South Malling, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex

Parish History
South Malling St Michael is an Ancient Parish.

South Malling History

The church of St Michael has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building See: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 216-221. here

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
South Malling Baptisms 1629-1978 Marriages 1629-1991 Burials 1629-1977 also Banns and Confirmations held at East Sussex Record Office

South Malling St Michael Bishops transcripts held at West Sussex Record Office 1667-1909

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Sussex Census

Poor Law Unions
Lewes Poor Law Union, Sussex

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Sussex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.