England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office) - FamilySearch Historical Records

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What is in This Collection?
This collection contains an index to and images of baptismal, marriage, and burial records from the county of Norfolk for the years 1510-1997. The original records are held at the Norfolk Record Office.

Parish registers have been kept at the local level across England since the mid-1500s. Due to this long and relatively stable tradition, these records are central to English genealogical research as they are often one of the only sources for finding families and individuals in England before the start of civil registration in 1837.

To learn more about parish registers, please see the England Parish Registers page.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Baptism records include:
 * Name of the child
 * Date and place of baptism
 * Gender
 * Names of the parents

Marriage records include:
 * Names of the bride and groom
 * Date and place of marriage
 * Residences
 * Genders
 * Marital status

Burial records include:
 * Name of the deceased
 * Date and place of burial
 * Age
 * Residence

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

View the Images
View images in this collection by visiting the :
 * 1) Select Parish name
 * 2) Select Event Type
 * 3) Select Year or Year Range to view the images.

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Look at an image of the original record, if possible. The online index entry only lists the most basic information from a record; the original may contain further information which was not included in the index
 * Save or print a copy of the image whenever possible
 * If in the appropriate period, use the information which has been discovered to find the individual in civil records
 * Continue to search the index for people with the same surname to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives
 * Family members often appear on an individual's records, such as in the role of witnesses to a marriage
 * Look for families in the census records

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Try variations of given names and surnames. An individual might have been listed under a middle name, a nickname, or an abbreviation of their given name
 * Spelling was not standardized for much of the period of this collection, so names were often spelled as recorders heard them. Pay attention to how the name should have been pronounced and try spelling variations that could have that pronunciation
 * Vary the search terms. For example, search by either the given name or surname to return broader list of possible matches
 * Try expanding the date range. This is especially useful in searching baptismal records, as it was not unusual for a child to be baptized weeks or even months after birth
 * Search the records of nearby parishes. For this collection, nearby locations include the bordering counties of Suffolk to the south, Cambridgeshire to the west, or Lincolnshire to the northeast
 * The individual in question may not have records in the Church of England at all, but rather might have belonged to a nonconformist denomination. See England Nonconformist Church Records for more information

Known Issues with This Collection
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Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.

"England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997." Database with Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Citing Church of England, Record Office, Norwich.
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