The growth of the volume of archive documents is considered to be an actual issue for all the archives today. It takes a long time to find the relevant documents on many occasions. This article illustrates entire scheme of transferring the documents in digital form, organizing electronic database and searching system in order to solve the problem, the aim of digitalizing the activity of archives and the advantages of using modern information technologies are described in detail as well. Besides, the article gives information about taking copies of documents stored in State Archive of Tashkent city by means of modern technologies, to restore the quality of files, digitalizing the documents which have special importance.