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Comment by Jill Hyams 5 hours ago

The Surrey Heritage Facebook page now has a much more memorable URL:

http://www.facebook.com/surreyheritage

Comment by Jill Hyams on February 9, 2012 at 2:20pm

Surrey Heritage (Surrey History Centre) is now on Facebook. Visit our page for regular updates on events & activities, online resources and research guides, new record accessions, and information about our services. If you need help researching your family history in Surrey, post your question on our page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Surrey-Heritage/233931210020911

Comment by Jill Hyams on January 16, 2012 at 1:25pm

For more information about Surrey Heritage and Surrey History Centre - our opening times, activities, and details of our records - take a look at our new information leaflets which are now available online at http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/leaflet

Comment by Jill Hyams on December 17, 2011 at 4:34am

Don’t forget: Surrey History Centre in Woking reopens on Tuesday 20 December 2011 at 09.30. Visit us to discover more about your family and local history in Surrey. For latest news, events and Xmas opening hours, go to http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/surreyhistorycentre

Comment by Ann Sargeant on December 5, 2011 at 3:49am

Many of our metropolitan Surrey records are at London Metropolitan Archives. LMA will be closed for the holiday period from 22 December 2011, 7.30pm, until reopening on 3 January 2012, at 9.30am

Intending visitors who have not been to LMA for some while may wish to check
availability of records as there have been many significant changes; not
least affecting availability of films of parish registers and other records
... which, I'm told, are no longer available for "self service" from the
cabinets, but now have to be ordered.

Don't forget that Surrey History Centre has many of the metropolitan Surrey records available on film so that might sometimes be an alternative option for those nearer Woking.

Comment by Ann Sargeant on December 5, 2011 at 3:49am

For those planning research at Christmas and New Year, it's essential to be aware that Surrey History Centre is now closed for annual stock checking.

Closed from today Monday 5 December
ReopensTuesday 20 December.
...
Christmas and New Year hours are:

Saturday 24 December CLOSED
Sunday 25 December CLOSED
Monday 26 December CLOSED
Tuesday 27 December CLOSED
Wednesday 28 December 10.15 - 5.00 as usual
Thursday 29 December 9.30 - 5.00
Friday 30 December 9.30 - 5.00 as usual
Saturday 31 December CLOSED
Sunday 1 January CLOSED
Monday 2 January CLOSED

The Centre re-opens Tuesday 3 January at 9.30

Comment by Jill Hyams on November 12, 2011 at 2:59am

Surrey History Centre and the Surrey Heritage service is currently going through a Public Value Review, and we would appreciate feedback on our service from all our users. Please take the time to complete the online survey at http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/surveypopup. Your views could help to form the future direction of Surrey Heritage. Closing date is 18 November 2011.

Comment by Ann Sargeant on October 20, 2011 at 6:47am

In just over two weeks on Saturday 5th November West Surrey Family
History Society is holding their annual Open Day at Woking Leisure Centre
from 10am to 4.30pm. Admission and Parking are free and there's an on site
cafeteria and bar.
This is a large event. The main hall has a large
number of stands from FHSs including our sister organisation East Surrey
FHS and several local history organisations and museums, local archives
(including Surrey History Centre), and also commercial sellers of
things like books, post cards, binders and acid free sleeves etc etc. The
full list of attendees is in the Open Day section of the WSFHS website (see
below). There will be a separate large research hall with many resources
on offer, and a further room is set aside for the free talks.

This year, to mark the occasion, West Surrey FHS is launching two brand new
CDs on the day, with one of the CDs alternatively being available in paper
form published within the Research Aid (RA) series. They are:-

CD 24 "A 2nd COLLECTION OF SURREY BAPTISMS (not in The IGI) October 2011".
Over 121,000 Surrey Baptisms of various dates.
There are many entries up to 1875 and some later, including many from
Non-conformist registers, and covering the following places: Balham;
Battersea; Bermondsey; Camberley (Royal Military College); Camberwell;
Caterham (Whyteleafe); Clapham; Croydon, South Norwood; East Molesey
(Methodist); Farnham (Bible Christian Circuit); Hatcham; Kennington; Lambeth
(Brixton); Lambeth; Lambeth (West Norwood Gypsy Hill); Mitcham - Zion Chapel
(3 only); Newington (Locksfield – Wesleyan); Newington, St Mary; Nunhead;
Peckham; Ranmore (Nr Dorking); Redhill (Outwood); Reigate; Rotherhithe;
Shepperton (Ex Middlesex); Southwark; Southwark, (St John Horsleydown);
Staines, (Ex Middlesex), Streatham; Tooting; Wallington; Walworth;
Wandsworth; West Dulwich.
The registers included are also individually indexed by Surname and are
listed in Date order.

The new Research Aid in paper form is:

RA 57 A GUIDE TO SURREY SCHOOLS AND THEIR RECORDS - October 2011
Compiled by Cliff Webb, who writes in the introduction: ‘The records of
schools can be useful supplements and substitutes to others for the pursuit
of genealogical research, and have considerable value for family history
purposes in their own right. This is an attempt to list all educational
establishments within the area covered by the ancient county of Surrey,
excluding the old London County Council (LCC) area (which are covered by my
Index to London Schools and their Records published by Society of
Genealogists Enterprises, Ltd), and any records of genealogical interest. .
. . . Schools were required to keep certain records under various school
codes. For example the Elementary School Code, 1903 laid down that all
schools should have (a) registers of admission, progress and withdrawal (b)
attendance registers and (c) a register of summaries’ 155 pages, A5. (Also
published on compact disc as CD25 - see below)

CD 25 "A GUIDE TO SURREY SCHOOLS AND THEIR RECORDS - October 2011". Also
published in book form as RA 57 - see above)

These new publications will not be available before 5th November.
Details of the Open Day are on our website at www.wsfhs.org (click on Open
Days) and the new
publications will be shown there shortly.

It will be really nice to see some of our forum members on the day!

Ann

Comment by Jill Hyams on June 25, 2011 at 1:33am

Surrey History Centre has launched SURCAT, its new online catalogue of archive holdings. Go to: http://www.surreyarchives.org.uk/Calmview/. The catalogue can be searched by keyword(s), dates or collection reference. If you have any comments on the new catalogue, please email your feedback to shs@surreycc.gov.uk

Comment by Ann Sargeant on April 9, 2011 at 5:32am

This coming Wednesday 13th April, an Open Day is being held at Farnham's West Street Cemetery. The day is specifically to look at butterflies as those responsible for the cemetery have an obligation to preserve and encourage wildlife as well as preserving the heritage of the cemetery.

West Surrey Family History Society will be present at the Open Day with a bookstall and a research lookup service being available - please come and see us if you can; we'll be in the old chapel which is open for the occasion.

More information:

http://www.farnham.gov.uk/towncouncil/cemeteries/friends-of-the-far...

Ann

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