OFFICE CLOSURE

Denbighshire Archive Service, Ruthin, will be closed from Monday 30th January to Friday 3rd February 2012, due to essential building work. The office will reopen as usual on Tuesday 7th February. We are sorry for any inconvienience this may cause.

Denbighshire Archives Service offers free access to a wealth of documents and records for north east Wales at the Record Office in Ruthin. Archives are at the heart of our recorded heritage and we collect, preserve and catalogue our archival material and make them available for you to access.

Join the thousands who visit the record office at Ruthin Gaol each year to use the archives to research their family tree or the history of their house; to find out about their town, village or street in the past; to make use of the many thousands of records for official or legal reasons.

To make a booking or view our opening times please see ‘Opening times and planning your visit’ link on the left.

At the Record Office we:

• Help you get information directly from the documents in our care, dating from the 12th century to the present day.
• Do paid research into the records on your behalf should you wish.
• Collect records relating to Denbighshire from local authorities, parishes, chapels, families, individuals, businesses and institutions of all kinds, for the use and benefit of future generations of researchers, as per our collecting policy (see 'Policies' link on the left).
• Collect and copy photographic records.
• Preserve this heritage by conserving the archives and storing them in secure and specially equipped storage areas, as per our preservation policy (see 'Policies' link on the left).
• Assist our users to search records (such as newspapers, census returns and parish registers) via microfilms or computers.
• Prepare exhibitions on archives.
• Give talks to educational groups, societies and institutions.

We aim to preserve as complete a documentary record as possible of Denbighshire's history. Members of the public can help by letting our staff know of any material which may be of historical interest, particularly any which may be at risk.