Sussex Family History Group Explained

Sussex Family History Group
Status:Charitable Organization (Education)
Headquarters:The Keep, Brighton
Location:UK
Membership:4,000
Language:English
Leader Title:The Lord Teviot
Main Organ:Sussex Family Historian
Affiliations:Federation of Family History Societies
Website:http://www.sfhg.uk/

Sussex Family History Group (SFHG) is an organisation with a world-wide membership of about 4,000 founded in 1972 to help those interested in researching their family history in East Sussex and West Sussex. The name reflects the fact that historically Sussex was a single county.

SFHG is a member of the Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) and a supporter of the Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC) project.[1]

Publications

The society produces a quarterly magazine Sussex Family Historian for members, containing articles, letters and lists of members' interests and a newsletter, Sussex Links.

SFHG runs an online forum and a comprehensive website with both public and members' areas. The site received the FFHS Best Website Award in 2003-4 and 2007.[2] The Group's Sussex People Index contains 120,000 entries referring to 230,000 people, all from offline verifiable sources.[3]

Collections

The SFHG Headquarters and Library are at The Keep, near Brighton,[4] where one-to-one research support is available,[5] and the Group sells publications in print and digital format concerning a wide range of genealogical topics as well as those specific to Sussex. Indexes and databases maintained by the SFHG include parish resources[6] such as baptisms, marriages and burials, as well as wills, tombstones, occupations, censuses and strays (people associated with Sussex found in other areas).[7]

Activities

The Group holds an annual conference and periodical workshops on specific aspects of family history, as well as regular meetings in various locations in East and West Sussex.[8] [9]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sussex Online Parish Clerks. 18 October 2014.
  2. Web site: Sussex Family History Group. 23 September 2014.
  3. Web site: Sussex People Index. 18 October 2014.
  4. News: BBC. The Keep saves East Sussex archive from exile. 18 October 2014.
  5. Web site: The Keep. 18 October 2014.
  6. Paton. Chris. Tracing your family history on the internet. 2014. 111. Pen and Sword. 9781473833333. 18 October 2014.
  7. Sussex Family Historian. September 2014. 149. SFHG.
  8. Web site: East Sussex County Council - online resources for family history research. 18 October 2014.
  9. Web site: West Sussex history groups. 18 October 2014.