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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Worthing Library
Richmond Road
Worthing
BN11 1HD
Tel: 01903 212060
Fax: 01903 821902
Email: [email protected]
Opening hours:
Monday: 09.00-19.30
Tuesday: 09.00-19.30
Wednesday: 09.00-19.30
Thursday: 09.00-19.30
Friday: 09.00-19.30
Saturday: 09.00-17.00
Other Libraries:
Bognor Regis
Tel: 01243 864638
Crawley
Tel: 01243 895131
Chichester
Tel: 01243 777352
East Grinstead
Tel: 01342 410050
Horsham
Tel: 01403 754538
Littlehampton
Tel: 01903 716450
Burgess Hill
Tel: 01444 235549
Shoreham-by-Sea
Tel: 01273 454438
Haywards Heath
Tel: 01444 454607
Go to the West Sussex Libraries homepage for more details
N.B. All 35 Libraries now have PC's (232) offering free Internet access.
3. Research Service
Service available?
Yes * (half hour free service e.g. checking newspapers for weddings and obituaries where date is known, or checking trade directories for a name. For lengthier research see below).
Fee-based?
No
Provided by local Record Office?
Yes. Contact local record office for details.
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
Available on microfiche at Worthing library (advance booking essential)
Coverage 1837 to 1992 England & Wales
5. Census returns
All West Sussex parishes, 1841-1901, held at Worthing library. Also East Sussex for 1901 only.
N.B. 1901 census vouchers available to buy at all libraries.
Bognor Regis, Crawley, East Grinstead, Horsham, Littlehampton, Burgess Hill, and Shoreham-by-Sea hold returns of parishes in their own catchment area on fiche, 1841-1901.
Some published indexes at Worthing.
1881 Sussex index on fiche at Worthing, Bognor, Crawley, Chichester, East Grinstead, Horsham, Littlehampton, Burgess Hill, and Shoreham-by-Sea
1881 Census index on CD-ROM at Crawley, Horsham & Worthing
1881 Census Index on microfiche for all counties in England and Wales is held at Worthing library.
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Sussex, 1792-1938, on fiche at Worthing, Bognor Regis, Crawley, Chichester, East Grinstead, Horsham, Littlehampton, Burgess Hill, Shoreham-by-Sea, and Haywards Heath
Other counties in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales around 1800-1900 are held on fiche at Worthing.
6(b) City and Town Directories
All the following are held on microfiche:
Bognor Regis, 1900-1972, at Bognor, Chichester and Worthing.
Brighton [covers Shoreham, Southwick & Kingston Bucci areas] 1890-1974, at Shoreham and Worthing.
Chichester, 1797-1974, at Chichester and Worthing.
East Grinstead, 1886-1962/3, at Chichester, East Grinstead, and Worthing.
Horsham & Crawley, 1844-1975, at Crawley, Horsham & Worthing
Littlehampton, 1870-1970, at Littlehampton & Worthing.
Mid-Sussex, 1883-1967, at Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and Worthing.
Worthing, 1870-1975, at Worthing.
6(c) Telephone Directories
Held at Worthing Brighton area, 1940; 1967-
Portsmouth area (incl. Chichester), 1970; 1979-
Tunbridge Wells, 1971-1977
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Held at Worthing: Adur, 1980-date
Arun, 1975-date
Lancing, 1975-1979
Shoreham & Southwick, 1975-1979
Southwick, 1963-date
Worthing borough, 1857; 1905-date
Worthing rural district, 1963-1974
West Sussex, 1832 - 1903 on microfilm; 1958-1975 bound volumes
7(b) Poll Books
Held at Worthing: Brighton, 1842; 1847; 1852; 1857; 1859
Chichester, 1830; 1840
Lewes, 1734; 1818; 1865; 1868
New Shoreham, 1836; 1841; 1857; 1876
Sussex (East), 1832; 1837
Sussex (all), 1734; 1820
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Burgess Hill, 1982.
Horsham, 1988.
Worthing & Crawley, 1992.
Web-version 'Family Search' available at all 35 libraries.
9. Unpublished Indexes
None.
10. Parish Registers
Parish registers on microfiche are held at Worthing Library [most West Sussex parishes] and other large libraries have their own catchment area. Detailed lists follow.
10.1 West Sussex Parish Registers at Worthing Library
The following parish registers are available on microfiche, at Worthing Library. Permission to film has to be given by each vicar and coverage is at present about 80% of the total number of parishes in West Sussex. Please note that the library does not hold separate indexes to each set of registers, but the great majority of entries are included in the International Genealogical Index (IGI, see section 8.3). A microfiche reader should be booked to avoid disappointment (telephone 01903-212060).
ALBOURNE 1550 1900
ALDINGBOURNE 1558 1880
AMBERLEY 1560 1887
ANGMERING 1562 1877
APPLEDRAM 1661 1893
ARDINGLY 1558 1895
ARUNDEL 1560 1876
ASHINGTON 1736 - 1900
ASHURST 1561 - 1886
BALCOMBE 1539 - 1900
BARLAVINGTON 1656 1812
BARNHAM 1676 1880
LOWER BEEDING 1840 1876
UPPER BEEDING 1544 - 1900
BEPTON 1723 1960
SOUTH BERSTED 1564 1876
BIGNOR 1555 1812
BILLINGHURST 1558 1889
BINSTED 1638 1886
BIRDHAM 1538 1877
BOGNOR (ST JOHN) 1873 - 1900
BOLNEY 1541 1892
BOSHAM 1557 1895
BODOLPHS 1601 - 1900
BOXGROVE 1561 1885
BRAMBER 1601 - 1900
BROADWATER 1558 1895
BURGESS HILL (ST JOHN) 1863 - 1900
BURPHAM 1653 - 1900
BURTON 1863 1892
CHICHESTER,
ALL SAINTS 1563 1893
BISHOPS PALACE CHAPEL 1699 1754
THE PRECINCT OF
THE CLOSE 1664 1904
ST. ANDREWS 1563 1888
ST. BARTHOLOMEWS 1572 1876
ST. MARTINS 1560 1887
ST. OLAVE 1569 1890
ST. PAUL 1845 1878
ST. PETER THE GREAT 1558 1887
ST. PETER THE LESS 1680 1892
CHILDHAM 1652 - 1900
WEST CHILTINGTON 1711 1879
CHITHURST 1628 1875
CLAPHAM 1685 1888
CLAYTON 1601 1895
CLIMPING 1678 1878
COATES 1559 1886
COCKING 1558 1882
COLDWALTHAM 1561 1878
COLGATE 1870 1876
COMPTON 1558 1875
COOMBES 1538 1882
COWFOLD 1558 1892
CRAWLEY 1653 1877
CRAWLEY DOWN 1844 1876
CUCKFIELD 1598 - 1900
EAST DEAN 1653 1882
WEST DEAN 1554 1897
DIDLING 1716 1877
DONNINGTON 1559 1900
DURRINGTON 1628 1880
DUNCTON 1548 1898
EARNLEY 1562 1891
EARTHAM 1785 1890
EASEBOURNE 1538 1882
EASTDEAN 1653 - 1900
EGDEAN 1646 1892
EBERNOE 1875 - 1900
EDBURTON 1558 - 1900
ELSTED 1571 1886
FELPHAM 1557 1900
FERNHURST 1547 1882
FERRING` 1558 1878
NEW FISBHBOURNE 1589 1881
FINDON 1557 1877
FITTLEWORTH 1559 1877
FORD 1630 1925
FORESTSIDE 1856 1877
FUNTINGTON 1560 1876
GORING 1560 1900
GRAFFHAM 1655 1877
GREATHAM (see also WIGGINHOLT) marriages 1840 - 1900
EAST GRINSTEAD 1662 1876
WEST GRINSTEAD 1558 1890
HARDHAM 1642 1900
HARTING 1567 1876
HAYWARDS HEATH,
ST. WILFREDS 1865 1876
HEENE 1595 1876
HENFIELD 1595 1890
HEYSHOTT 1690 1889
WEST HOATHLY 1645 1878
HORSHAM 1540 1877
HORSTED KEYNES 1638 1876
HOUGHTON 1560 - 1900
HUNSTON 1678 - 1900
HURSTPIERPOINT 1558 1886
IFIELD 1568 - 1901
IPING 1653 1877
WEST ITCHENOR 1561 1890
ITCHINGFIELD 1700 1888
KEYMER 1601 1900
KINGSTON GORSE 1570 1671
KINGSTON BY SEA 1591 1890
KIRDFORD 1558 1876
LANCING 1559 1900
EAST LAVANT 1653 1879
MID LAVANT 1567 1879
WEST LAVINGTON 1851 1876
LINCH 1701 1880
LINCHMERE 1558 1887
LITTLEHAMPTON,
ST. MARY 1642 1879
LODSWORTH 1558 - 1880
LOWFIELD HEATH baptisms 1869 - 1900
LURGASHALL 1559 1880
LYMINSTER 1566 1879
MADEHURST 1639 - 1900
EAST MARDEN 1691 1881
NORTH MARDEN 1813 1883
UP MARDEN 1714 1878
MERSTON 1685 - 1900
MIDDLETON 1553 1907
MIDHURST 1565 1876
MILLAND (TUXLITH) 1581 1879
MUNDHAM, NORTH 1558 - 1900
NEWTIMBER 1558 1900
NORTHCHAPEL 1716 1886
NUTHURST 1562 1887
OVING 1561 1900
PAGHAM 1707 1900
PARHAM 1538 - 1900
PATCHING 1560 1890
PETWORTH 1559 1876
POLING 1653 1890
PORTFIELD 1871 1876
EAST PRESTON 1708 1888
POYNINGS 1558 - 1900
PULBOROUGH 1595 1877
PYECOMBE 1561 1878
RACTON 1680 1878
ROFFEY baptisms & marriages 1878/9 - 1900
ROGATE 1558 1876
RUDGWICK 1538 1877
RUMBOLDSWHYKE,
ST. MARY 1670 1879
RUSPER 1560 1892
RUSTINGTON 1569 1877
SELHAM 1565 1897
SELSEY 1662 1878
SHERMANBURY 1653 1878
SHIPLEY 1609 1877
SHOREHAM, NEW 1566 - 1900
SHOREHAM, OLD 1566 - 1900
SIDLESHAM 1566 1876
SINGLETON 1558 1878
SLAUGHAM 1654 1880
SLINDON 1558 1896
SLINFOLD 1556 1884
SOMPTING 1546 1888
SOUTHBOURNE 1878 - 1900
SOUTHWATER 1850 1879
SOUTHWICK 1654 1876
STAPLEFIELD 1847 - 1900
STEDHAM 1538 1882
STEYNING 1564 1886
NORTH STOKE 1565 1883
SOUTH STOKE 1553 1881
WEST STOKE 1554 1881
STOPHAM 1544 1906
STORRINGTON 1547 - 1900
STOUGHTON 1671 1878
SULLINGTON 1555 - 1900
SUTTON 1656 1811
TANGMERE 1539 1883
TARRING, WEST 1540 - 1900
TERWICK 1571 1877
THAKEHAM 1558 1896
WEST THORNEY 1570 1890
TILLINGTON 1572 1906
TORTINGTON 1560 1879
TREYFORD 1728 1878
TROTTON 1660 1879
TWINEHAM 1716 1890
UP WALTHAM 1762 - 1915
WALBERTON 1556 1900
WARMINGHURST 1714 1955
WARNHAM 1558 1886
WARNINGCAMP 1572 1716
WESTBOURNE 1549 1876
WESTHAMPNETT 1734 - 1900
WISBOROUGH GREEN 1560 1876
WISTON 1638 1914
EAST WITTERING 1653 1887
WEST WITTERING 1621 1879
WIGGINHOLT & GREATHAM 1597 - 1900
WOODMANCOTE 1582 1933
WOOLAVINGTON 1668 1880
WOOLBEDING 1548 1877
WORTH 1558 1880
WORTHING. ST. ANDREW 1887/9 - 1900
WORTHING, ST. GEORGE 1868 1900
YAPTON 1538 - 1878
10.2 West Sussex Parish Registers at Other Large Libraries
The following parish registers are available on microfiche at the libraries listed, covering appropriate catchment areas. Please note that they do not include indexes.
Bognor Regis (no. of fiche)
Aldingbourne 1558 1880 (30)
Barnham 1676 1880 (9)
Bognor, St. John 1873 - 1900
Felpham 1557 1882 (22)
Middleton 1553 1907 (7)
Pagham 1707 1887 (33)
South Bersted 1564 1876 (52)
Yapton 1538 1878 (23)
Burgess Hill
Albourne 1550 1900 (11)
Ardingly 1558 1895 (27)
Bolney 1541 1892 (30)
Clayton 1601 1895 (22)
Henfield 1595 1890 (51)
Horsted Keynes 1638 1876 (28)
Hurstpierpoint 1558 1886 (42)
Keymer 1601 1887 (24)
Crawley
Balcombe 1539 1884 (35)
Crawley 1653 1877 (18)
Crawley Down 1844 1876 (9)
Ifield 1568 1895 (42)
Lower Beeding 1840 1876 (7)
Slaugham 1654 1880 (33)
Worth 1558 1880 (56)
East Grinstead
Crawley Down 1844 1876 (9)
East Grinstead 1662 1876 (72)
West Hoathly 1645 1878 (26)
Worth 1558 1880 (57)
Horsham
Billingshurst 1558 1889 (48)
Cowfold 1558 1892 (31)
Horsham 1540 1877 (143)
Itchingfield 1700 1888 (17)
Kirdford 1558 1876 (56)
Nuthurst 1562 1887 (30)
Pulborough 1595 1877 (48)
Rudgwick 1538 1877 (42)
Rusper 1560 1892 (21)
Shipley 1609 1877 (35)
Slinfold 1556 1890
Warnham 1558 1886 (37)
West Chiltington 1711 1879 (20)
West Grinstead 1558 1890 (37)
Wisborough Green 1560 1876 (51)
Littlehampton
Angmering 1562 1877 (31)
Climping 1678 1878 (13)
East Preston 1708 1888 (9)
Ford 1630 1925 (5)
Kingston Gorse 1570 1671 (1)
Littlehampton 1642 1879 (46)
Lyminster 1566 1879 (28)
Rustington 1569 1877 (13)
Shoreham
Kingston by Sea 1591 1890 (10)
Southwick 1654 - 1876 (24)
Newtimber 1558 - 1879 (10)
Pyecombe 1561 - 1878 (13)
Shermanbury 1653 - 1878 (14)
Twineham 1716 - 1890 (16)
Woodmancote 1582 - 1933 (16)
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Sussex Archaeological Collections, 1848- , held at all large libraries
Sussex Family Historian, 1973- , held at Chichester, Crawley and Worthing.
Sussex Genealogist & Local Historian, 1979-1986, held at Chichester, Crawley and Worthing.
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
Sussex Record Society Annual, 1902-date, held at Chichester & Worthing. Indexed.
Some British Record Society and Harleian Society publications held at Chichester & Worthing.
13. Other material
West Sussex wills on microfiche 1479 - 1858 at Worthing
Folios of the Huguenot Society (Church registers etc.) on microfiche at Worthing.
Many CD sources added at Worthing e.g. Soldiers died in the Great War / Second World War Roll of Honour
14. Guides to Collections
Local history mini guide to sources: No.6., Family history in West Sussex, (2nd ed.,1999), published by West Sussex County Council. Price �1.50, plus �0.25 p+p., by cheque made payable to West Sussex County Council. Available from Worthing and all local libraries.
15. Local Record Offices
West Sussex Record Office
County Hall
Chichester
PO19 1RN
Tel: 01243 753600
Fax: 01243 533959
(Open Mon-Fri, 09.15 am to 16.45 pm, Saturday, 09.15-12.30 and 13.30-16.30).
Other information
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