Gloucestershire Archives and Libraries

Archives
Gloucestershire Archives Clarence Row Alvin Street Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL1 3DW UK Telephone: 01452 425 295 Email: [mailto:archives@gloucestershire.gov.uk archives@gloucestershire.gov.uk]
 * Website
 * Online Catalogue
 * Research Guides
 * Parish Registers Research Guide
 * Non-conformist Records Research Guide
 * Bishop's Transcripts Research Guide

Bristol Archives 'B' Bond Warehouse (via Create Centre) Smeaton Road Bristol, Gloucestershire BS1 6XN UK Telephone: 0117 922 4224 Email: [mailto:bro@bristol.gov.uk bro@bristol.gov.uk]
 * Website
 * Online catalogue
 * Bristol Record Office was established in 1924. It looks after the official archives of the City of Bristol, besides collecting and preserving many other records relating to the city and surrounding area. The office acts as a Diocesan Record Office for Bristol diocese.
 * Church Records include:
 * Records of the Diocese of Bristol: including wills, Bishop’s transcripts, faculty papers, records of ordination, estate records and tithe maps.
 * Parish registers and records: these include registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Archdeaconry of Bristol, records of the Overseers of the Poor and churchwarden’s accounts.

Libraries

 * Gloucestershire County Libraries: Website
 * South Gloucestershire County Libraries: Website

Museums
For a long list of Gloucestershire museums, go to List of museums in Gloucestershire' in Wikipedia.

Civil Registration Offices
The General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their website (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.

Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the historic and current registration districts and their parishes, see UKBMD: Registration Districts in Gloucestershire.


 * Order certificates Gloucester County
 * Gloucestershire Birth, Marriage, Death Indexes
 * Gloucestershire Registration Offices Location and Contact Information


 * South Gloucestershire Births, deaths, marriages and ceremonies
 * Order a birth certificate
 * Order a marriage certificate
 * Order a death certificate