1066 Genealogy was officially formed in September 1999 (although we were operating a couple of years before that) and its main purpose was, and still is, to encourage and assist the study and research of Family History and Genealogy especially in Hastings and the 1066 Country.

The best way to use this site is to click in the little box in the top right hand corner where it says 'search' - Type in the name you are looking for, press 'return' and let the site find every occurence of that name in the archives I have published - which at the present moment is 180 different sections of transcribed Data & Information. (26/04/09)

Please remember to search/enter using all Variants of a Surname, e.g. - putting in FOORD will not find FOORDE, FORD, FORDE, etc.

But there again, if you feel that you just want to browse the contents and have a good read - then please feel free to do so as there are lots of interesting tit bits from the East Sussex Archives.

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Special Message - Will Beverley Bolland  great, great, great granddaughter of John Stace of Berwick please contact us, a.s.a.p. please 

Latest Update -

26th April 2009

There was a tremendous de­mand for labour, skilled and unskilled, in the American colonies and many ordinary individuals, who for numerous varying reasons wished to emigrate to the colonies, but were unable to pay for their own pass­age joined a scheme whereby the emigrant could receive a free passage to the colonies provided that he/she was willing to be sold into bondage for a few years upon arrival.  An agent re­ceived an acreage of land for each servant he brought into the colony and the servant, at the end of his time, received a reward in the shape of land, tools, etc.