Suffolk, England Genealogy

Suffolk is a maritime county located in the lower south east part of 'England'.

Civil Districts
When civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1837, Suffolk was divided into a number of registration districts, each containing several parishes. The index to the civil records gives the name of the district where an event took place. Click here to see a list of the civil districts in Suffolk and the parishes covered by each. Read more about England Civil Registration.

Parishes
See a list of the parishes of Suffolk with links to articles.

Probate Jurisdictions
Before 1858, every town and parish in Suffolk was under the probate jurisdiction of several ecclesiastical courts. To read more about probate records and see a list of Suffolk towns and parishes and the probate courts that had jurisdiction over them, go to Suffolk Probate Records.