Sussex, a historic county in southeastern England, has a rich and layered history that spans from prehistoric times through the modern era. Originally inhabited by Celtic tribes, it became part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the South Saxons in the 5th century, from which the county derives its name. Over the centuries, Sussex saw Viking raids, Norman conquest, and the development of prominent towns such as Chichester, Lewes, and Hastings—the latter famously the site of the 1066 Battle of Hastings. Its genealogy is deeply intertwined with the land, featuring long-established families whose records appear in parish registers, manorial documents, and wills, reflecting both rural agrarian life and the influence of the gentry. Sussex’s coastal location also fostered maritime trade, fishing, and smuggling, all of which shaped the social and economic history of its inhabitants. The county’s genealogical records, including census data and family histories, provide insight into the lineage of Sussex families and their enduring connections to this distinctive region of England.
All of the book titles that are included in this DVD are listed as follows:
A compendious history of Sussex ... containing an index to the first twenty volumes of the Sussex archaelogical collections Vol I 1870)
A compendious history of Sussex ... containing an index to the first twenty volumes of the Sussex archaelogical collections Vol II(1870)
A complete memoir of Richard Haines (1633-1685); a forgotten Sussex worthy, with a full account of his ancestry and posterity (1899)
A dictionary of the Sussex dialect and collection of provincialisms in use in the county of Sussex (1875)
A few of my most favorite fox chases in East Sussex (1844)
A genealogy of the Towner family; the descendants of Richard Towner, who came from Sussex County (1910)
A handbook for travellers in Kent and Sussex (1858)
A ramble on the coast of Sussex. [1782.] ([pref 1873])
Abstracts of Star Chamber proceedings relating to the county of Sussex. Henry VII. to Philip and Mary. Transcribed and ed. by Percy D. Mundy (1913)
An abstract of Feet of fines, relating to the county of Sussex. Compiled by L.F. Salzmann Vol II (1903)
An historical and descriptive account of the coast of Sussex - Parry, J[ohn] D[ocwra], (1833)
An Historical Memoir of the 35th Royal Sussex Regiment of Foot (1873)
An old gate of England - Bradley, A. G (1918)
Black's guide to the county of Sussex and its watering-places - Adam and Charles Black (1886)
Bygone Sussex (1897)
Calendar of charters and documents relating to the Abbey of Robertsbridge co Sussex (1873)
Deacon's Court Guide, Gazetteer & County Blue Book of Sussex, 1881
Domesday Book Sussex - Professor John Palmer and George Slater
East Bourne memories of the Victorian period, 1845-1901 (1910)
Emigration [microform] letters from Sussex emigrants who sailed from Portsmouth, in April 1832, on board the ships, Lord Melville and Eveline (1833)
Field paths and green lanes being country walks, chiefly in Surrey and Sussex (1878)
Glimpses of our ancestors in Sussex; with sketches of Sussex characters, remarkable incidents (1878)
Highways and byways in Sussex (1904)
History of Freemasonry in Sussex - T Francis (1883)
Horsham its history and antiquities (1868)
Hove and the great war. A record and a review, together with the roll of honour and list of distinctions - Walbrook, H. M. (1920)
Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex, 1891. [Part 4 Sussex & Advertisements]
Kelly's Directory of Sussex 1890
Kelly's Directory of Sussex 1911
Kelly's Directory of Sussex 1915
Kelly's Directory of Sussex, 1899
Kelly's Directory of Sussex, 1905. [Part 1 County & Localities]
Kelly's Directory of Sussex, 1905. [Part 2 Residents, Trades, & Advertisements]
Kipling's Sussex (1921)
List of Titles
Long's Worthing Directory, 1892
Melville & Co.'s Directory and Gazetteer of Sussex, 1858
Miscellaneous records (1905)
Murray's Handbook Kent & Sussex (1858)
Notes on Sussex churches (1920)
Notes on the churches in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, mentioned in Domesday book, and those of more recent date - Hussey, Arthur (1852)
Off the beaten track in Sussex - Cooke, Arthur Stanley (c.1923)
Off the beaten track in Sussex ([1923])
Old cottages and farmhouses in Kent and Sussex - Dawber, Edward Guy (1900)
Old cottages and farmhouses in Kent and Sussex (1900)
Ornithological rambles in Sussex (1849)
Picturesque Sussex - Jerrold, Clare Armstrong Bridgman (1906)
Picturesque Sussex ([1906])
Pigot's Directory of Sussex, 1839
Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Kent ... , 1855. [Part 1 Counties & Localities]
Post Office Directory of Sussex, 1851
Post Office Directory of Sussex, 1866
Post Office Directory of Sussex, 1878
Searches into the history of the family of Byne or Bine of Sussex - Renshaw, Walter Charles (1913)
Smuggling & Smugglers in Sussex - W J Smith (c.1858)
Spell land the story of a Sussex farm ([1923])
Sussex - George Bosworth (1909)
Sussex - Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1894)
Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county (1848)
Sussex county, a tale of three centuries - Virginia Writers' Project (1942)
Sussex in the great Civil War and the interregnum, 1642-1660
Sussex Record Society Vol I - Calendar of Sussex marriage licences ...for the Archdeaconry of Lewes August 1586-March 1642-3, ..... (1902)
Sussex Record Society Vol II - An Abstract of Feet of Fines Sussex 2 Richard I to 33 Henry III (1903)
Sussex Record Society Vol III - A calendar of Post Mortem Inquisitions ... Sussex 1 to 25 Elizabeth (1904)
Sussex Record Society Vol IV - Miscellaneous Records (1904)
Sussex Record Society Vol IX - Calendar of Sussex marriage licences ...for the Archdeaconary of Chichester June 1575-December 1730 ..... (1909)
Sussex Record Society Vol V - West Sussex Protestation Returns 1641-2 (1906)
Sussex Record Society Vol VI - Calendar of Sussex marriage licences ...for the Archdeaconry of Lewes August 1670-March 1728-9 ..... (1907)
Sussex Record Society Vol VII - An Abstract of Feet of Fines 34 Hnery III to 35 Edward I (1906)
Sussex Record Society Vol VIII - The episcopal Register of Robert Rede 1397-1415 (1908)
Sussex Record Society Vol X - Earliest Subsidies County of Sussex Years 1296, 1327, 1332 (1910)
Sussex Record Society Vol X - The Earliest Subsidies for the County of Sussex in the years 1296, 1327, 1332 (1910)
Sussex Record Society Vol XI - The episcopal Register of Robert Rede 1397-1415 Part II (1910)
Sussex Record Society Vol XII - Calendar of Sussex marriage licences ...for the Deanery of Chichester January 1582-December 1730, ..... (1911)
Sussex Record Society Vol XIII - The Parish Registers of Cuckfield Sussex 1598-1699 (1911)
Sussex Record Society Vol XIV - Notes of post mortem inquisitions taken in Sussex. 1 Henry VII to 1649 and after (1912)
Sussex Record Society Vol XIX - Sussex Manors Advowsons etc recorded in the feet of fines ...1509-1833 Vol I A-L (1914)
Sussex Record Society Vol XV - The Parish Registers of Bolney 1541-1812 (1912)
Sussex Record Society Vol XVI - Abstracts Star Chamber Proceedings Henry VII to Phillip and Mary (1913)
Sussex Record Society Vol XVII - The Parish Register of Ardingly 1558-1812 (1913)
Sussex Record Society Vol XVIII - The Parish Registers of Angmering 1562-1687 (1913)
Sussex Record Society Vol XX - Sussex Manors Advowsons etc recorded in the feet of fines ...1509-1833 Vol II M-Z (1915)
Sussex Record Society Vol XXI - The Parish Register of Horsham 1541-1635 (1915)
Sussex Record Society Vol XXIII - An Abstract of Feet of Fines .. Sussex from 1 Edward II to 24 Henry VII (1916)
Sussex Record Society Vol XXIV - The Parish Register of East Grinstead 1558-1661 (1917)
The Brighton chain pier in memoriam - its history from 1823 to 1896- Bishop, John George (1896)
The churches in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey Arthur Hussey (1852)
The geology and fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous formations of Sussex - F Dixon (1850)
The history and antiquities of the ancient town and port of Rye - William Holloway (1847)
The history of and antiquities of the ancient town and port of Rye, in the county of Sussex - Holloway, William (1847)
The history of Brighton and environs, from the earliest known period to the present time - Martin, Henry (1871)
The Original Brighton & Hove Directory, 1854
The place-names of Sussex (1914)
The Sussex coast (1912)
The Victoria history of the county of Sussex (Volume 1) - Page, William (1905)
The Victoria history of the county of Sussex (Volume 2) - Page, William (1905)
The Victoria history of the county of Sussex. Edited by Wil2
The Victoria history of the county of Sussex. Edited by Will
The visitations of the county of Sussex made and taken in the years 1530 (1905)
Worth Church, Sussex (1911)
Worthing & District Local Directory, 1914-15