Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk

Parish History
Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

A Norman church stood on the site but extensive restoration in the 1860's has produced the present church.

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
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Images of registers for this parish are published online in the Historic Documents on familysearch.org

A search of the Family History Library Catalogue indicates that the following Archdeacon's transcripts are on film but these have not yet been converted to digital images for publication

Archdeacons transcripts, 1600-1812 Church of England. Parish Church of Ormsby-St. Margaret Church of England. Parish Church of Scratby

Census records
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Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Norfolk 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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