Lubelski, Kraśnik and Opole Lubelskie 1950-1975, 5 founds. judiciary documents. Courts in Biłgoraj, Kraśnik, Opole Lubelskie i Tarnogród, records of factories and schools. 

The access is regulated by Instruction No. 4 of the Head Office of State Archives in Poland, dated February 1, 2013.