Suffolk, England Genealogy

Guide to Suffolk ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

County Information
SUFFOLK is...one of the principal agricultural and maritime divisions of the kingdom. It is bounded on the east by the German Ocean, on which it has some fine bays, havens, and creeks, and a bold range of cliffs and headlands, of which that at Lowestoft is the most easterly point of England... SUFFOLK contains about 500 parishes, several extra-parochial places, 30 towns, (of which the markets of eight or nine are obsolete,) and about 1000 villages and hamlets. HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY OF SUFFOLK 1855 By WILLIAM WHITE, page 25 to 48

Parish Records
Use an interactive mapto find jurisdictions for each parish in Suffolk. The Suffolk Church Records article outlines resources available for the county.

Civil Registration Districts
List of Suffolk Civil Registration Districts

Websites

 * Suffolk Resources and help pages on RootsChat Suffolk Resources and help pages. (Free).
 * Suffolk Family History Society Members' Surname Interests