Society of Genealogists Library

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Society of Genealogists Library Society of Genealogists, Charterhouse Buildings, London 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, and train; there are limited parking spaces. For further details, see: Visiting the Society. Internet sites and databases: Internet site Online 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 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, 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 { List (link to a Wiki article for) at least one or more other repositories that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.} If you cannot visit or find a source at the Society of Genealogists Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections Alternate Repository {create link for each, and give line or two describing collection} 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