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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Sussex => Topic started by: Tom Huygens on Saturday 23 January 16 21:52 GMT (UK)
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Does anyone know why there are so little parish records available online for Sussex? I have been looking on Ancestry, Findmypast and Familysearch, but there is very little to be found.
I know they must exist, since from time to time something pops up in a forgotten tree somewhere online...
Looking for my 2nd great-grandfather in Brighton, I had to pay a professional genealogist based in Sussex to go look up things for me in the archives. He didn't find anything though.
In the same search, I would like to know if there is anyone who is per chance going to the Sussex archives in the near future and is willing to look up something for me...
I know my 2nd great-grandfather, William Henry Graham, was born in Brighton in or around 1819. His father's name was George, a machinist.
I have not yet found WH (and neither did the genealogist), but I did find a George Graham in Brighton, who had a son George in 1818. If this birth/baptism record says anything about the father's professional occupation, I might get a bit closer to the truth... The exact date of this record is July 5, 1818, in Brighton St Nicholas.
Thanks in advance for either hints on how to gain access to the registers myself without travelling to the UK, or for the look-up of this particular record...
Tom
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Hi Tom,
Sussex Family History Group have parish records online and the annual membership subscription to gain access to these records is around £11 ...... possibly more for overseas members as they post you a quarterly magazine.
The marriage records are available on a separate cd which can be purchased from them.
The baptism on July 5th shows George is the son of George and Mary. George is a coachman and they are living in Church Street.
Hope this helps you. Good luck in your search.
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Thanks for this! I will get some information on the Sussex Family History Group and probably become a member if they have records.
Thanks for the info on George as well!
Tom
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That's ok. Just Google them and you should find their homepage and membership details.
Good luck.
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Here they are :
http://www.sfhg.org.uk/
UK subs have gone up to £15.75 this year , overseas £17.85
I find it very useful but bear in mind it's just births and deaths , marriages are on CD 1538 1837, although there is other material available.
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I bought a subscription, but had no luck finding my ancestors...
And their information is also quite incomplete, unfortunately. Some of the people I do have baptism records for via other sites are not even mentioned :(
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Who are you looking for? You have to search for the exact spelling that was transcribed so Johnson won't find Johnston etc.
Give us a few names and dates and you may get some local people responding who will be able to help.
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What about Sussex OPC site.There are quite a few records on there and you may be lucky.Like you I've found the Sussex records sadly lacking and I too joined the Susex FH with no luc
Ringrose
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Who are you looking for? You have to search for the exact spelling that was transcribed so Johnson won't find Johnston etc.
Give us a few names and dates and you may get some local people responding who will be able to help.
I was looking for Grahams but there are very few. I checked on Graham, Grayham and Graeme.
The ones I actually need are:
William Henry Graham
born 1819 in Brighton
carpenter
living in Hastings in 1852
George Graham (his father)
machinist
residence or abode unknown
I was looking for any other Grahams who might be connected.
A professional genealogist already visited the archives for me but came up with almost nothing.
The only thing I was able to find, but it's a stretch, is a William Brayham in Hastings in 1851.
He has the right age and is also a carpenter, but there is that one letter and the fact that this one was born in Kent and not Brighton.
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Have you tried the non conformist records?
Have you dismissed the William Henry Graham baptised in Chichester on 18th March 1816? Son of William and Susan. Father was a soldier at the Barracks there. Might be worth tracing him forwards to see if he turns up so you can eliminate him. Not with father George but worth a look?
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Have you tried the non conformist records?
Have you dismissed the William Henry Graham baptised in Chichester on 18th March 1816? Son of William and Susan. Father was a soldier at the Barracks there. Might be worth tracing him forwards to see if he turns up so you can eliminate him. Not with father George but worth a look?
Yes, we did dismiss him because neither the birth date, not the birth place, nor the name of the father are correct. But I might give him another look... You never know.
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The only thing I was able to find, but it's a stretch, is a William Brayham in Hastings in 1851.
He has the right age and is also a carpenter, but there is that one letter and the fact that this one was born in Kent and not Brighton.
For those who might be interested: in the meantime, through DNA, I found out that I'm related to several people who all descend from a certain Bertram George Adams. He was the illegitimate son of Clara Adams.
He was born in 1852, only 3 months after my William Graham left Hastings. His mother Clara lived in the same street as the aforementioned William Brayham...
Chances are that "William Brayham" is indeed one and the same person as my William Graham, making a girl pregnant and leaving her to get married elsewhere.