Bermuda Archives and Libraries

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Bermuda Background
Local Research Resources
  • Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
  • If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
  • Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the Family History Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

Archives

Bermuda Archives
Government Administration Building
30 Parliament Street
Hamilton HM 12
Bermuda
Telephone:(441) 297-7737
E-mail
Website

The collections holdings span almost the entire 400 year history of the Island. Its records include:
  • Legislative Records
  • Parish Records
  • Probate Records
  • Slave Registers
  • Maps, plans and charts
  • Paintings and photographs
  • Journals
  • The Corporations of Hamilton and St. George’s Records
  • Anglican, Methodist, and Presbyterian Church Records

Libraries

Bermuda National Library Online
Website

Museums

Record Offices

  • Online Services Includes links to birth, marriage, and death records requests.

Ministry of Home Affairs
Department of Registry General
30 Parliament Street
Hamilton HM 12
Bermuda

Telephone: (441) 297-7739
Telephone: (441) 297-7707 (or 7709)
Email

Ordering certificates:

Births
Deaths