Haverhill, Suffolk Genealogy

England   Suffolk     Suffolk Parishes

Parish History
HAVERHILL (St. Mary), a market-town and parish, in the union of Risbridge, partly in the hundred of Hinckford, N. division of Essex, but chiefly in the hundred of Risbridge, W. division of Suffolk, 20 miles (S. W.) from Bury St. Edmund's, and 56 (N. N. E.) from London. See also.

Refer to the works listed in Suffolk Gazetteers or England Gazetteers for source material.

Resources

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church Records

 * Parish Records: 1660
 * Bishop Transcripts: 1563

parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Non-Church of England denominations identified in Haverhill include:


 * Baptist
 * Independent/Congregational
 * Presbyterian
 * Quakers (Society of Friends)

FamilySearch Catalog Entries for Haverhill, Suffolk

Courtesy of the Haverhill Family History Group:


 * Haverhill Independant Baptisms
 * Haverhill Old Independent Church Marriages
 * Haverhill Cemetery Burial Records
 * Steeple Bumpstead Baptisms 1676-1907
 * Steeple Bumpstead Marriages: By Wifes Name, By Husbands Name

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Suffolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

■England Jurisdictions 1851 ■Vision of Britain

Maps and Gazetters
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web Sites

 * Haverhill Family History Group Website
 * Haverhill Genealogy Message Board