> For family history research into property, the Land Registry recommend the House Detectives, > but they are a research/consultancy service with fees starting @ £250 per day! The House Detectives > website (shortened link below) might give you some (free) pointers to the different sources of > information that might be available, but as they say, this will vary from property to property. > http://tinyurl.com/2uplgj6 Sorry, that link didn't work - it was displaying the correct page on my screen, but the link just takes you back to the Land Registry portal. Try this: http://www.house-detectives.co.uk/archive.htm Jan > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:15:39 +0000 > Subject: Re: [B&D] Property records in Bristol > > > > > Could sks advise me as to where property ownership records in Bristol are > > > kept. In South Africa they are kept in the local Deeds Office as opposed > > > to the archives. > > > > You don't give a time frame and without that, no one can give you a > > definitive answer. > > It would also help to know exactly what it is you're trying to find out, David. Do you actually want to see the deeds or could you get the information another way? I was going to suggest the Land Registry as a starting point, but I've looked at their website and they only seem to focus on the current ownership and prices of property/land. > > For family history research into property, the Land Registry recommend the House Detectives, but they are a research/consultancy service with fees starting @ £250 per day! The House Detectives website (shortened link below) might give you some (free) pointers to the different sources of information that might be available, but as they say, this will vary from property to property.http://tinyurl.com/2uplgj6 > Hope this helps, > > Jan > > Beaconsfield, UK > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message