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
East Sussex is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Kent to the north-east, West Sussex to the west, Surrey to the north-west, and the English Channel to the south. The largest settlement ...
and
West Sussex
West Sussex is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Surrey to the north, East Sussex to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Hampshire to the west. The largest settlement is Cr ...
. The name reflects the fact that historically
Sussex
Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ...
was a single county.
SFHG is a member of the
Federation of Family History Societies
previously the Federation of Family History Societies, also known as The Federation, is a United Kingdom-based charitable organisation. In 2019 it rebranded to the Family History Federation.
Its stated principal aims are "to co-ordinate and ass ...
(FFHS) and a supporter of the Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC) project.
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. The Group's ''Sussex People Index'' contains 120,000 entries referring to 230,000 people, all from offline verifiable sources.
Collections
The SFHG Headquarters and Library are at
The Keep, near Brighton, where one-to-one research support is available,
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 such as baptisms, marriages and burials, as well as wills, tombstones, occupations, censuses and ''strays'' (people associated with Sussex found in other areas).
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.
See also
*
East Sussex Record Office
*
West Sussex Record Office
References
External links
Official website*
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History of Sussex
Family history societies in the United Kingdom