Research

Research Enquiries and Family History

THE SOCIETY

Carshalton & District History & Archaeology Society is a local association.  Activities are organised by an executive committee of volunteer officers who arrange lectures, visits, occasional excavations and other related activities for the Society's members.

THE SOCIETY'S RESOURCES

Research enquiries are received frequently from non-members and we do try to address these, particularly if the Society holds unpublished research on a topic.  However, often queries are from people seeking to trace their family history.  It is regretted that officers of the Society cannot undertake the research required to address such matters:  they simply do not have time or the necessary resources.

LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON RESOURCES

London Borough of Sutton has an excellent Local Studies & Archives Centre and this should be the first point of contact for anyone wanting information about local or family history.  Details are:

Local Studies & Archives Centre

Central Library

St Nicholas Way

SUTTON

SM1 1EA

020 8770 4747

www.sutton.gov.uk

The Borough's Local Studies & Archives collections comprise a rich variety of resources, some of it stored on microform or available via free access to the Internet including:

• International Edition of Ancestry (free access via the Internet))

• Local and Surrey Parish Records

• Censuses and Electoral Registers

• Local Directories from 1823 to 1938 (some gaps)

• Local Newspapers from 1863 to present (some gaps)

• As well as other indexes, maps, photographs, plans, and books

• Sutton Archive catalogue available at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A

Staff will provide professional, helpful guidance and, if possible, it is recommended to visit the Centre in person to undertake your own research.  Otherwise the Centre can carry out paid research.  For details e-mail local.studies@sutton.gov.uk or send an s.a.e.

Details of opening hours, internet access and more detailed information about the collections are on the attached sheet.

OTHER RESOURCES

Other contact details that may be useful are:

www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk

08456 05 05 05  (8.30 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.)

www.landregistry.gov.uk

0844 892 1111  (8 a.m. - 6 p.m.)

www.eastsurreyfhs.org.uk

Website of the East Surrey Family History Society.  A number of local groups are affiliated to this, including a Sutton group.

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