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Tracker: Goal 4: Learn about Surrey church and cemetery records.
Choices
ALearn about Surrey church records.
- Get an overview of Surrey church records in this article.
FS—Surrey Church Records - Learn about and search Surrey parish registers.
FS: Surrey Parish Registers - Explore parish records on the FreeReg.org site.
- Use this
parish page to explore parish records in Surrey. - Learn about Roman Catholic records in Surrey.
Roman Catholic records - Learn about non-conformist records in Surrey.
Seeking Surrey ancestors
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
James Henry Coulston was married to Caroline Poole in Surrey in 1908. Use information from the "FS: England, Surrey Parish Registers, 1536-1992" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Where were James and Caroline married and when?
- Who are the fathers of the groom and bride?
- When James was 16, where was he living, and what was his occupation?
- In the search screen for the QUIKLink above, enter "James Henry Coulston" in the appropriate search fields.
- Use the index transcription and the 1901 Census in Similar Records to answer the questions.
- They were married in Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, on July 1, 1908.
- James's father is also James Henry Coulston, and Caroline's father is Richard Poole.
- In Similar Records, the index for the England and Wales Census, 1901 states that James was a tailor living in East Ham, Essex, England, United Kingdom at age 16.
QUIKLinks
- FS: England, Surrey Parish Registers, 1536-1992
- AC: Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917
- AC: Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
- AC: Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937
- AC: Sutton, Surrey, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
- AC: Sutton, Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
- FMP: Surrey Baptisms
- FMP: Surrey Marriages
BExplore Surrey cemetery records.
- Search the Find a Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for cemetery records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
QUIKLinks