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Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
County Hall
Pegs Lane
Hertford, Hertfordshire SG13 8EJ UK

Telephone: 300 123 4049
Email: contact@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Website
Hertfordshire Names Online: Search the indexes
Parish registers: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials

Browse the list of parish registers

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 It collects and preserves archives, other historical documents and printed material relating to the county of Hertfordshire and the Diocese of St Albans from the 11th to the 21st century.

Barnet Local Studies Centre
The Burroughs
Hendon
London NW4 4BQ UK

Telephone: 020 8359 3960
Email: 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 We have a unique collection of historical documents dating from 1600 and a range of records in different formats, such as photographs, maps, archives, newspapers and publications representing people, places and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[edit | edit source]

Library opening hours and locations

Museums[edit | edit source]

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
Email: 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
Email: northhertsmuseum@north-herts.gov.uk
Website

Barnet Museum
31 Wood Street
Barnet, Hertfordshire EN5 4BE UK

Telephone: 020 8440 8066
Email: enquiries@barnetmuseum.co.uk
Barnet Museum
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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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Register Office Locations and Contact[edit | edit source]