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England London London Archives and Libraries Society of Genealogists Library

Society of Genealogists Library

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Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail: librarian@sog.org.uk
Address:

Society of Genealogists
14 Charterhouse Buildings
Goswell Road
London EC1M 7BA
United Kingdom

Telephone: 020 7251 8799
Fax: 020 7250 1800

Hours and holidays: Tue., Wed., Sat. 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM; Thu. 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM

Directions, maps, and public transportation: accessible by the Underground (Barbican and Farringdon stations), bus, rail, and car; there are limited parking spaces. For further details, see: Visiting the Society.

Internet sites and databases:

Internet site
Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue
Origins.net - the Society's pay-per-view website. Includes British Origins, National Wills Index, Irish Origins, Scots Origins.

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

Premiere collection of English parish register transcripts, monumental inscriptions, family and local histories, and will indexes
Ancestry.co.uk and findmypast subscriptions
Boyd's Marriage Index
Boyd's Inhabitants of London
Boyd's London Burials
Bernau's Index (mainly Chancery Proceedings 1715-1758)
The Great Card Index
Surname Document Collection
Apprentices of Great Britain
One-name Studies

Many of these collections are now available on the subscription website findmypast. For full details, see: SoG Data On Line.

Tips[edit | edit source]

Members may enter the Library for free
Library entrance fees for non-members are £5 (2 hours), £10 (4 hours), or £18 (full day)
Digital cameras are permitted
Common room
Free lockers are available
Photocopiers, computer printers, and film and fiche printers are available^[1]

Guides[edit | edit source]

The Library Index - subject guides to topics such as British, Irish, emigration, occupation, overseas, and religious records.
Geographical Resources - details of Library holdings for each English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish county, as well as the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, and overseas resources.

Cliff Webb, FSG, has prepared online guides to parish register holdings of the Society of Genealogists Library, published by the West Surrey Family History Society:

London & Middlesex Baptism Registers & their Online Availability by Cliff Webb
London & Middlesex Marriage Registers - Pre-1837 & their Online Availability by Cliff Webb
London & Middlesex Burial Register Indexes & their Online Availability by Cliff Webb

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

Similar Collections

Family History Library, Salt Lake City
Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury

Neighboring Collections

Sources[edit | edit source]

↑ 'Visiting the Society,' Society of Genealogists: The National Library and Education Centre for Family History, http://www.sog.org.uk/membership/visiting.shtml, accessed 21 January 2012.

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Probate Courts	Court of the Archdeaconry of London · Court of Arches of the Archbishop of Canterbury · Court of the Bishop of London · Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London · Court of the Deanery of the Arches of London, Croydon, Shoreham · Court of Husting · Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral · Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster · Prerogative Court of Canterbury · Royal Peculiar Court of St Katherine's by the Tower • Principal Probate Registry

Wards	Aldersgate · Aldgate · Bassishaw · Billingsgate · Bishopsgate · Bread Street · Bridge and Bridge Without · Broad Street · Candlewick · Castle Baynard · Cheap · Coleman Street · Cordwainer · Cornhill · Cripplegate · Dowgate · Farringdon Within · Farringdon Without · Langbourn · Lime Street · Portsoken · Queenhithe · Tower · Vintry · Walbrook

Major Repositories	London Metropolitan Archives · The National Archives · Guildhall Library · Society of Genealogists Library · London England Britannia FamilySearch Centre · Lambeth Palace Library · The British Library · Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies · Dr. Williams' Library

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