Guildford and Woking Look Ups

[MattD30]

Hi

Can I ask if anyone here is able to check for christenings in Guildford and/or Woking for the mid 19th century to early 20th century?

Many Thanks

Matt

[rosie99]

You would be best to post what you are after.  Some records for both places are available online

[MattD30]

You would be best to post what you are after.  Some records for both places are available online

Many thanks for that. I will post more details tomorrow. Where online would the records be available? I have had no luck with Familysearch so can you suggest another online source?

Matt

[avm228]

Ancestry has some Surrey parish registers.

[MattD30]

Ancestry has some Surrey parish registers.

Yes I was aware of Ancestry but unfortunately I do not have access as I am not a member and obviously the local library is shut at the moment. I had hoped Ancestry would make some records available for free like the National Archives have but so far I haven't seen anything.

I've been looking online for a free source to use but with no luck so far hence why I posted the request here.

I will keep an eye on Ancestry though in case.

Matt

[rosie99]

MattD30

Have you looked at your county library web page as it appears you can view Ancestry at home at the moment via their library app

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01pn5/

As I said in my first post put the details on here as there are plenty of people on here who are able to help

[Little Nell]

There are plenty of transcriptions of Guildford registers available on FreeReg:

https://www.freereg.org.uk/freereg_contents/53cd4988eca9ebee4f009af7?locale=en

I understand that transcriptions may not necessarily be ideal, but they can at least provide clues.  And from my own experience it helps that (probably) several people have already spent hours deciphering sometimes awful handwriting.  I was looking at a Sussex register yesterday and mentally giving medals to the transcribers for their heroic efforts!

Nell

[MattD30]

MattD30

Have you looked at your county library web page as it appears you can view Ancestry at home at the moment via their library app

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01pn5/

As I said in my first post put the details on here as there are plenty of people on here who are able to help

Hi

I normally visit the library to access Ancestry but I didn't know it could be accessed on their app. I have that on my phone but I have never seen it mentioned.

I'll pop some names on here tomorrow sometime. Like I said before it isn't an urgent matter, more like double checking before I post any names.

I don't have my list of names available to hand at the moment so I'll post more details tomorrow.

Matt

[MattD30]

There are plenty of transcriptions of Guildford registers available on FreeReg:

https://www.freereg.org.uk/freereg_contents/53cd4988eca9ebee4f009af7?locale=en

I understand that transcriptions may not necessarily be ideal, but they can at least provide clues.  And from my own experience it helps that (probably) several people have already spent hours deciphering sometimes awful handwriting.  I was looking at a Sussex register yesterday and mentally giving medals to the transcribers for their heroic efforts!

Nell

Thanks Nell.

Just took a look but sadly they end just before the time I need to look.

Never mind.

Matt