Talk:Suffolk, England Genealogy

Also consult the WikiProject English Parish page for advise on how the parish pages are developing.

Parish Page
Some basic information to be included on each parish page


 * Parish History or Description

As a temporary measure there is currently extracts of gazetteers in the parish history section. As the parish history section is developed gazetteer extracts are to be moved down into are Maps and Gazetteer section. Note: National Gazetteers usually offer short and undescriptive notations about a parish. Note them in the National Gazetteers section as such Metfield, Suffolk -- Maps and Gazetteers. Other Sources maybe found in the Suffolk History Section. The primary sources used to write a history will be, Suffolk Gazetteers, National Gazetteers, and census population data, and other sources found and noted below in the Resource Section


 * 1) Resource Section
 * 2) *Link to Catalogue - directly to the Parish: Most of the parishes have this code - Suffolk_in_the_FHL_Catalog replace with  - change the parish name from Metfield to any other parish in Suffolk to link to that parish in the catalogue.
 * 3) *Link to Suffolk_Archives_and_Libraries
 * 4) Civil Registration
 * 5) * Name of District
 * 6) * link to FreeBDM
 * 7) * link to Suffolk Civil Registration Article
 * 8) Church Records
 * 9) * name of Deanry
 * 10) *link to Suffolk Church Records
 * 11) Census Records
 * 12) * link to FHL films for parish
 * 13) * Link to Suffolk Census Records
 * 14) History
 * 15) *See Suffolk History: add this section: note events that took place in the parish or affected the parish
 * 16) Probate Records
 * 17) * Name of Primary Archdeaconry - Pre 1858
 * 18) * Link to Suffolk Probate Records
 * 19) Maps and Gazetteers
 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * British History Online
 * Vision of Britain
 * Suffolk Gazetteers
 * Link to Google maps - see lay of the land as it is today

Also in this section a geographic map may be appropriate or under the parish history.

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