Somerset Archives and Libraries

Archives
Somerset Archives and Local Studies Somerset Heritage Centre Brunel Way Norton Fitzwarren Taunton, Somerset TA2 6SF UK Telephone: 01823 278805 (enquiries) 01823 337600 (appointments) Email: [mailto:somersetarchives@swheritage.org.uk somersetarchives@swheritage.org.uk]
 * Website
 * Facebook
 * Finding Somerset Records on Ancestry
 * Catalogues and Indexes
 * Research Guides
 * Parish Records
 * Nonconformist Records Protestant and Catholic records

Bath Record Office Guildhall High Street Bath, Somerset BA1 5AW UK Telephone: 01225 477421 Email: [mailto:archives@bathnes.gov.uk archives@bathnes.gov.uk]
 * Website
 * Collections
 * Family history
 * Bath Ancestors Search Form

North Somerset Archive Service
 * The North Somerset Archive Service offers easier access to services for people who live in North Somerset. An archivist visits Weston super Mare Library on Thursdays throughout the year, approximately quarterly, in order to:
 * help people find out about the past, with information on how to research family, house and local history
 * provide information on the archives held at the Somerset Heritage Centre
 * bring microfiche for people to study, and documents from the archive strongrooms when appropriate

Libraries

 * Somerset Library Links

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

The Museum of Somerset Taunton Castle Castle Green Taunton, Somerset TA1 4AA UK Telephone: 01823 255088 Email: [mailto:museumofsomerset@swheritage.org.uk museumofsomerset@swheritage.org.uk] Website

Somerset Brick and Tile Museum East Quay Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 4DB UK Telephone: 01278 426088 Email:[mailto:museumofsomerset@somerset.gov.uk museumofsomerset@somerset.gov.uk] Website

Somerset Rural Life Museum Abbey Farm Chilkwell St Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 8DB, UK Telephone: 1458 831197 Email: [mailto:SRLM@swheritage.org.uk SRLM@swheritage.org.uk] Website

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 Somerset.


 * Somerset Copies of certificates: How to get copies of birth, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates
 * Location, links, and contact information for registration offices in Somerset