How To Learn More

You are able to research your history by using the libraries in the Borough as well as the Surrey History Centre. Online family history sites Ancestry.com and Findmypast.co.uk are free to use at libraries as well as at the Surrey History Centre and contain a vast range of records and guides. These are extremely useful resources to tracking your personal past. What you find may surprise you.

Other websites that can help include the following:

• The National Archives holds the records of the British Colonial Office; they also have an online guide to Asian and Black History in Britain, 1500-1850
• The website Caribbean Roots has an extensive list of sources for Caribbean family history
• The website Jamaican Family Search features a huge variety of Jamaican records, including wills, directories and Civil Registration
• The International Slavery Museum features material relating to the history of slavery worldwide
• The Family and Colonial Research Network has useful online research guide