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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/surrey.html Library Link]  
 
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/surrey.html Library Link]  
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'''Local History Society'''
  
 
*[http://www.eastsurreyfhs.org.uk/East Surrey FHS]  
 
*[http://www.eastsurreyfhs.org.uk/East Surrey FHS]  
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*[http://richmondhistory.org.uk/ Richmond LHS]  
 
*[http://richmondhistory.org.uk/ Richmond LHS]  
  
*[http://www.greig51.freeserve.co.uk/cnhss/index.htm Croydon History]  
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*[http://www.streathamsociety.org.uk/The Streatham Society]  
  
*[http://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/Surrey Archaeology]
 
  
*[http://www.streathamsociety.org.uk/The Streatham Society]
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'''OPC'''
  
*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10surr341/10surr341gazA.htm Town and Village Maps]
 
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/surrey/surrey_workhouses.htm Surrey Workhouses]
 
  
*[http://www.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald: Kent, Surrey and Sussex]
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'''Archives'''
  
 
*[http://www.newspaperdetectives.co.uk/ Newspaper Detectives] Names from the Surrey Advertiser for selected years: 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867 and 1872.   
 
*[http://www.newspaperdetectives.co.uk/ Newspaper Detectives] Names from the Surrey Advertiser for selected years: 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867 and 1872.   
  
 
*Online marriage and birth records for [http://www.kingston.gov.uk/browse/community_people_and_living/rbdm/historical_records.htm Kingston upon Thames] from about 1842 to 1905.   
 
*Online marriage and birth records for [http://www.kingston.gov.uk/browse/community_people_and_living/rbdm/historical_records.htm Kingston upon Thames] from about 1842 to 1905.   
 
*[http://www.kingston.gov.uk/browse/community_people_and_living/bereavement_services.htm Maps of Kingston and Surbiton Cemeteries]
 
 
*[http://www.farnham.gov.uk/images.php Photographs of Farnham in Surrey]  A collection of modern photographs which show many buildings in the town and in the local area. 
 
  
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engsurry/index.shtml Surrey Plus wills]  Transcriptions of wills from Surrey and nine other counties. Regularly updated.   
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engsurry/index.shtml Surrey Plus wills]  Transcriptions of wills from Surrey and nine other counties. Regularly updated.   
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*[http://www5.surreycc.gov.uk/dtcgi/nph-dtweb.exe?DThs=SurreyNoOrderNaturalLanguageFrame.htm Surrey History Centre Catalogue] - quite brilliant - a bit like A2A but better! N.B. I agree that Surrey History Centre's catalogue is brilliant - and most of it isn't on A2A - but when I've used it, it doesn't seem to like * for wildcard searches. There are lots of entries on the original paper catalogues which eluded me when using the online search engine because of all the spelling variations. Broomfield, for example appears as Bromfield, Brumfeild etc and possibly Broomfylde (so potentially EIGHTEEN different spellings, i.e. 18 different searches)  
 
*[http://www5.surreycc.gov.uk/dtcgi/nph-dtweb.exe?DThs=SurreyNoOrderNaturalLanguageFrame.htm Surrey History Centre Catalogue] - quite brilliant - a bit like A2A but better! N.B. I agree that Surrey History Centre's catalogue is brilliant - and most of it isn't on A2A - but when I've used it, it doesn't seem to like * for wildcard searches. There are lots of entries on the original paper catalogues which eluded me when using the online search engine because of all the spelling variations. Broomfield, for example appears as Bromfield, Brumfeild etc and possibly Broomfylde (so potentially EIGHTEEN different spellings, i.e. 18 different searches)  
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'''Family and social history'''
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/surrey/surrey_workhouses.htm Surrey Workhouses]
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*[http://www.kingston.gov.uk/browse/community_people_and_living/bereavement_services.htm Maps of Kingston and Surbiton Cemeteries]
  
 
*[http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/index1a.html Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus]  is a joint project of the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark and the University of Greenwich.  <br>
 
*[http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/index1a.html Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus]  is a joint project of the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark and the University of Greenwich.  <br>
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*[http://freespace.virgin.net/ar.indexes/puttenham.htm ONE PLACE STUDY ~ PUTTENHAM, SURREY (Including nearby WANBOROUGH)]
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'''Maps & Photographs'''
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*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10surr341/10surr341gazA.htm Town and Village Maps]  
  
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engsurry/maps/roque.html A MAP OF SURREY, 1768, BY JOHN ROQUE]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engsurry/maps/roque.html A MAP OF SURREY, 1768, BY JOHN ROQUE]
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*[http://www.farnham.gov.uk/images.php Photographs of Farnham in Surrey]  A collection of modern photographs which show many buildings in the town and in the local area. 
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'''Countywide interest'''
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*[http://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/Surrey Archaeology]
  
 
*[http://www.newspaperdetectives.co.uk/ THE SURREY ADVERTISER RESEARCH SITE]
 
*[http://www.newspaperdetectives.co.uk/ THE SURREY ADVERTISER RESEARCH SITE]
  
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*[http://www.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald: Kent, Surrey and Sussex]
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'''Specific Town Village interest'''
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*[http://freespace.virgin.net/ar.indexes/puttenham.htm ONE PLACE STUDY ~ PUTTENHAM, SURREY (Including nearby WANBOROUGH)]
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*[http://www.greig51.freeserve.co.uk/cnhss/index.htm Croydon History] 
  
  

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Register Office Contact Details

Guildford Register Office

Artington House
Portsmouth Road
Guildford, Surrey
GU2 4DZ
Tel 08456 009 009
E-mail registration.guildford@surreycc.gov.uk

Leatherhead Register Office

The Mansion
Church Street
Leatherhead
Surrey, KT22 8DP
Tel 01372 832800
E-mail registration.leatherhead@surreycc.gov.uk

Weybridge Register Office

Rylston
81 Oatlands Drive
Weybridge, Surrey
KT13 9LN
Tel 01932 794700
E-Mail registration.weybridge@surreycc.gov.uk



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Archives

  • Newspaper Detectives Names from the Surrey Advertiser for selected years: 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867 and 1872.
  • Surrey Plus wills Transcriptions of wills from Surrey and nine other counties. Regularly updated.
  • Burials database for Richmond-on-Thames The database covers East Sheen Cemetery, Hampton Cemetery, Old Mortlake Burial Ground, Richmond Cemetery, Teddington Cemetery and Twickenham Cemetery.
  • Surrey History Centre Catalogue - quite brilliant - a bit like A2A but better! N.B. I agree that Surrey History Centre's catalogue is brilliant - and most of it isn't on A2A - but when I've used it, it doesn't seem to like * for wildcard searches. There are lots of entries on the original paper catalogues which eluded me when using the online search engine because of all the spelling variations. Broomfield, for example appears as Bromfield, Brumfeild etc and possibly Broomfylde (so potentially EIGHTEEN different spellings, i.e. 18 different searches)


Family and social history

  • Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus is a joint project of the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark and the University of Greenwich.


Maps & Photographs


Countywide interest


Specific Town Village interest


  • Not a website but a book!

Surrey Record Society Volume XXXIX
Surrey Probate Inventories 1558-1603
Transcribed by D. M. Herridge
Surrey Record Society, 2005
ISBN 0 902978 14 4
Arranged in chronological order with indexes of items (classified), people, occupations and stations, and properties. Also includes a glossary of unfamilar words, eight illustrations (two in colour), and a very interesting introduction.



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