Help and advice for parishes and Diocesan staff
Detailed advice on managing archives and records for Diocesan and parish staff can be found via the links below:
- Diocesan Resource Centre: https://inside.rcaos.org.uk/.
- RCAOS Archives & Records Management Advice for Parishes: Record keeping and Retention Advice for parishes
The Diocesan Archive staff are happy to assist parishes and Diocesan staff with any record or archive related query:
Jenny Delves, Diocesan Archivist (working days: Monday and Tuesday)
archives@rcaos.org.uk
T: 020 7928 5592
Sheila Mercieca, Information and Records Management Officer (working days: Tuesday and Thursday)
recordsmanagement@rcaos.org.uk
Findmypast for parishes
If your parish has not yet set up its free log-in to the Findmypast website, please contact the Diocesan Archivist for assistance.
Archive policies and documents
- Access Policy
- Personal Data Policy
- Acquisition Policy
- Data Protection, GDPR and parish archives
- Record keeping and retention advice for parishes
- Records Retention Schedule (full version)
- Records Retention Schedule (abridged version)
- Records Management Policy
- Archive User Agreement form
Catholic archive links
Catholic Archive Society: https://catholicarchivesociety.org/
Catholic Heritage (the website for the Networking Archives and Libraries in the Catholic Church project): https://www.catholic-heritage.net/
