Connecticut, Hartford County
Where Bristol's records are kept. Bristol has its own city government, police department, clerk's office and permit and planning office; the town clerk keeps land records and copies of birth and death certificates.
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The cards below include Bristol's own offices, along with State of Connecticut offices; the Hartford County offices are on our Hartford County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The City of Bristol, Connecticut site, with City Hall at 111 North Main Street, department pages, agendas and minutes through CivicClerk, a staff directory and holiday office schedules.
Open official site City of BristolPolice & jail
The Bristol Police Department at 131 North Main Street, with the police blotter, accident reports, alarm registration, department statistics, general orders, forms and permits, officer complaints and compliments and an anonymous tips line.
Open official site Bristol Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The Bristol Police Records Division keeps department records, parking tickets, alarm registrations and statistics, and provides police report copies in person or by prepaid mail on weekdays, with accident reports also online.
Open official site Bristol Police Records DivisionCity records
The Bristol Town and City Clerk at 111 North Main Street handles marriage, dog and business licenses, vital records, the land record index, justices of the peace, voting information and election results.
Open official site Bristol Town and City ClerkCity records
The Bristol Building Department on the second floor of City Hall, 111 North Main St., reviews permits and plans, conducts inspections, issues certificates of occupancy and enforces local and state building codes.
Open official site Bristol Building DepartmentPolice & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedVital records
The State Vital Records Office holds birth, marriage and death records from July 1, 1897 on, and each of the 169 towns keeps its own; anyone over 18 may buy a death certificate.
Open official site Connecticut Department of Public Health Vital RecordsVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseState records
The Connecticut State Library History and Genealogy Unit offers genealogy indexes, probate estate and district guides, census and church records help and FamilySearch affiliate access; reference staff answer by phone or email.
Open official site Connecticut State Library History and GenealogyCounty court
Divisional clerk's offices in Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport are open weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; the court's links reach PACER, electronic filing, electronic claims and Pay.gov payments.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of ConnecticutCounty court
The Connecticut Judicial Branch lets you look up Supreme and Appellate Court cases and Superior Court civil, family, housing, small claims, criminal and motor vehicle cases.
Open official site Connecticut Judicial Branch Case Look-upEverything else, organized
15 more Bristol sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Bristol, a place of 60,833 people, is in Hartford County, whose county seat is Hartford. Bristol's town clerk keeps its land records and copies of birth and death certificates, and court cases go through the Connecticut Superior Court. Bristol's own offices are in the cards above, and our Hartford County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 19 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 16 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 27 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; dimension stone; Granite.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Voter registration in Connecticut is run by the Connecticut Secretary of the State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Bristol.
Deeds for property in Bristol are recorded by the town clerk, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Hartford County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Connecticut come from the state vital records office, Connecticut State Vital Records Office, and the town or city clerk can also issue copies. The state office's site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.