Society of Genealogists Library

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Society of Genealogists Library Contact Information 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 Premiere collection of English parish register transcripts, monumental inscriptions, family and local histories, and will indexes Ancestry.co.uk and FindMyPast.co.uk 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.co.uk. Tips 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 Guides 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 London & Middlesex Marriage Registers - Pre-1837 & their Online Availability London & Middlesex Burial Registers - Pre-1837 & their Online Availability Alternate Repositories Similar Collections Family History Library, Salt Lake City Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury Neighboring Collections The British Library Guildhall Library London Metropolitan Archives The National Archives Sources