Reigate, Surrey Genealogy

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Parish History[edit | edit source]

REIGATE (St. Mary Magdalene), a borough,market-town, and parish, and the head of a union, inthe First division of the hundred of Reigate, E. divisionof Surrey, 18 miles (E.) from Guildford, and 21 (S. byW.) from London. [1]



From: 'Reigate - Rettendon', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 655-659. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51235  Date accessed: 31 July 2013.

Church records[edit | edit source]

Online Reigate, Surrey Genealogy Parish Register Images and Indexes
 
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
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1558
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Indexes 1800-1869 FamilySearch[2] 1558-1608
1800-1812
1826-1869
FamilySearch[3] 1813-1840 FindMyPast[4]
1559-1698 FindMyPast[5]

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Census records[edit | edit source]

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.


Probate records[edit | edit source]

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Surrey Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Parish History[edit | edit source]

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

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Web sites[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. Lewis,Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 655-659. Date accessed: 31 July 2013.
  2. Batch C054701 , see: Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for Surrey, England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 2 April 2012.
  3. Batch M054701 , see: Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for Surrey, England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 2 April 2012.
  4. 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage,' Find My Past, accessed 11 April 2012. For a breakdown of missing years, see 'National Burial Index - Coverage: Surrey,' Federation of Family History Societies, accessed 11 April 2012.
  5. 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,' Origins.net (WayBack Machine), accessed 27 March 2012.