Sussex

Find your Sussex ancestors using these online genealogy records, archives and local history resources.

Archives

• East Sussex Archives

  Based in Brighton, holds collections from the East Sussex Record Office, the University of Sussex and others. Find out what they have and how to access the records.

• West Sussex Record Office

  Based in Chichester. They have an online catalogue and information about visiting the archives to view other collections.

Births, Marriages, Deaths & Parish Records

• Sussex Parish Registers 1538–1910

  Available for free at FamilySearch.

• Sussex Online Parish Clerks

  Aims to make as much data as possible freely available for genealogists and family historians.

• Sussex Parish Records

  The Weald has many free records for various parishes.

• West Sussex Burial Index 1538–1600

Sussex Marriage Licences

• 1583–1730 Deanery of Chichester
• 1580–1730 Deaneries of Pagham & Tarring
• 1575–1730 Archdeaconry of Chichester
• 1586–1643 Archdeaconry of Lewes
• 1670–1728 Archdeaconry of Lewes

Individual parish registers

• Sussex IGI Batch Numbers
• Angmering Parish Registers 1562–1687
• Ardingly Parish Registers
  • Baptisms 1558–1812
  • Marriages 1558–1812
  • Burials 1558–1812
• Bolney Parish Registers 1541–1812
• Cuckfield Parish Records

  Parish records, photos, maps and local history material relating to Cuckfield.

• Cuckfield Parish Registers 1598–1699
• East Grinstead Parish Registers 1558–1661
• Hastings All Saints Church Burial Registers
  • 1813–1828
  • 1829–1844
  • 1844–1853
• Horsham Parish Registers 1541–1635
• New Shoreham Parish Transcripts Archived

Burials & Cemeteries

• Find A Grave East Sussex
• Find A Grave West Sussex

  Free to view records from cemeteries across many Sussex locations.

• Gravestone Photos

  Images and transcriptions from 142 Sussex graveyards.

• Monumental Inscriptions

  Search nearly 28,000 records from Sussex cemeteries.

• Hastings MIs

  Transcription of memorial inscriptions from All Saints Church, Hastings. Covers 691 recorded monuments including headstones, flat stones, ledgers, wall tablets and altar tombs, giving names, death dates and ages where legible.

• Ditchling, St. Margaret's PDF

  The full listing of graves with their inscriptions.

• Ifield Monumental Inscriptions

  Now a neighbourhood of Crawley.

• Seaford Monumental Inscriptions

  A name index of inscriptions from the churches and cemetery.

Electoral Registers

• Sussex OPC Poll Register

  Search by name, parish and/or year.

• Sussex Electoral Poll of 1734

  Browse by surname, alphabetically.

Historical Directories

• Inhabitants of Sussex 1793–1798

  Sussex entries from the Universal British Directory.

• Hastings 1840

  St Leonards is also covered.

• Sussex Directories

Local History

• The Place-Names of Sussex

  Find out the history behind the names of towns and villages.

• The Weald

  An integrated database of the history, genealogy and topography of the Weald of Sussex, cataloguing people, places, maps, books and directories over 70 years old.

• West Sussex Past

  The official database of heritage photographs, prints and paintings from local museums and the County Library Service. Over 12,000 images from the 1640s to the present, free to view and download for educational or private use.

• East Sussex Tithe Maps

  View an interactive map or search by place, surname of landowner or occupier. Brighton is also included.

• Sussex Apprentices and Masters 1710–1752

Societies & Groups

• Sussex Family History Group

  Founded in 1972, with around four thousand members worldwide. Meeting centres across the county at Brighton & Hove, Crawley, Bognor Regis, Horsham, Uckfield, Worthing and Chichester.

• Sussex Record Society

  Commissions and publishes expert historical research relating to the county of Sussex.

Wills & Probate

• Chichester Consistory Court Wills Index 1482–1800

  An index of over 22,000 wills providing residence, occupation and a reference to the original records.

• West Sussex Probate Inventories Archived

  Listed by surname, with dates, parish and sometimes occupation.

• Sussex Wills Depository Archived

  Transcripts of over 10,000 wills, listed alphabetically.