Records and archives

Bristol Record Office

Essential works at B Bond (March 2013 onwards)
Essential maintenance work to the exterior of B Bond will be taking place over the next few months. We apologise to our visitors for any noise or other inconvenience caused.

Limited access to collections (Winter 2012/2013)
Due to emergency maintenance work on our air conditioning system, some collections are temporarily unavailable for immediate production.

If you plan to order documents in our searchroom, please contact us during the week prior to your intended visit to request the material you would like to consult. We will then contact you to confirm when the items will be available.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause customers, but we are working to minimise it as much as possible.

Visiting Bristol Record Office

• Opening hours – find out when you can visit us
• About Bristol Record Office - who we are and what we do
• Arranging your visit – visit our spacious searchroom to consult documents yourself
• Bristol and Avon Family History Society – help with your family history research at our office
• Bristol Black Archives Partnership - records of African-Caribbean people in Bristol

Before you visit

• Online catalogue – available 24 hours a day
• Handlist of parish registers, nonconformist registers and bishop's transcripts – a guide to the registers that we hold
• Bristol wills index 1781 to 1858 – a name index to some of the wills we hold
• Bristol Record Office film collection – our fascinating collection of old films of the city
• Research service – for people who are unable to visit us in person

What's new

• Events and exhibitions – what's on at Bristol Record Office
• Latest news – updates on our collections, projects and services 
• Desert Island Docs – our staff and guests' favourite documents

General information

• Depositing or donating records to Bristol Record Office – about depositing records with us