Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi - Oddział w Sieradzu

The archive in Sieradz came into existence in December 1950 according to the Decree of the Minister of Education from July 21 1950 as a County State Archive in Sieradz. In 1975, according to the reform of state administration, the archive became a branch of Voivodship State Archive in Łodź. In 1984, according to the Act of National Archival Records and Archives, it was renamed the branch of Łódź State Archive. In 1998 the archive took possession of its present seat. 

The archive in Sieradz possesses the following kinds of holdings: - records of towns and villages (19th and 20th century), - self-government and local administration documents, - notarial files, - birth, marriage and death records (from 19th and 20th century), - documents of various craft guilds, - documents of agricultural cooperatives, - documents of banks and financial institutions, - documents of local factories.  

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