Pakefield, Suffolk Genealogy

England   Suffolk     Parishes   Pakefield

Parish History
Refer to the works listed in Suffolk Gazetteers or England Gazetteers for source material.

Resources
If you live in Suffolk you will have access to a variety of resources at local archives and libraries. For those who live further afield, one can access microfilm and online records at LDS Family History Centres. Refer to Suffolk_in_the_FHL_Catalog  and  in the Family History Library Catalogue for available records.

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
Parish Registers began in the 1500's. They can be viewed at the Suffolk Record Office. There are Bishop Transcripts and Parish Registers that have been filmed for most parishes in the County. See the Suffolk Church Records article for further details.

FamilySearch

https://www.familysearch.org/s/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/waypoint/652644

provides unindexed but printable and copyable "as filmed" records of christenings, marriages and burials (plus some banns) of the Pakefield parish records. These records are part of the "NORFOLK PARISH RECORD SET", which is a slightly incorrect description for what are actually "NORFOLK and some SUFFOLK PARISH RECORDS" held at NORWICH and as such contain a number of SUFFOLK parish records.

Local Record Office
The local record office is at Lowestoft (Pakefield is a suburb of Lowestoft) and this holds parish records, transcribed and indexed, In addition it holds a unique collection of Fishing records (Crew Contracts) plus an excellent range of photographs of fishing boats etc. The staff are experts on Lowestoft and Pakefield and are always helpful, often being able to recommend an additional source of research. Practical resources include an in house cafe plus adjacent or rooftop parking. A visit is recommended as there is so much information, mainly available on a self service basis, from shelves and filing cabinets, which includes local parish records, census and newspapers. For more recent research try the extensive range of Kelly's street directories.

For location see

http://www.bing.com/maps/?where1=NR321DR,GB&amp;lvl=16&amp;FORM=MMREDR

For services available see

http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryAndHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice/Wheretofindus.htm

Census records
In addition to the 1841 to 1901 census there are earlier ones, covering heads of household.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Suffolk 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.

The following link is to the Norfolk Parish LDS FamilySearch records, which include some suffolk ones

https://www.familysearch.org/s/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/collection/1416598/waypoints

The following link is to a web site set up by David Mantripp (1950-2003)

which includes an extensive treasure trove of useful and interesting information and pictures on Pakefield people, buildings and records (church and civil) of value and interest to anyone having ancestors from Pakefield, Thank you David !

http://www.adsmt.btinternet.co.uk/pakefield/

The following link provides pictures of the Pakefield World War One memorial, together with a list of those named on it

http://www.adsmt.btinternet.co.uk/pakefield/memorial.htm