Surrey
History Centre
130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey GU21 6ND
telephone 01483 594594
Surrey-Related
Parish and Nonconformist
Registers for Surrey
Census Returns 1841-1901
Marriage Bonds & Allegations
1770-1850
Electoral Registers 1832-1915
Monumental Inscriptions
West Surrey FHS Marriages
Index
National
Resources
National Probate Calendars
1887-1943
Brookwood Cemetery Registers
1854-1973
Crockfords Clerical Directories
1865- to date
The
National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office)
Kew, Richmond
Surrey TW9 4DU
telephone 020 8876 3444
fax: 020 8392 5286
The website has an excellent search facility. I am a regular visitor and can help you if you cannot get to Kew yourself.
Specific records you should certainly check out for your family include;
Medal Rolls for World War I (WO329)
Army Service Records 1760-1913
(WO97)
Guildhall
Library
Aldermanbury, London EC2P 2EJ
Monday to Saturday 9:30am to 4:45pm
Primary Sources, such as the parish registers held in the Manuscripts section, relate mainly to the 'square mile' of the City of London, and the Library holds a wide range of useful secondary sources, including;
Family History Society Journals and other publications
Printed Parish Register
Transcripts
Burke's and Debrett's
peerage and landed gentry publications
Directories of professions
(eg Army List, Navy List, Air Force List, Crockford's Clerical Directory,
Law List, Medical Directory)
Printed Registers of Public
Schools and Universities
The London Gazette.
The Library has an extensive collection of trade and telephone directories for the whole of the British Isles, the International Genealogical Index for the British Isles on both microfiche and CD-ROM and the 1881 census surname index.
Useful CD-ROMS include Palmer's Index to the Times (1790-1905), and the Official Index to the Times (1906-1980). Copies of entries can be made.
London
Metropolitan Archives
40 Northampton Road, London EC1R OHB
telephone 020 7332 3820
fax 020 7833 9136
The London Metropolitan Archives site provides an excellent online search facility for the records that may prove useful to your research.
If you are unable to get there in person, or need further assistance then I am very happy to assist you here.
British
Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
telephone 020-7412 7676
Of particular interest to family historians are the unique records of the Oriental and India Office Collection. The Newspaper Library at Colindale houses the national archive of British and overseas newspapers with some from the 18th century onwards.
Principle
Registry of the Family Division (PRFD)
Probate Department
First Avenue House
42-49 High Holborn
London WC1V 6NP
telephone 020 7947 6000 ext 6939
Principle Records:
National
Annual Index 1858- to date
Certified
copies of probate records post-1858
The cost of supplying certified copies of wills has increased greatly in recent years and presently is £5 each. If ordering by post, cheques should be made payable to "HMPG" (Her Majesty's Postmaster General).
Copies
of probate records can be ordered by post from;
The Postal Searches and Copies Dept.
Probate Registry
Duncombe Place
York YO1 2EA
telephone 01904 624210.