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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

FamilySearch 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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Parishes	All Hallows Barking • All Hallows Bread Street • All Hallows Honey Lane • All Hallows Lombard Street • All Hallows London Wall • All Hallows Staining • All Hallows the Great • All Hallows the Less • Barnard's Inn • Bridewell Chapel • Christ Church Newgate Street • Furnival's Inn • Holborn St Andrew • Holy Trinity Gough Square • Holy Trinity the Less • Holy Trinity Minories • Lambe's Chapel • St Alban Wood Street • St Alphage London Wall • St Andrew by the Wardrobe • St Andrew Holborn • St Andrew Hubbard • St Andrew Undershaft • St Ann Blackfriars • St Ann and St Agnes • St Antholin • St Augustine • St Bartholomew by the Exchange • St Bartholomew the Great • St Bartholomew the Less • St Bartholomew Moor Lane • St Benet Fink • St Benet Gracechurch • St Benet Paul's Wharf • St Benet Sherehog • St Botolph Aldersgate • St Botolph without Aldgate • St Botolph Billingsgate • St Botolph without Bishopsgate • St Bride Fleet Street • St Christopher le Stocks • St Clement Eastcheap • St Dionis Backchurch • St Dunstan in the East • St Dunstan in the West • St Edmund the King • St Ethelburga • St Faith • St Gabriel Fenchurch • St George • St Giles without Cripplegate • St Gregory by St Paul • St Helen Bishopsgate • St James Duke's Place • St James Garlickhithe • St John the Baptist upon Wallbrook • St John the Evangelist • St John Zachary • St Katherine by Tower Precinct • St Katherine Coleman • St Katherine Cree • St Lawrence Jewry • St Lawrence Pountney • St Leonard Eastcheap • St Leonard Foster Lane • St Magnus the Martyr • St Margaret Lothbury • St Margaret Moses • St Margaret New Fish Street • St Margaret Pattens • St Martin Ludgate • St Martin Orgar • St Martin Outwich • St Martin Pomeroy • St Martin Vintry • St Mary Abchurch • St Mary Aldermanbury • St Mary Aldermary • St Mary at Hill • St Mary Axe • St Mary Bothaw • St Mary Colechurch • St Mary le Bow • St Mary Magdalene Milk Street • St Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street • St Mary Mounthaw • St Mary Somerset • St Mary Staining • St Mary Woolchurch Haw • St Mary Woolnoth • St Matthew Friday Street • St Michael Bassishaw • St Michael Cornhill • St Michael Crooked Lane • St Michael le Querne • St Michael Paternoster Royal • St Michael Queenhithe • St Michael Wood Street • St Mildred Bread Street • St Mildred Poultry • St Nicholas Acons • St Nicholas Cole Abbey • St Nicholas Olave • St Olave Hart Street • St Olave Old Jewry • St Olave Silver Street • St Pancras Soper Lane • St Paul's Cathedral • St Peter Cheap • St Peter Cornhill • St Peter le Poer • St Peter Paul's Wharf • St Sepulchre • St Stephen Coleman Street • St Stephen Walbrook • St Swithun London Stone • St Thomas the Apostle • St Vedast Foster Lane • Staple Inn • Thavie's Inn • The Temple

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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 :Society of Genealogists<br>14 Charterhouse Buildings<br>Goswell Road<br>London EC1M 7BA<br>United Kingdom
-'''Telephone:'''&nbsp; 020 7251 8799<br>'''Fax:'''&nbsp; 020 7250 1800
+'''Telephone:'''  020 7251 8799<br>'''Fax:'''  020 7250 1800
-'''Hours and holidays:'''&nbsp; Tue., Wed., Sat. 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM; Thu. 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
+'''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: [http://www.sog.org.uk/membership/visiting.shtml Visiting the Society].

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