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Parish Record

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mgnv

mgnv Report 6 Nov 2012 05:45

A search for Guildford at https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog gets

Parish registers for Holy Trinity Church, Guildford, 1558-1924
authors: Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Guildford, Surrey)
format: Manuscript/Manuscript on Film
language: English
publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969-2001
physical: on 4 microfilm reels ; 16 mm. and 35 mm.
Notes
Microfilm of original records in the Guildford Muniment Room, Guildford; in the Surrey Record Office, Kingston-upon-Thames; and in the Surrey History Center, Woking.
Surrey Record Office no.: PSH/GU.HT/1/1-5, 2/1-4, 4/1-3, 5/1-3. Surrey History Center call no.: GUHT/4/5.
High reduction (42x) microfilm. Use high magnification reader for film #1471892.

[There are similar results for St Mary's and St Nicholas' - so if you find nowt at:
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=UNITED_KINGDOM_IRELAND
then I guess your only options are to visit one of the locations listed above as holding the original records, or to rent a film(s) thru FS to view at one of their centres.

Christina

Christina Report 6 Nov 2012 04:28

Hi, Can anybody give me information on how to find Parish Records for Surrey particulaly Guildford ? I've tried many sites but that area is very sparse.

Thanks Chris.