Publications
Sussex Pre-1837 Marriages, by Joe Bysh, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.204-206) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The Sussex Marriage Index is one of the best things we have done in our first 40 years. It was conceived by our founder member Frank Leeson in the mid-1960s. As a Fellow of the Society of Genealogists he was the editor of their journal for a quarter of a century and he took a special interest in the surnames of Sussex. He wanted to create a complete index of every known record of Sussex marriages before 1st July 1837 after which date marriages were registered by the Government's General Registry Office
PRTS Are Changing!, by Roy Winchester and Joe Bush, published September 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 3, article, pp.120-121) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508853]
Preview:Parish Register Transcription Society are handing over the production of their Sussex parish register CDs to SFHG who will become the sole supplier.
RTS began in 1999 as a not-for-profit organisation with no particular ties to any county and with the aim of publishing transcripts of parish registers and manuscript records to assist family history researchers. The society has no subscribed membership, but consists of a very small group of volunteers who assist the committee by transcribing. Being an entirely non-profit making organisation, all proceeds from sales of published material are used to fund further transcriptions and other projects.
RTS began in 1999 as a not-for-profit organisation with no particular ties to any county and with the aim of publishing transcripts of parish registers and manuscript records to assist family history researchers. The society has no subscribed membership, but consists of a very small group of volunteers who assist the committee by transcribing. Being an entirely non-profit making organisation, all proceeds from sales of published material are used to fund further transcriptions and other projects.
Two Family History Giants Metamorphosing, by Joe Bysh, published September 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 7, article, pp.334-336) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508953]
Preview:This has been a busy summer for Pete Steward and the small team at Parish Register Transcription Society. They have now finished their indexed transcriptions of all parish registers of all West Sussex pre-1837 parishes up to the beginning of the twentieth century and in some cases beyond. West Chiltington (No.186) was followed by Southwick (187), Fernhurst (188), Lindfield (189) and Littlehampton (190). Lyminster (191) was next to which was added the neighbouring parish of Warningcamp, followed by Slaugham (192). Kingston Gorse has been added to East Preston (61). The latest to arrive are Bury (Vol.193 after acquiring copyright permission vested in West Sussex Record Office), Washington (194) and Thakeham (195) to complete West Sussex.