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Ancestors |
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We quite often have requests from people wanting to trace their ancestors but we now only keep present day records. |
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We hope it may help to have the following information direct from our website |
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It is taken from' A Short Guide to Tracing your Ancestors in Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea' published by Hastings Borough Council. |
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| It has the largest collection of family history material in the borough including |
- census data for 1841-1891 held on microfilm / fiche
- street directories from 1852-1974
- notices of births, marriages and deaths published in two of the local newspapers from 1848-1944
- a comprehensive collection of family history & genealogical books etc on the open shelves
- a selection of 19th & 20th century maps
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Microfilm/fiche viewers should be booked in advance & photocopies can be made for a fee. |
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Hastings Reference Library, Brassey Institute, 13 Claremont, HASTINGS, East Sussex. TN34 1HE |
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Library opening times Monday 9.30-6.00 Tue,Thurs,Fri 9.30-6.30 Saturday 9.30-5.00 |
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holds records of burials at the cemetary from 1856 to the present day. |
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Hastings Cemetary & Crematorium, The Ridge, HASTINGS, East Sussex TN34 2AE |
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Hastings & Rother family History Society |
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East Sussex Record Office |
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holds parish records and other material |
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East Sussex Records Office, The Maltings, Castle Precincts, LEWES, East Sussex. BN7 1YT |
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holds records of births, marriages & deaths for Hastings and the surrounding area from July 1837 to the present day |
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Registrars Office, Summerfields, Bohemia Road HASTINGS, East Sussex. TN34 1EX |
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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery |
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holds registers of electors for 1721, 1820, 1832-1844, 1852-1868, 1893-1898, 1918-1939 & 1945 to the present day. Other dates are available at the British Library in London. |
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The Curator, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, Johns Place, Bohemia Road, HASTINGS, East Sussex, TN34 1ET |
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