Surrey Record Society exists to publish records relating to the historic county of Surrey, which includes the parishes of South London as far east as Rotherhithe. Since its foundation in 1913 it has published transcripts, translations and abstracts of texts ranging in date from the twelfth to the nineteenth century, and in subject from central, county and municipal government to ecclesiastical, manorial, industrial and military history. Each text is provided with a full general introduction and with indexes. Manuscript sources (often difficult to decipher) held in repositories in and outside the county have thus been made more readily available and comprehensible to students of Surrey history and genealogy and also to students of various aspects of national history. If the Society's work is to continue, it needs the support of all those individuals, local societies and institutions who benefit from its publications.