Shelf Mark: SR
For an explanation of this information, please consult the Introduction and the list of Abbreviations. Recent additions to the Society's Library are listed in the Genealogists' Magazine. The staff of the Society are able to make limited searches in these County Sources for a standard fee. Shelf marks used in the library are given in square brackets at the very end of each title.
County-wide sources:
County wide sources for Christenings, Marriages and Burials include:
County sources at the Society of Genealogists: Surrey parish registers, nonconformist registers, marriage licences. London: SoG, 2000 [ML enquiry counter] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop.
National index of parish registers, vol. 4, part 1: Surrey. London: SoG, 1990. [TB/PR]
Genealogical research in Victorian London: West Surrey FHS research aids 6 [MX/G 258]
Genealogical research in late Victorian & Edwardian London: West Surrey FHS research aids 15 [MX/G 258]
The genealogist's consolidated guide to parish register copies & indexes in the outer London area 1538-1837 [London/Middlesex tracts box]
Greater London cemeteries & crematoria [Middle Library enquiry counter]
Guide to Parish Registers deposited in the Greater London Record Office [Middle Library enquiry counter]
Guide to parish registers held at County Hall Kingston & the Guildford Muniment Room: Surrey Record Office guide, no. 2 [Shelf 9 (SR/REG)]
Guide to parish registers held at Surrey History Centre, Woking [SR/R 2]
Guide to Surrey bishops' transcripts, marriage licence allegations & probate records: West Surrey FHS research aids 11. 3rd rev. edn. [SR/G 51]
The International Genealogical Index: parishes & periods in the 1988 edition for Surrey: West Surrey FHS research aids 17 [SR/G 51]
A list of Bishop's & other transcripts of parish registers deposited in the Library (Southwark) [Surrey tracts box]
List of Surrey Registry muniments at the Southwark Central Library, Walworth Road, SE17 [Typescript.] [Box 65/folder 21]
List of transcripts of Surrey parish registers, reprinted from the Surrey archaeological collections, vol. 46, 1938: Surrey archaeological collections extra publication [Surrey tracts box]
List of transcripts of Surrey parish registers; showing those that have been printed or copied in manuscript or typescript, reprinted from the Surrey archaeological collections, vol. 46, 1938: Surrey tracts, vol. 2 [SR/G 7]
Nonconformist records: a brief introduction: Surrey Record Office guide, no. 1 [Shelf 9 (SR/REG)]
Nonconformist, Roman Catholic, Jewish & burial ground registers: Guildhall Library research guide 6 [Middle Library enquiry counter]
Parish register typescripts prepared by W H Challen from parishes in London, midlands & southern counties in 87 volumes: Reference tracts, vol. 2 [Middle Library enquiry counter]
The parish registers for London & Middlesex, reprinted from the Transactions of the London & Middlesex Archaeological Society, new series, vol. 8 part 1: London/Middlesex tracts, vol. 6 [Summer Palace shelves]
Surrey & Sussex parish registers, monumental inscriptions & wills: Surrey & Sussex : the genealogists library guide 2 [SR/G 26]
Surrey marriages indexes composite list [Typescript.] [Box 65/folder 20]
West Surrey parish documents: West Surrey FHS research aids 16 [SR/G 51]
Boyd’s marriage index 1538-c.1837 [Typescript]. [UK/REG] Most of this marriage index is also available on the The Origins Network website.
International Genealogical Index & addendum [CD-ROM] [Apply to staff] & available on-line at www.familysearch.org
British Vital Records Index [CD-ROM] [Apply to staff]
National Burial Index. 2nd edn. [CD-ROM] [Apply to staff]
RG 7 Fleet marriage register indexes [parishes, brides & grooms] [SP/REG]
Abstract of parish records civil & ecclesiastical: County of Surrey records, vol. 1: Surrey Record Society publication, no. 26 [SR/G 16]
Bishop Richard Challoner's memorandum book: C 1730-60, Easter communicants, catechisms, confirmations, converts, deaths & one or two marriages 1730-80 for London, the home counties & beyond [Photocopy of Ms.] [RC/REG]
East Surrey burial index 1813-40: West Surrey FHS microfiche series, no. 29 [Microfiche.] [Shelf 9 (SR/REG)]
FLEET: M 1686-1754 relating to Sussex, south west Kent & south east Surrey ... listed by the parish of residence reported by the bridegroom & bride [Typescript.] [MX/R 270-272]
Fleet marriage index 1667-1754 [Typescript.] [MX/R 267-269]
Index to Lyson's environs of London [Manuscript.] [MX/M 57]
An index to Surrey Quaker obituaries, 1813-92, in the Annual Monitor: West Surrey FHS publications record series, vol. 11 [SR/PER]
A preliminary guide to East Surrey parish documents: West Surrey FHS research aids 27 [SR/G 51A]
Quaker digest registers of births, marriages & burials - Sussex & Surrey Quarterly Meeting: Z 1640-1837, M 1659-1837, B 1645-1837 [Microfilm.] [Mf 3394]
The Surrey marriage index: marriages to 1837 in mainly rural Surrey (also includes allegations for marriage licences in the Commissary Court of Surrey 1674-1770) [CD-ROM.] [CD-ROM cabinet (SR/REG)]
Surrey super index to non-metropolitan parish records: West Surrey FHS microfiche series, no. 4 [Microfiche.] [Shelf 9 (SR/REG)]
West Surrey burial indexes 1813-40 & 1841-65: West Surrey FHS microfiche series, nos. 25 & 15 [Microfiche.] [Shelf 9 (SR/REG)]
West Surrey burials to 1865, with separate index to Dorking Municipal Cemetery 1855-1900 [CD-ROM.] [CD-ROM cabinet (SR/REG)]
Marriage licences: abstracts & indexes in the Library of the Society of Genealogists. London: SoG, 1991. 4th edn. [ML enquiry counter] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop.
Faculty Office marriage licences index 1701-1850 [Typescript.] [ML/FO] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop or search it on-line at The Origins Network website
Vicar-General marriage licences surname index 1694-1850 [Typescript.] [ML/VG] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop or search it on-line at The Origins Network website.
16th century marriages (1538-1600) [Store A (UK/REG)]
Allegations for marriage licences issued by the Commissary Court of Surrey, 1673-1770, vols. 1-2 [SR/R 141-142]
Crisp's abstracts of miscellaneous marriage licences from London parishes [Typescript.] [MX/R 335-341]
Marriage & other licences in the Commissary Court of Surrey [1662-65], reprinted from Collections of the Surrey Archaeological Society: Surrey archaeological collections extra publication [SR/R 140]
Peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deaneries of The Arches, Croydon & Shoreham: Marriage allegations 1676-80, 1683-1707, 1707-1804 & 1812-18 [Microfilm.] [Mf 4146-4151]
Surrey marriage bonds & allegations index 1770-1850 [Microfiche.] [SR/REG/95210/1-6]
The Surrey marriage index: marriages to 1837 in mainly rural Surrey (also includes allegations for marriage licences in the Commissary Court of Surrey 1674-1770) [CD-ROM.] [CD-ROM cabinet (SR/REG)]
Tracings of signatures to allegations & bonds in the Commissary Court of Surrey [1674-1823] [Manuscript.] [SR/G 8]
County wide sources for tombstone inscriptions (MIs) include:
London cemeteries: an illustrated guide & gazetteer [MX/M 54]
The monumental inscriptions of Surrey: a list of copies: West Surrey FHS research aids 19 [SR/G 51]
Surrey monumental inscriptions index: list of parishes covered [Typescript.] [Box 65/folder 20]
The indents of lost monumental brasses in Surrey & East Sussex; being a record of the remaining indents of matrices, fully illustrated by the author's drawings: Surrey monumental inscriptions, vol. 12 [Typescript.] [SR/M 44]
Index to Lyson's environs of London, part 1 A-K, part 2 L-Z [Manuscript.] [MX/M 57]
A list of monumental brasses in Surrey [SR/M 43]
London parishes, vol. 3: London outside the City (Battersea - Whitechapel) being genealogical notes mainly taken from editions of Stow's Survey of London & Malcolm's Londinium Redivivum [Manuscript.] [MX/G 94]
Monumental inscriptions in England relating to West Indians: Caribbeana, being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, & antiquities of the British West Indies, vol. 1-5 [Store A - use fiche version]
The Natural history & antiquities of the county of Surrey, vol. 1-5 (includes MIs from many parishes & a list of sheriffs 1154-1719) [SR/G 58-62]
Surrey & Sussex parish registers, monumental inscriptions & wills: Surrey & Sussex: the genealogists library guide 2 [SR/G 26]
Surrey war memorials index World War I & II: West Surrey FHS microfiche series, no. 28 [Microfiche.] [Shelf 9 (SR/MI)]
In addition to free access from within the library to census returns and indexes on various subscription web sites, the Society holds many locally produced indexes. The latter are essential where an Internet index has mis-transcribed a name which you are looking for and for surviving pre-1841 censuses and census substitutes. eg. Clapham 1801, 1811 & 1821 census indexes, Croydon 1811 census index, Ewhurst 1801 census, Guildford 1801 census of householders, Mitcham 1811 census surname index, Newdigate 1801 census heads of families
Search the on-line catalogue for the following Subject phrase:
SURREY - CENSUSES
Click on the green Go button and then on the subject term for the required census.
The Society’s collection is of national importance and includes county and local directories of residents and businesses and poll books and other lists of voters in parliamentary and local elections. Details, correct as of 1995, are published in:
Directories & poll books, including almanacs & electoral rolls, in the Library of the Society of Genealogists. SoG, 1995. 6th edn. [ML enquiry counters] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop.
Or search the on-line catalogue for the following Subject phrase:
SURREY - DIRECTORIES
or SURREY - POLL BOOKS
Click on the green Go button and then on the subject term required.
The Society holds the journals of most English-speaking family history societies world-wide, the publications of county record societies and many national and local history societies past and present.
Search the on-line catalogue for the Title required
The Library contains film copies of indexes to wills proved 1858-1930 and indexes, calendars and many abstracts of wills proved by individual church courts before 1858. Details, correct as of 1996, are published in:
Will indexes & other probate material in the library of the Society of Genealogists. London: SoG, 1996 [WILLS/GEN] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop.
Other major sources include:
An index to the wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1750-1800 [WILLS/PCC] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop or search it on-line at The Origins Network website. An index to all PCC wills 1384-1858 is available on-line at The National Archives
Estate Duty will indexes 1796-1857 (IR 27/1-323) [Microfilm] [Wills film cabinets] The Death Duty registers 1796-1903 are also on-line at www.findmypast.com (formerly 1837online.com)
An index to the Bank of England will extracts 1807-45 [WILLS/GEN] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop or search it on-line at The Origins Network website
For the most up-to-date list of will material in the library, do a Subject search on the on-line catalogue for the name of the church court eg. Biggleswade Peculiar Court
Or if you do not know the name of the church court:
Search the on-line catalogue for the following Subject phrase:
SURREY - GENERAL:WILLS
Click on the green Go button and then on the subject term required.
The Society has material on the following and other places in the county of Surrey. For details please click on the link to the on-line catalogue and do a Subject search for the place name.
Abinger | Addington | Albury | Alfold | Ash | Ashtead | Bagshot | Banstead | Barnes | Battersea | Beddington | Bermondsey | Bermondsey Dockhead | Betchworth | Bisley | Blechingley | Bookham, Great | Bookham, Little | Botleys & Lyne | Bramley | Brixton Hill | Buckland | Burstow | Byfleet | Camberley | Camberwell | Capel | Carshalton | Caterham | Chaldon | Charlwood | Cheam | Chelsham | Chertsey | Chessington | Chiddingfold | Chilworth (St Martha’s on the Hill) | Chipstead | Chobham | Clandon, East | Clandon, West | Clapham | Claygate | Cobham | Coldharbour | Compton | Coulsdon | Cranleigh | Crowhurst | Croydon | Ditton, Long | Dorking | Dulwich College | Dunsfold | Effingham | Egham | Elstead | Epsom | Esher | Ewell | Ewhurst | Farleigh | Farley | Farncombe | Farnham | Felday | Fetcham | Frimley | Gatton | Godalming | Godstone | Gomshall or Gumshall | Grafham | Guildford | Hambledon | Hascombe | Haslemere | Hatchford | Headley | Hersham | Holmwood | Hook | Horley | Horne | Horsell | Horsley, East | Horsley, West | Horsleydown
K-Z
The Society has material on the following and other places in the county of Surrey. For details please click on the link to the on-line catalogue and do a Subject search for the place name.
Kew | Kingston | Kingston upon Thames | Kingswood | Lambeth | Leatherhead | Leigh | Limpsfield | Lingfield | Liphook | Long Cross | Malden | Merrow | Merstham | Mickleham | Milford | Mitcham | Molesey, East | Molesey, West | Morden | Mortlake | Newdigate | Norwood, Lower | Norwood, West | Nutfield | Oakwood | Ockham | Ockley | Okewood or Oakwood | Ottershaw | Oxted | Peper Harow or Peperharow | Petersham | Pirbright | Putney | Puttenham | Pyrford | Ranmore | Reigate | Richmond | Ripley | Rotherhithe | Sanderstead | Seale | Selhurst or Croydon Holy Trinity | Send | Shackleford | Shalford | Sheen, East | Shere | Shirley | Shottermill | Southwark | St Martha’s on the Hill | Stoke next Guildford | Stoke D’Abernon | Streatham | Surbiton | Sutton | Tandridge | Tatsfield | Thames Ditton | Thornton Heath | Thorpe | Thursley | Titsey | Tooting | Walton on Thames | Walton on the Hill | Wanborough | Wandsworth | Warlingham | West End | Westcott | Weybridge | Wimbledon | Windlesham | Wisley | Witley | Woburn Lodge | Woking | Woking, Old | Woldingham | Wonersh | Woodmansterne | Worplesdon | Wotton | Wyke
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