Sussex Archives and Libraries

East Sussex Record Office

• Resources and availability
• PDF document “A Short Guide to Holdings” (1988) – no online databases
• List of documents received by office since 1979
• Link to Access to Archives
• Search their Record Office Collections - www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/localandfamilyhistory/esro/collections/holdings.htm

Web site:  www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/localandfamilyhistory/esro/collections

West Sussex Record Office

• About the Record Office – records accessible free of charge at record office
• Record Office services
• Current projects & upcoming events
• Collections and archives – no online databases
• Picture Archives -  www.westsussex.gov.uk/leisure/explore_west_sussex/record_office_and_archives/picture_archives.aspx
• Online Record Office Catalogues -   www.westsussexpast.org.uk/searchonline/

Web site:  www.westsussex.gov.uk/leisure/explore_west_sussex/record_office_and_archives.aspx

West Sussex Past

 - database of 2 million records from West Sussex heritage organizations including:

• Photographic Database
• Past Gateway – databases & web links
• Library & Museum images
• Searchable online catalogue -  www.westsussexpast.org/searchonline/

Web site:  www.westsussexpast.org.uk

Sussex Collection

 - The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies with a large compilation of transcripts of many Sussex parish registers, nonconformist registers and miscellaneous material

Catalogue of Documents:  www.ihgs.ac.uk/library/fullcatalogue.html

Web site:  www.ihgs.ac.uk/library/sussex_collection.html

Contact Information:

The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
79-82 Northgate
Canterbury
Kent, CT1 1BA
England
Tel: +44 (0)1227 768664