The Paxos Archive covers, with few significant gaps, the second half of the 18th century,
the 19th century, and the 20th century, presenting completeness and rarity, as it has preserved the majority of the documentation produced by the authorities at the time when similar or equivalent material is stored in few organizations, mainly in the State Archives of the Ionian Islands.
Operating since 1800, it is noteworthy that among its collections are notarial codes dating from 1658 to 1902. (The term "code" - from the Latin word codex or condex - formerly meant a book of public records, written on parchment or paper sheets, in the form of today's book; during the Frankish and Turkish rule and later in the Ionian Islands, a notary meant a scrivener < Lat. Notarius < nota mark, sign < nosco I know).
Unfortunately, its collections suffered many damages over the years. Perhaps the worst, according to G. Doikas, was during the Paxiotes' revolution against the French in 1810, during which the rebels, along with many excesses and murders, looted the Historical Archive.
In the years that followed, the local administration did not give the importance and attention that the Archive deserved, neither to provide it with a suitable shelter nor to protect it from intrusive and indifferent researchers. The Archivists, despite their good intentions, perhaps lacked the knowledge and experience to maintain and utilize the valuable material of the Archive. And the long periods during which it remained without an Archivist, stacked in places without proper humidity and temperature specifications, undoubtedly caused significant damage to its documents.