Norfolk, England Genealogy

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Guide to Norfolk ancestry, family history and genealogy parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

County Information
'''Norfolk is a maritime county located in the middle eastern part of 'England'. '''

"The county contains 743 parishes, parts of 3 others, and 7 extra-parochial places... all in the diocese of Norwich. The assizes are held at Norwich; and quarter-sessions, at Norwich, Swaffham, and Walsingham...  The places of worship, in 1851, were 719 of the Church of England, 49 of Independents, 67 of Particular Baptists, 3 of General Baptists, 6 of New Connexion General Baptists, 15 of Baptists undefined, 15 of Quakers, 7 of Unitarians, with 1, 213 of Wesleyan Methodists, 1 of New Connexion Methodists, 254 of Primitive Methodists, 2 of Bible Christians, 2 of the Wesleyan Association, 44 of Wesleyan Reformers, 2 of Lady Huntingdon's Connexion, 1 of Sandemanians, 1 of the New Church, 19 of isolated congregations, 13 of Latter Day Saints, 6 of Roman Catholics, and 2 of Jews...     (John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72).  For the full account go to Vision of Britain).

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

Civil Registration Districts
List of Norfolk Civil Registration Districts

Websites

 * To view an excellent list of web sites and/or web pages for Norfolk and many of its parishes, visit FHLFavorites.info and/or FHLFavorites.com.
 * Norfolk Resources and help pages on RootsChat Norfolk Resources and help pages. (Free).
 * Before 1858, every town and parish in Norfolk was under the probate jurisdiction of several ecclesiastical courts. To read more about probate records and see a list of Norfolk towns and parishes and the probate courts that had jurisdiction over them, go to Norfolk Probate Records. *Some Norfolk Family Names
 * Norfolk Public Houses: Provides an ever expanding record of all Norfolk Public Houses and their Licensees.
 * A good website for research within the county or general help on the ground is Norfolk Tours. Also for help organising trips to Norfolk to see the sites.
 * Norfolk County Council has a collection of images and archive materials from the Norfolk Record Office.
 * Norfolk County Record Office
 * Norfolk Genealogical Resources: Part of theBritishIsles GenWeb Project
 * Norfolk Transcription Archive is a free site with transcriptions searchable by either Surname or Parish.