Hertfordshire Archives and Libraries

Archives
Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies County Hall Pegs Lane Hertford, Hertfordshire SG13 8EJ UK Telephone: 300 123 4049 Email: [mailto:contact@hertfordshire.gov.uk contact@hertfordshire.gov.uk] Website Hertfordshire Names Online: Search the indexes Parish registers: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS) houses the former Hertfordshire Record Office and the former Hertfordshire Local Studies Library. It collects and preserves archives, other historical documents and printed material relating to the county of Hertfordshire and the Diocese of St Albans from the 11th to the 21st century.
 * Browse the list of parish registers

Barnet Local Studies Centre The Burroughs Hendon London NW4 4BQ UK Telephone: 020 8359 3960 Email: [mailto:library.archives@barnet.gov.uk library.archives@barnet.gov.uk] Website
 * Barnet was part of Hertfordshire until 1963. Do you want to know more about the history of the London Borough of Barnet or trace your family history? We have a unique collection of historical documents dating from 1600 and a range of records in different formats, such as photographs, maps, archives, newspapers and publications representing people, places and buildings.

Libraries

 * Library opening hours and locations

Museums

 * Museums in Hertfordshire: Hertfordshire Association of Museums
 * For a long list of Hertfordshire museums, go to List of museums in Hertfordshire in Wikipedia.

Hertford Museum 18 Bull Plain Hertford, Hertfordshire SG14 1DT UK Telephone: 1992 582686 E-mail: [mailto:hertfordmuseum@​btconnect.​com hertfordmuseum@​btconnect.​com] Website


 * Hertford Museum aims to collect, preserve and interpret evidence of the history of the county town and surrounding parishes in the district of East Hertfordshire for the interest, enjoyment and understanding of the local community and other visitors.

North Hertfordshire Museum 14 Brand Street Hitchin Herts SG5 1JE, UK Telephone: 01462 474554 E-mail: northhertsmuseum@north-herts.gov.uk Website

Barnet Museum 31 Wood Street Barnet, Hertfordshire EN5 4BE UK Telephone: 020 8440 8066 E-mail: [mailto:enquiries@barnetmuseum.co.uk enquiries@barnetmuseum.co.uk] Barnet Museum Facebook
 * The Museum focuses on Chipping Barnet, East Barnet, New Barnet, Hadley, and the surrounding districts. The Museum opened in March 1938 to house and make available to the public the growing collection of the Barnet Record Society (now Barnet Museum & Local History Society) which had been founded in 1927 to record and preserve Barnet’s history.

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 Hertfordshire.

Ordering a Certificate

 * Births, deaths, marriages and citizenship
 * Get a copy of a certificate

Register Office Locations and Contact

 * Barnet Registry Office
 * Bishop's Stortford Register Office
 * Cheshunt Register Office
 * Hatfield Register Office
 * Hemel Hempstead Register Office
 * Hertford Register Office
 * St Albans Register Office
 * Stevenage Register Office
 * Watford Register Office