Sussex, England Genealogy

Sussex is a maritime county located in the south-eastern part of 'England'.

For other places of the same name, see the Sussex Disambiguation page.

Civil Districts
When civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1837, Sussex was divided into a number of registration districts, each containing several parishes. The index to the civil records gives the name of the district where an event took place. Click here to see a list of the civil districts in Sussex and the parishes covered by each. Read more about England Civil Registration.

Parishes
See the parishes of Sussex.

Probate Jurisdictions
Before 1858, every town and parish in Sussex was under the probate jurisdiction of several ecclesiastical courts. To read more about probate records and see a list of Sussex towns and parishes and the probate courts that had jurisdiction over them, go to Sussex Probate Records.

Websites
These websites contain information of value for Sussex research:


 * http://www.thesussexweald.org/home.asp - parish records, maps, books, pedigrees etc for the Weald an area 120 miles long and 30 miles wide encompassing many small towns in Sussex, Kent and Surrey.
 * http://www.sussexrecordsociety.org/plhome.asp?an=&amp;ap - Sussex poor Law records, settlements and removels
 * http://www.barriesgenealogy.co.uk/html/broadwater_worthing.html - includes links to a variety of sources for Sussex.
 * http://www.sussex-opc.org/ - Online parish clerk for Sussex, England
 * http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Burtenshaw/?yguid=138587594 - Burtenshaw family of or from Sussex