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Woking Family Tree Project
Victorian Woking
Old Woking High Street
The Family History of Woking is an "in progress" work by the Woking Family Tree Project which started in 2012 and aimed to conduct a "One-Place Study" of St Johns, Woking but soon expanded to include the whole of Woking Parish. We are creating new transcriptions of the original documents available showing the Families who lived in the area constituting the Ancient Parish of Woking and tracing the family relationships. In 2016 it became apparent that, although Horsell was not connected to Woking in the study period and in fact was in a different Hundred and Registration District, the proximity of the village to the area around Woking Railway station was going to cause gaps in the family histories, so the Transcription area was increased, whilst family members who only appear in the surrounding Parishes are also displayed here.
The primary focus of the project will be on the period between 1813 and the 1911 Census although I do want to extend to the return of the British Expeditionary Forces in 1921/22..
This Woking Family Web site is a "Work in Progress" so any data extracted should be checked against original Sources, and some changes to the published information is inevitable as the Registers for the period between 1813 and 1837 do not always provide sufficient evidence.
The Transcribed Data is entered into my main Research Database and wherever possible Family Trees created, the Folks who lived in the Woking/Horsell area are then extracted and presented here.
Note - if you wish to trace these families before (or after) their residence in Woking, you will need to apply for access to my main Research Website.
PLEASE let me know of all errors, typos and stupid mistakes ASAP
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Names, Places and Dates Description of the Name, Place and dating Conventions used in the Woking Family Trees.
Project Methodology Explaining how the Family History of Woking has been created by transcriptions from the original Documents.
Note - if you wish to trace these families before (or after) their residence in Woking, you will need to apply for access to my Research Database.
The Growth of Woking. The growth of the population of Woking can be analysed by comparing the Census records against the Baptism and Burial records. Currently (2017) there is no plan to include the inmates of Brookwood asylum or the Prison/Army Barrack Blocks on the Knaphill border. However staff living in married quarters or "off campus" are included
A brief history of Woking Due to the Presence of a Royal Manor, Woking has played an influential role in English History from Magna Carta until the death of Henry VIII, the decline of the 17th century changed with the coming of the railways. but in recent years the Town centre has migrated which has caused some confusion, especially for anyone living in "Church Street, Woking" or even "High Street, Woking"
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