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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: somersetarchives@swheritage.org.uk

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• Finding Somerset Records on Ancestry
• Catalogues and Indexes
  
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• Parish Records
  
• Nonconformist Records Protestant and Catholic records
  

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Bath Record Office
Guildhall High Street
Bath, Somerset BA1 5AW UK

Telephone: 01225 477421
Email: archives@bathnes.gov.uk

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• Collections
• Family history
• Bath Ancestors Search Form

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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

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Museums

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

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

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

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Somerset Rural Life Museum
Abbey Farm
Chilkwell St
Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 8DB, UK
Telephone: 1458 831197
Email: 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.

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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.

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• 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