Forum: Surrey county-wide forum

Hi, I have images of the following registers and can offer lookups Holy Trinity baptisms 1870-1918 St Mary Magdalen baptisms 1916-1953 St Mary Magdalen marriages 1919-1939 Christ Church baptisms 1907-1941 Christ Church marriages 1907-1959 St John baptisms 1915-1941 St John marriages...

On the 1891 census, a sergeant in the Border regiment (in Hougham, Kent) has a place of birth: "Hillbank, Surrey". I am unable to work out where this is. Any ideas, please?

Hi, I Just hit entry 1,000 and think I have enough baptisms transcribed to start offering lookups for people. Baptisms only at present between 1868 (I'm working backwards!) and April 1900. Jan

Hi there, I am totally not sure this is the right spot for this post or if it's a "brickwall", but here goes... I am looking for a James Macy Warren born in 1808. He was tried in the Surrey Assizes and sentenced to transportation for life in 1829, and according to the transportation...

Looking for help in tracing any connections to GEORGE JOSEPH HOCKING who has connections with South Africa. Believed he may have been born in the Surrey area 26/5/1884. Was married twice. 2nd time to Victoria Skinner who herself was a widow. Last known address for a visit in 1957 to an address in...

Census information give Henry's birth as Kingston on Thames or Surbiton, 1862. Free BDM have a registration for Newington June 1862. He died Yeovil Somerset 12 Feb 1927 after living his adult life in Somerset. He married Mary Emma Langdon (no entry found in GRO) with first child Alice Maud born...

Hi there, I have come across a reference to a place called Nutcham, in Surrey in a book that has reference to one of my ancestors. However, I have not been able to find out where on earth Nutcham is actually located. Google very helpfully suggests "Mitcham" as an alternative. I do have a...

In searching for people believed to be in Sutton mid 1940s (deaths reg'n 1945 & 1947 Surrey Mid Eastern) I'm told that Electoral rolls only show streets unless you have an address to compare. If voting wasn't compulsary, would every person still be registered to do so? Would there have been old...

Some years back I discovered BMDs for Sutton, Surrey were registered in Epsom. Now it seems to be Surrey Mid Eastern. Question, if an Uncle & probably his Wife (going by dates of death & ages) who lived in Sutton had their deaths registered in Surrey M.Eastern, how can I discover for certain in...

I am searching for the baptism of Samuel GEORGE about 1798 or before in Staines. All I know is that he enrolled in the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards at Westminster in 1813 (not sure how old they had to be) and was discharged in 1824. Any help much appreciated. Ellen

I have a conundrum in my family tree (don't we all)! I am hoping perhaps someone here can assist me with solving it. My 2nd great grandfather, Charles Edwin GURNEY died in September 1879, just before the birth of my great grandmother, Laurestina. This was quite sad, and he left a widow - Frances...

How do I start to trace the owner of a property. Our aunt lived in a house in Guildford in the 1940's but it belonged to the people who had previously employed her. Is ther any way I can find out who her employers where?

She was married to Robert Mitchell at Holy Trinity Church in Newington. They had Robert ,b. 1832 andbaptised at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Bermondsey, Harriot and Ellen. The children were at the house of Jeremiah and Ellen Collins on the 1841 census in Rotherhithe. I;ve searched endlessly for...

Does anyone know of a Ditton Manor and or Ditton Park in Surrey? I find one in Buckinghamshire, but that doesn't fit the bill. Thanks.

I just cannot find the death of my great grandfather: Edmond William Fitzgerald. In one census, it states that he's born in Scotland and then in the 1901 his frst name becomes Edward and it says his birthplace is Mayfair. There are 3 of us looking for his death. We know he was born in 1858/59...

Does anyone have a list of marriages in the parishes of Elstead and Peper Harrow from 1790 to 1870 that contain the name GATES or MAY please? I am trying to trace the ancestors of Benjamin Gates who was born c. 1816 in Peper Harow to James Gates and Ann _________? I am trying to find out who...