Sussex Archives and Libraries

Archives
East Sussex Record Office, The Keep Woollards Way Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9BP UK Telephone: 01273 482349 Email: [mailto:thekeep@eastsussex.gov.uk thekeep@eastsussex.gov.uk] Website Family history Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce & Relationships Baptism, confirmation, marriage, death and burial records spanning 457 years of Sussex history are now available to search online at Ancestry

West Sussex Record Office (Physical Address) 3 Orchard Street Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1DD (Correspondence only) County Archivist West Sussex Record Office County Hall Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1RN UK Telephone: 01243 753602 Email: [mailto:record.office@westsussex.gov.uk record.office@westsussex.gov.uk] Website Baptism, confirmation, marriage, death and burial records spanning 457 years of Sussex history are now available to search online at Ancestry

Libraries

 * East Sussex Libraries
 * West Sussex Libraries

Museums

 * For a long list of East Sussex museums, go to List of museums in East Sussex in Wikipedia.
 * For a long list of West Sussex museums, go to List of museums in West Sussex in Wikipedia.

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Royal Pavilion Gardens 12A Pavilion Parade Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1EE UK Telephone: 300 029 0900 Email: [mailto:visitor.services@brighton-hove.gov.uk visitor.services@brighton-hove.gov.uk] Website

Hastings Museum and Art Gallery John's Place Bohemia Rd Hastings, East Sussex TN34 1ET UK Telephone: 1424 451052 Email: [mailto:museum@hastings.gov.uk museum@hastings.gov.uk] Website

Weald and Downland Living Museum Open Air Theater Road Singleton Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0EU UK Telephone: 1243 811363 Email: [mailto:office@wealddown.co.uk office@wealddown.co.uk] Website

Civil Registration Offices
The General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their website (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.

Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the historic and current registration districts and their parishes, see UKBMD: Registration Districts in Sussex.

East Sussex

 * Order copy certificates
 * Register offices

West Sussex

 * Order a birth, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate
 * West Sussex Registration Offices