Suffolk Church Records: Difference between revisions

Copies of the past year's baptismal, marriage and burial entries in the parish registers were supposed to be submitted annually to the local archdeacon or (every seventh year and sometimes more frequently) to the Bishop of Norwich, during his visitations. They are commonly known as Bishop's Transcripts (BTs) or (more accurately in most cases for this county) register bills. Bishop Transcripts may pre-date the parish registers for some parishes.<br> The [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/sro Suffolk Record Office ] (SRO) has all the BTs that have survived; however, if you live some distance from Ipswich you can consult the microfilmed collection of the Genealogical Society of Utah. Since very few of the parish registers are available outside of Suffolk, your only option may be to rely on parish register transcripts and [https://bit.ly/2VxXumj '''Bishop Transcripts'''] (see the 6th and 7th listed entries for Sudbury and Suffolk Archdeaconries) that have been filmed by FamilySearch (formerly the Genealogical Society of Utah). You have the option of buying the parish registers from the Suffolk Record Office.<br> It is advisable to check both the parish registers and the Bishop Transcripts since they are copies of each other. The time spent searching both the BTs and the parish registers is not wasted since it is possible that they may differ and additional details may be found about your ancestor. Occasional errors such as name omissions, spelling variations, and some given discrepancies and additional details can and do appear with some frequency.<br> FamilySearch has indexed post 1813 entries from the Suffolk BTs. Search these entries through the [http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/igi/fs-sfk.htm Archersoftware.co.uk] website (updated periodically), or [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountySuffolk.htm#Suffolk_County_Bts Hugh Wallis website] or [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/igi FamilySearch] (no longer updated). Most of the people from Suffolk found on FamilySearch come from the Bishop Transcripts.<br> Consult the sections below - Archdeaconry of Suffolk for Eastern Suffolk or Archdeaconry of Sudbury for Western Suffolk for additional details.