Alderford, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes Alderford

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

Parish History
Alderford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk. Genuki.org.uk has more details on this parish.

ALDERFORD (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of St. Faith's, hundred of Eynsford, E. division of Norfolk, 3¼ miles (S. E. by S.) from Reepham.

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 of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Census records
1891 Census Surnames Index courtesy of Norfolk Transcription Archives 

Land Records
1597 Subsidy Taxes courtesy of the Norfolk Transcription Archives

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Norfolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Poor Law Unions
Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.

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

 * Alderford on GenUKI