Society of Genealogists Library

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Society of Genealogists Library

Society of Genealogists Library Society of Genealogists, Charterhouse Buildings.jpg Contact Information Email: librarian@sog.org.uk Address: Society of Genealogists 40 Wharf Road London N1 7GS United Kingdom Telephone: 020 7251 8799 Fax: 020 7250 1800 Hours and holidays: Mon. closed; Tue. closed; Wed. 10:30-4:00 PM; Thu. 10:30 to 4:00 PM; Fri. 10:30 to 4:00 PM; 2nd & 4th Saturday of the month 10:30 to 4:00 PM Directions, maps, and public transportation: accessible by the Underground (Angel and Old Street stations), bus, rail, and car. For further details, see: Visit our Library and Archive. 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 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 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 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 Similar Collections FamilySearch 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