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Brighton History Centre

Ancestry

Brighton & Hove City Libraries now offer free access to the Ancestry Library Edition. This enables users to access a wealth of family history information through an easy to use website.

 

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Bookings to access Ancestry can be made at the History Centre in one hour slots, starting on the hour. Please contact us to make a booking or for further details. Among the records offered are:

UK Records

  • England & Wales, FreeBMD birth index 1837 - 1983
  • England & Wales, FreeBMD marriage index 1837 - 1983
  • England & Wales, FreeBMD death index 1837 - 1983
  • England & Wales, birth index 1984 - 2004
  • England & Wales, marriages index 1984 - 2004
  • England& Wales, death index 1984 - 2004
  • England & Wales, census returns 1841 - 1901
  • Scotland, census returns 1841 -1901
  • Pallot's Baptism Index 1780 - 1837
  • Pallot's Marriage Index 1780 - 1837
  • Parish and probate records (UK and Ireland)
  • UK telephone directories 1880 - 1984
  • British Army World War I pension records 1914 - 1920

US Records

  • US Public Records Index, 1984 - to date (all states)
  • US Phone and Address Directories, 1993 - 2002 (all states)
  • US Federal Census, 1790 - 1930
  • US Social Security Death Index, 1875 - 2006
  • US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938 - 1946
  • World War II Prisoners of War (USA) 1941 - 1946
  • New York Passenger Lists, 1820 - 1957
  • Parish records and street directories for various states

Canadian Records

  • Canadian Immigrant records, 1780 - 1906
  • Canadian census returns, 1851, 1901 and 1911 (parts of Canada, 1906)
  • Ontario births, deaths and marriages 1857 - 1922
  • Canadian Soldiers of World War I, 1914 - 1918
  • Canadian Telephone and Address Directories, 1995 - 2002

Australian Records

  • Australian Convict Index, 1788 - 1868

 

 

 

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