Suffolk Church Records

England   Suffolk     Parishes

There are two copies of the Parish Registers. The parish kept their own register and every year they sent a copy to the Bishop known as the Bishop Transcripts. Parish Chest Records are held by the Suffolk Record Office. It is unknown how complete there collection is. The England Church Records article provides a more indepth view.

Parish Registers
The parish registers can be viewed at the Suffolk Record Office. The Suffolk Record Office also sells the registers for any pairsh in the county in microfiche form. There are numerous indexes and transcriptions that have been published by the Suffolk Family History Society. There are numerous indexes that have been created over the years that have been filmed by the Utah Genealogical Society. Check the library catalog to see what is available for your parish.

Suffolk Burials
Over one million burials have been published on CD by the Suffolk Family History Society. They can be searched by surname or parish. Such a large collection of records provides clues as to where families were living in the County.

Bishop Transcripts
A Bishop Transcript is a copy of the parish registers that was sent to the Bishop from the parish every year. From 1685 to the 1875 there are Suffolk Bishop Transcripts which have been microfilmed  by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The Western Division of the County is know as the Archdeaconry of Sudbury and the Eastern Divsion is known as the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, each having a considerable number of Deanry's. After 1813 the parishes are filmed in alphabetical order. Before 1813 they are filmed by Deanry. From 1813 to 1875 a considerable amount of the transcripts are on the IGI.

Parish Chest
Parish Chest Records are held by the Suffolk Record Office. An index to these records can be found on National Archives of England website.