Suffolk, England Genealogy

England 

Census, Civil Registration, Parish Records
Virtually everyone can be found in census and civil registration records and most in the parish registers.

Church Records or Parish Records
The Suffolk Church Records article outlines resources available for the county.

Suffolk County has approximately 500 ancient parishes within its boundary. FamilySearch has indexed and published on there website less than 20% percent of the parish registers. The Suffolk Family History Society has indexed and published well over 50% of the registers. There are three main archives in Suffolk. Also the Norfolk Record Office holds Suffolk registers for Lothingland deanery which is located in the northeast corner of Suffolk in Mutford Registration district. 23 Parishes are in Lothingland deanery.

Court, Probate, Land, and Other records
Unlike census, civil registration, and Church of England Parish Records, less then 20% of the people appear in these record classes with few exceptions. The article by Anthony Camp on Sources for Labourers in an Agricultural Community provides a detailed view of records our ancestors can be found in.

Directories and Gazetteers
There are numerous online Directories and Gazetteers for Suffolk in the nineteenth century. They record the principal residents of most communities and a general description of each parish.

Jurisdictions
Use an interactive mapto find jurisdictions for each parish in Suffolk. From this map you will be able to determine the Civil Registration District, Deanery, Poor Law Union, Hundred, Probate District, of every parish.

Civil Districts

 * Hundreds and Boroughs of Suffolk - created before 1500
 * Suffolk Poor Law Unions - created in 1835
 * Suffolk Civil Registration Districts - Births, Deaths, Marriages after 1837
 * Civil Parish

Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

 * Diocese of Norwich
 * Archdeaconry of Suffolk
 * Deanery's
 * Parish's
 * Archdeaconry of Sudbury
 * Deanery's
 * Parish's

Refer to Suffolk Church Records article

Military

 * Military 'Roll of Honour"
 * Memorials in Bourne Park
 * Suffolk Regiments from WWI: Courtesy of the Suffolk Family History Society

Parishes
To find a parish from a county list, and which provides researchers with rich resources for various record types, visit the Suffolk Parishes page.

Probate
For a complete step by step strategy for searching in probate records, visit the Suffolk Probate Records page for further details for online indexes, published and original manuscript records.

Pre-1858
Before 1858, every town and parish in Suffolk was under the probate jurisdiction of several ecclesiastical courts. The primary courts that had jurisdiction over Suffolk was the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, which covered the eastern division; and, Archdeaconry of Sudbury, which coved the western division.

Post-1858
After 1858 Suffolk County was in Ipswich District. See the--

1. Principal Probate Registry

2. Estate Duty Registers

Websites

 * Looking 4 Kin Genealogy &amp; Family History Network - Suffolk
 * Suffolk Local History Council
 * Suffolk Family History Society
 * Suffolk Family History Society Member's Interest
 * To view a further list of web sites and/or web pages for Suffolk and many of its parishes, visit FHLFavorites.info.
 * Waveney District Council Municipal Cemetery Records Surname Indexes

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