The record office will be closed for annual stocktaking for one week from Monday 1 February to Friday 5 February, and will reopen as usual on Monday 8 February.

The Denbighshire Archives Service offers free access to a wealth of documents and records for north east Wales at the Record Office in Ruthin. Archives, which are the heart of our recorded heritage, are collected, preserved and made available by helpful and knowledgeable staff.

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.

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 strongrooms, 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 societies and institutions.

The Denbighshire Record Office aims to preserve as complete a documentary record as possible of the county's history. Members of the public can help by letting the County Archivist know of any material which may be of historical interest, particularly any which may be at risk.