Research your family history

Local History Centres

There are seven Local History Centres in Surrey libraries. Each provides a collection of research materials relating to the surrounding area.

You can use the resources of the local history centres at any time that these libraries are open. Better still, visit when enthusiastic volunteers with local knowledge are there to help you use the resources and equipment.

Surrey History Centre

Visit the Surrey History Centre and try some useful websites with family history links and help sheets. You will be guided through some useful online indexes including our Surrey History Centre's catalogue.

Online reference shelf

Discover what Ancestry and Find My Past have to offer, free to use in libraries from our online reference shelf.

Look at the 1881 and 1901 censuses and find out what other records are now available online.

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