Surrey, England Genealogy

England Surrey

Guide to Surrey ancestry, family history and genealogy parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

County Information
Surrey is an inland county located in the lower part of England. Northern Surrey has been absorbed by Greater London.

Parishes
Use an interactive mapto find jurisdictions for each parish in Surrey.

Civil Registration Districts
List of Surrey Civil Registration Districts

Websites
To view an excellent list of web sites and/or web pages for Surrey and many of its parishes, visit FHLFavorites.info.
 * Free online Surrey family research history aids. Cliff Webb's guides to civil registration, census, inhabitants lists, probate records, marriage licences, bishops' transcripts, hundreds, parishes, lay subsidies, IGI coverage, and much more. Courtesy: West Surrey Family History Society.
 * Stuck in London: resources at the Society of Genealogists and elsewhere. Free online Power Point slides by Else Churchill.
 * An every-name index is available for Surrey wills
 * has indexed many genealogical records
 * Ancestry has digitised some Surrey parish registers
 * Manorial Documents Register for Surrey has been digitised


 * Surrey Resources and help pages on RootsChat Surrey Resources and help pages. (Free).

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