Sussex History

General Family History

EAST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE

WEST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE

1066 GENEALOGY

MID SUSSEX ROOTS

HURST HISTORY STUDY GROUP - dedicated to researching and preserving the History of Hurstpierpoint, Sussex.

ROUGHWOOD - great site with lots of photos from around Sussex and Sussex ancestors.

SUSSEX FAMILY HISTORY GROUP  -  their links page has many useful links, which I probably wont repeat on this page.  Also, check out the members' web sites.

SUSSEX CURIOSITIES

SUSSEX INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY

SUSSEX ON-LINE PARISH CLERKS

WEST SUSSEX PAST PICTURES - lots of old photographs.

WEST SUSSEX POOR LAW DATABASE

TUNBRIDGE WELLS FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

THE WEALD (of Sussex and Kent) - Family History, Census, Parish Registers, Parish Histories and lots more.

WEALDEN IRON RESEARCH GROUP

THE PARISH REGISTER TRANSCRIPT SOCIETY - transcripts of parish registers for sale.

MARTIN B. SNOW - photographs of Sussex churches

RICHARD NEVIN'S CHURCH SKETCHES

RESEARCH SERVICE - if you need some help in tracing your ancestors, contact Steve for help.

UK SURNAMES

FAMILY CHEST

1911 CENSUS INFO

UKPAST

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GENEALOGY

UK GENEALOGY INTERESTS DIRECTORY

THE INSTITUTE OF HERALDIC AND GENEALOGICAL STUDIES

KENT FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

COLLECT BRITAIN - many old photographs, sketches and maps.

GEOGRAPH - photos from all over the UK.

MEDWAY CITYARK - this site contains scanned in pages from original parish registers from the Medway Towns area of Kent.

LOST COUSINS - a database to which you can add your ancestors who were alive when the 1881 census was recorded.

ROOTSCHAT

I.G.I. BATCH NUMBERS - an aid for searching the I.G.I.

HISTORICAL DIRECTORIES - digitised copies of various UK trade directories; a project of the University of Leicester.

SURNAME NAVIGATOR - a surname search engine.

SURNAME PROFILER - distribution of surnames in the UK in 1881 and 1998.

THE ORIGINAL RECORD

LEGACY  -  free Family Tree Software.

PARISH CHEST - your one stop shop for everything genealogical.  Well worth a visit.

TWR COMPUTING  -  family tree software and data.

TRACE YOUR PAST - family history researcher.

Family History Web Sites

Non-Family History

CREASEY - A one name study and database maintained by Derek Creasey.  Other names of interest include:  Barker, Godley, Holland, Langridge, Mayhew, Pilbeam, Quaife and Simmons.

EASTBOURNE COUSINS - maintained by Michael and Pauline, and mainly about the Boniface families from the Eastbourne area.

KEN HOMEWOOD'S WEB SITE - Ken has a database of over 8,000 Homewood events which you can view on-line.  He also has many Sussex ancestors.

JAN KENNEDY BROWN - mainly Kent ancestors with a special interest in the Kent village and parish of Hawkhurst.

MALCOLM HUPMAN - his mother's ancestors were from England and many from Sussex.  Malcolm is known to so many of us family history addicts and we all owe him a great deal for his help over the years.

PETER BROWN FAMILY HISTORY - Brown families from Sussex and Surrey, in particular in the parishes of West Hoathly, East Grinstead, Fletching, Lingfield, Oxted and Horne.

STEER FAMILY HISTORY - a very detailed site maintained by John David Steer.  John also has a very informative general family history page about CHURCH AND PARISH RECORDS IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

If you have a family history web site and would like a link placed here, please contact me.

THE BODY JUNCTION - Pilates, Physiotherapy and other therapies.  (Please take a look at this site.  It's one I've created and maintain.)

TOP MARKS I.T. - friendly computer advice and assistance.

YE OLDE CHOCOLATE SHOPPE - here in Bexhill.  This is a wonderful chocolate shop and they stock a really great chilli chocolate that I am completely addicted to.  They also stock a wonderful selection of fresh chocolates for around about £3 per 100grams.  Well worth a visit to Bexhill.

OCADO - the only way to grocery shop!

A FLOWER ARRANGER'S GARDEN - I love this site.  One of my other hobbies is flower arranging and this site offers wonderful advice and has lots of pictures of inspiring flower arrangements.

LITTLE COMMON VILLAGE FLOWER CLUB - we are a very friendly afternoon club, affiliated to NAFAS.  We meet on the fourth Friday of every month for a floral demonstration (except December and AGM in January) at the Little Common Community Centre.  If you are interested in coming along, please email me for more details.  Classes and workshops are also run throughout the year.  No web site ... yet.

UK SCHOOL OF FLORISTRY

MIDSOMER MURDERS

PINK MARSHMELLOW - a great selection of craft and flower arranging items, at excellent prices and very quickly dispatched.  I highly recommend this ebay store run by Ashlie.

FUSION FLOWERS - a wonderfully inspiring magazine which is only available by subscription.

WOODY'S WATCH  -  Sensible advice for keeping your computer safe and keeping you informed of what's going on in the Microsoft world.  Also see OFFICE WATCH.

abebooks.co.uk - Books of all sorts.  There is also a US version of this site.

ilovebacon.com  -  Some silliness.