Personal Sussex Archives (Other Sources)

[Chris in 1066Land]

Over the past 16 years I have acquired a large amount of books, fiche, cd’s etc concerning the Local History of Sussex, especially the Hastings and Lewes area's

TRADE DIRECTORIES

Pigot's Trade Directory of Sussex 1832-3-4
Hastings & St Leonards Street Directory 1881
Parsons Hastings & St Leonards Street Directory 1871
Hastings & St Leonards Post Office Directory 1855
Hastings & St Leonards Post Office Directory 1862
Osbornes Hastings & St Leonards Directory 1852

OTHER ARCHIVES
Lewes in 1871 – A Household and Political Directory (Census cross referenced with the voting register) 

Other national records that I possess include:
1881 British Census and National Index
British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Edition (IGI)
The Great Universal British Directory of 1799 (first edition - covers the whole Kingdom)
The 1851 Census transcription for Devon, Norfolk & Warwick ONLY
National Burial Index for England & Wales Volume 1 (5 million records)
Numerous records connected with Macclesfield in Cheshire.
Numerous records connected with Nottinghamshire.

This list is constantly being added to, so please come back again and check for new resources

I am more than happy to check any of the above records for your ancestors - please contact me by posting a  new message in the "Sussex Lookups Required" boards.

Some of the above archives are on line at

www.rootschat.com/history/hastings

Chris in 1066Land