Bristol Family History

Research your Bristol family history, genealogy and local history using these online resources for one of England’s oldest cities.

Archives

• Bristol Archives
  Find out where the archives are located, what records they have, and how to view them.

BMDs & Parish Records

• Bristol Parish Registers 1538-1900
  Search and view the records on FamilySearch.
• Bristol Baptism Index
  Search more than 500,000 names in this record set. The index includes 116 parishes.
• Bristol Marriage Index 1578-1939
  Search over 350,000 marriages from Bristol parish registers.
• Bristol Burial Index
  Search 273,000 records from over 70 parishes in the Bristol area.
• Bristol Cathedral Marriages
  Marriages from 1615-1754 (PDF).
• Christ Church Baptisms 1754-1812
  A PDF with quite a few names.
• Bristol Non-Conformist Church Records 1777-1936
• Gravestones
  Records from 101 cemeteries around Bristol.

Crime & Punishment

• Bristol Executions
  A list of those executed, their crimes and dates of execution from the 1700s and 1800s.
• The Bristol Riots
  A list of those involved and caught in the riots. The convictions are also included.

General Genealogy

The Kingswood Index
Over a period of thirty years, DP Lindegaard collected information from miscellaneous records including parish registers, newspapers, criminal records, wills and other sources to create an index of historical inhabitants of the Forest of Kingswood, including the parishes of Bitton, St George, Mangotsfield, Siston, Wick & Abson, St Philip & St Jacob etc.

This information is to be shared freely, and you are welcome to use this data under the license conditions (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 UK).

• The Kingswood Index A-B
• The Kingswood Index C-D
• The Kingswood Index E-G
• The Kingswood Index H-J
• The Kingswood Index K-O
• The Kingswood Index P-R
• The Kingswood Index S-T
• The Kingswood Index U-Z

Historical Directories

• Bristol Directory 1775
  Sketchley’s directory; including Clifton, Bedminster, and the parishes of St. James and St. Philip.
• Bristol Directory 1783
• Pigot’s Directory of Gloucestershire 1830
  The transcription contains 6,501 names, occupations and addresses of the residents of Bristol that have been extracted from the microfiche of Pigot’s Directory of Gloucestershire, 1830.

Maps

• Know Your Place
  Explore your Bristol neighbourhood through historical maps, images and linked information.
• Bristol Maps
  View and download old maps of Bristol and some town history.

Medical Records

• Bristol Royal Infirmary 1750-1775
  An in-patient register index.