▁publish ▁reports ▁of ▁exc av ations , ▁research ▁and ▁original ▁historical ▁sources ". ▁ ▁The ▁activities ▁of ▁the ▁society ▁include : ▁Arr anging ▁lect ures , ▁meet ings ▁and ▁exc urs ions ▁Publishing ▁research ▁on ▁the ▁arch ae ology ▁and ▁history ▁of ▁Br istol ▁and ▁Gl ouc esters hire ▁Enc ou rag ing ▁research ▁by ▁award ing ▁gr ants ▁M aint aining ▁an ▁arch ae ological ▁and ▁historical ▁library ▁Mon itor ing ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁arch ae ological ▁and ▁historic ▁sites ▁in ▁Br istol ▁and ▁Gl ouc esters hire ▁ ▁Publications ▁The ▁society ▁has ▁an ▁extensive ▁history ▁of ▁publication . ▁Its ▁annual ▁journal , ▁the ▁Trans actions , ▁has ▁been ▁published ▁continu ously ▁since ▁ 1 8 7 6 . ▁All ▁volumes ▁to ▁vol . ▁ 1 2 9 ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁have ▁been ▁digit ised , ▁and ▁are ▁freely ▁available ▁on ▁the ▁society ' s ▁website . ▁▁ ▁The ▁society ▁acts ▁as ▁a ▁text ▁publication ▁society , ▁and ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁has ▁published ▁ann ually ▁in ▁its ▁Record ▁Series ▁a ▁volume ▁compr ising ▁an ▁edition ▁of ▁some ▁historical ▁record ▁or ▁collection ▁of ▁records ▁rel ating ▁to ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Gl ouc esters hire . ▁( The ▁Record ▁Series ▁does ▁not ▁publish ▁records ▁rel ating ▁exclus ively ▁to ▁Br istol , ▁to ▁avoid ▁und ue ▁overlap ▁with ▁the ▁activities ▁of ▁the ▁separate ▁Br istol ▁Record ▁Society , ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 .) ▁▁ ▁The ▁society ▁also ▁publish es ▁occas ional ▁mon ograph s ▁and