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Tracker: Goal 4: Learn about Sussex church and cemetery records.
Choices
ALearn about Sussex church records.
- Get an overview of Sussex church records in this article.
FS—Sussex Church Records - Learn about and search Sussex parish registers.
FS: Sussex Parish Registers - Browse parishes for East and West Sussex on the Sussex OPC site.
- Explore the
church records link on the GenUKI Sussex site. - Explore parish records on the FreeReg.org site.
- Search for baptism records on the Sussex OPC site.
- Use this parish page to explore parish records in Sussex.
- * 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 |
Emily Lapper was buried in Sussex. Use information from the "FS: England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- How old was Emily at her time of death?
- Where and when did the burial take place?
- What was her family's town of residence, and what is the recorded place of death?
- In the search screen for the QUIKLink above, enter "Emily Lapper" in the appropriate search fields.
- Use the index transcription, record image, and Similar Records to answer the questions.
- Emily died as an infant (less than one year old).
- The burial took place in South Bersted, Sussex, England on November 4, 1841.
- According to the record image, the family was living in Boyner at the time of her death. In Similar Records, England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, the place of death is listed as Chichester, Sussex, England.
QUIKLinks
- FS: England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910
- AC: East Sussex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
- AC: East Sussex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920
- AC: East Sussex, England, Church of England Confirmations, 1813-1927
- AC: East Sussex, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936
- AC: East Sussex, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1995
- AC: West Sussex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
- AC: West Sussex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920
- AC: West Sussex, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936
- AC: West Sussex, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1995
BExplore Sussex cemetery records.
- Search for burial records on the Sussex OPC site.
- 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.
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