Sussex Genealogical Resources

Image Right - The Keep East Sussex Record Office, Brighton

The purpose of this project is to outline the regional resources available for research in Sussex, both geographical/physical and online.

Please add links to any resources you find in the appropriate sections below.

• GENUKI Sussex
• Cyndi's List - Sussex

Resource Centres - Repositories

• The Keep is a world-class centre for archives that opens up access to all the collections of the East Sussex Record Office (ESRO), the Royal Pavilion & Museums Local History Collections and the internationally significant University of Sussex Special Collections.
• West Sussex Record Office details - Web Page

Local Family and Local History Societies

• Eastbourne Family History Society Family Roots
• Hastings and Rother Family History Society
• Sussex Family History Group

Online

• Sussex Record Society
• The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex This site catalogues the people, places, maps, drawings, engravings, books, writings and numerous lists and directories that are over 70 years old into an integrated database of information about The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex. In addition, the site and its many contributors have derived extensive familial relationships and pedigrees which can be of great use for genealogical study and research. Where appropriate, the viewer should verify the information presented by consulting the original sources that are noted at every point on this site.
• Online Parish Clerks - Sussex

Research Guides

Historical documents

• Sussex BMD
• Ancestry.co.uk - Sussex Resources - £ - membership required

History of Sussex Communities

Places

Historical Resources

...online publications

• The visitations of the county of Sussex made and taken in the years 1530
• The visitations of the county of Sussex made and taken in the years 1530, Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux king of arms; and 1633-4 by John Philipot, Somerset herald, and George Owen, York herald, for Sir John Burroughs, Garter, and Sir Richard St. George, Clarenceux

Forums

• Rootschat Sussex
• Rootsweb Message Board - Sussex

Professional Researchers

Please add researchers who you have tried and can recommend.

• Research Roots
• Genealogists in Sussex

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