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Addresses of the societies are for the most part where their meetings are held as they are by-and-large not brick-and-mortar institutions. | Addresses of the societies are for the most part where their meetings are held as they are by-and-large not brick-and-mortar institutions. | ||
'''Alde Valley Suffolk Family History Group'''<br>Leiston United Reformed Church <br>5 Sylvester Rd<br>Leiston, Suffolk IP16 4BH UK<br>Telephone: 01728 830949<br>Email: [mailto:avsfhg@tgms.demon.co.uk avsfhg@tgms.demon.co.uk]<br>Email #2: [mailto:a_skelcher@hotmail.com a_skelcher@hotmail.com]<br>Website: [http://aldevalleyfamilyhistorygroup.onesuffolk.net/ Alde Valley Suffolk Family History Group] | |||
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:Our aim is to promote the study of family history in East Suffolk in particular and to provide support and help for those wishing to trace their family history outside the area. We cater not only for those who wish to research their local family history but also for those now living in Suffolk whose ancestors were from out of the county. | :Our aim is to promote the study of family history in East Suffolk in particular and to provide support and help for those wishing to trace their family history outside the area. We cater not only for those who wish to research their local family history but also for those now living in Suffolk whose ancestors were from out of the county. | ||
'''Beccles & District Historical Society'''<br>Hungate Church<br>Hungate Cottage<br>Hungate Ln<br>Beccles, Suffolk NR34 9TN UK<br>Telephone: 01502 717086<br> | '''Beccles & District Historical Society'''<br>Hungate Church<br>Hungate Cottage<br>Hungate Ln<br>Beccles, Suffolk NR34 9TN UK<br>Telephone: 01502 717086<br> | ||
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'''Coddenham Village History Club'''<br>Haysel House<br>Codddenham, Suffolk UK<br>Telephone: 01449 760676<br>Email: [mailto:johnpelling@btinternet.com johnpelling@btinternet.com]<br> | '''Coddenham Village History Club'''<br>Haysel House<br>Codddenham, Suffolk UK<br>Telephone: 01449 760676<br>Email: [mailto:johnpelling@btinternet.com johnpelling@btinternet.com]<br> | ||
Website: [ | Website: [http://coddenham.onesuffolk.net/our-village/historyclub/ Coddenham Village History Club] | ||
:The club has a large collection of local records and working meetings are held regularly for members of the club to work on or browse through the records at the house where they are stored. A newsletter is circulated twice a year containing news of the club's activities and articles of local interest. | :The club has a large collection of local records and working meetings are held regularly for members of the club to work on or browse through the records at the house where they are stored. A newsletter is circulated twice a year containing news of the club's activities and articles of local interest. | ||
'''Debenham Family History'''<br>Sweetbrier Barn<br>Mill Green<br>Stonham Aspal, Suffolk IP14 6BZ<br>Email: [mailto:suzie@ | '''Debenham Family History'''<br>Sweetbrier Barn<br>Mill Green<br>Stonham Aspal, Suffolk IP14 6BZ<br>Email: [mailto:suzie@debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk suzie@debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk] <br> | ||
Website: [ | Website: [http://www.debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Debenham Family History] | ||
:This is the website for all things relating to the Genealogy and Family History of the villages of Aspall, Debenham, Kenton, Mickfield & Winston in Suffolk, England. | :This is the website for all things relating to the Genealogy and Family History of the villages of Aspall, Debenham, Kenton, Mickfield & Winston in Suffolk, England. | ||
''' | '''Felixtowe Family History Society'''<br>The Tree House<br>Orwell School<br>Maidstone Road<br>Felixstone, Suffolk IP11 9ED UK<br>Telephone: 01 394 271 762<br>Email: [mailto:fxfhs@hotmail.com fxfhs@hotmail.com]<br>Website: [http://www.felixstowefhs.onesuffolk.net/ Felixtowe Family History Society] | ||
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:The Society was formed in January 1986 with the aims of helping researchers to increase their knowledge of genealogy and assist them in researching their own family history, assisting in the preservation of local history and genealogy records, and enabling us all, by sharing knowledge, to further our awareness of what information is available and how to access it. | :The Society was formed in January 1986 with the aims of helping researchers to increase their knowledge of genealogy and assist them in researching their own family history, assisting in the preservation of local history and genealogy records, and enabling us all, by sharing knowledge, to further our awareness of what information is available and how to access it. | ||
'''Framlingham & District Local History & Preservation Society'''<br>United Free Church Hall<br>Riverside<br>Albert Place<br>Framlingham, Suffolk IP13 9DX UK<br> | '''Framlingham & District Local History & Preservation Society'''<br>United Free Church Hall<br>Riverside<br>Albert Place<br>Framlingham, Suffolk IP13 9DX UK<br>Telephone: 01728 723557<br> | ||
Telephone: 01728 723557<br>Email: [mailto:framarchive@gmail.com framarchive@gmail.com]<br> | Email: [mailto:framarchive@gmail.com framarchive@gmail.com]<br>Website: [http://framlinghamarchive.org.uk/about/ Framlingham & District Local History & Preservation Society] | ||
Website: [http://framlinghamarchive.org.uk/about/ Framlingham & District Local History & Preservation Society] | |||
:The aims of the Society are to not only encourage and foster interest in the social history of the town and the surrounding district, but also to provide accommodation for all objects given, presented, bequeathed, or loaned to the Society. | :The aims of the Society are to not only encourage and foster interest in the social history of the town and the surrounding district, but also to provide accommodation for all objects given, presented, bequeathed, or loaned to the Society. | ||
'''Ipswich Archaeological Trust'''<br>Ipswich Museum<br>High Street<br>Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 3QH UK<br>Telephone: 01473 689364<br>Email: [mailto:keithwade999@btinternet.com keithwade999@btinternet.com]<br>Website: [http://ipswichat.org.uk/ Ipswich Archaeological Trust] | '''Ipswich Archaeological Trust'''<br>Ipswich Museum<br>High Street<br>Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 3QH UK<br>Telephone: 01473 689364<br>Email: [mailto:keithwade999@btinternet.com keithwade999@btinternet.com]<br>Website: [http://ipswichat.org.uk/ Ipswich Archaeological Trust] | ||
:We hope to inform and enthuse you about Ipswich and its exciting history. It’s one of the earliest properly English towns. It has crucially important national and international status. The Trust seeks to celebrate these facts. | :We hope to inform and enthuse you about Ipswich and its exciting history. It’s one of the earliest properly English towns. It has crucially important national and international status. The Trust seeks to celebrate these facts. | ||
'''Lowestoft Archaeological and Local History Society'''<br>South Lowestoft Methodist Church<br>London Road South<br>Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0DY UK<br> | '''Lowestoft Archaeological and Local History Society'''<br>South Lowestoft Methodist Church<br>London Road South<br>Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0DY UK<br> | ||
Email: [mailto:lalhs@btinternet.com lalhs@btinternet.com]<br>Website: [http://www.lowestoftlocalhistory.co.uk/ Lowestoft Archaeological and Local History Society] | Email: [mailto:lalhs@btinternet.com lalhs@btinternet.com]<br>Website: [http://www.lowestoftlocalhistory.co.uk/ Lowestoft Archaeological and Local History Society] | ||
'''Stowmarket Local History Group'''<br>Stowmarket Salvation Army Hall<br>3 Violet Hill Road<br>Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 1NE UK<br>Email: [mailto:neil@stowman.plus.com neil@stowman.plus.com]<br> | '''Stowmarket Local History Group'''<br>Stowmarket Salvation Army Hall<br>3 Violet Hill Road<br>Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 1NE UK<br>Email: [mailto:neil@stowman.plus.com neil@stowman.plus.com]<br> | ||
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:Stowmarket Local History Group was founded in 2004 to encourage interest and research into the history of this market town in central Suffolk. | :Stowmarket Local History Group was founded in 2004 to encourage interest and research into the history of this market town in central Suffolk. | ||
''' | '''Suffolk Family History Society'''<br>University of Suffolk<br>Waterfront Building<br>Neptune Quay<br>Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 1QJ UK<br>Email: [mailto:treasurer@suffolkfhs.org.uk treasurer@suffolkfhs.org.uk]<br>Website: [http://www.suffolkfhs.co.uk/ Suffolk Family History Society] | ||
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: | :Founded at Lowestoft in 1975, we are a group of keen amateur genealogists whose objectives are to promote and encourage the study of family history, genealogy, heraldry and local history with particular reference to Suffolk; and to promote the preservation, security and accessibility of archive material. The Society consists of groups at [http://suffolkfhs.co.uk/index.php/group/haverhill-group Haverhill], [http://suffolkfhs.co.uk/index.php/group/bury-st-edmunds-group Bury St Edmunds], [http://suffolkfhs.co.uk/index.php/group/ipswich-group Ipswich], [http://suffolkfhs.co.uk/index.php/group/lowestoft-group Lowestoft], [http://suffolkfhs.co.uk/index.php/group/sudbury-group Sudbury], and [http://suffolkfhs.co.uk/index.php/group/west-london-group West London]. | ||
'''Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History'''<br>Blackbourne Hall<br>Blackbourne Rd<br>Elmswell<br>Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9GY UK<br>Telephone: 01284 753228<br> | |||
Email: [mailto:generalsecretary@suffolkinstitute.org.uk generalsecretary@suffolkinstitute.org.uk]<br>Website: [http://www.suffolkinstitute.org.uk/ Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History] | |||
'''Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History'''<br>Blackbourne Hall<br>Blackbourne Rd<br>Elmswell<br>Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9GY UK<br> | |||
Telephone: 01284 753228<br>Email: [mailto:generalsecretary@suffolkinstitute.org.uk generalsecretary@suffolkinstitute.org.uk]<br> | |||
Website: [http://www.suffolkinstitute.org.uk/ Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History] | |||
:The Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History, founded in 1848, is Suffolk’s largest and oldest archaeological and historical society. For a century and a half it has played an important role in encouraging and publishing research on Suffolk’s past. | :The Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History, founded in 1848, is Suffolk’s largest and oldest archaeological and historical society. For a century and a half it has played an important role in encouraging and publishing research on Suffolk’s past. | ||
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:Sutton Hoo is an archaeological site in Suffolk, south-east England (National Grid Reference TM 288 487), famous for the Anglo-Saxon ship burial discovered there in 1939. Today the Sutton Hoo Society trains the Guides, who offer burial site tours and Exhibition Hall talks. We work alongside the National Trust to promote interest in this unique place and to tell the stories of Anglo-Saxon archaeology and history here. | :Sutton Hoo is an archaeological site in Suffolk, south-east England (National Grid Reference TM 288 487), famous for the Anglo-Saxon ship burial discovered there in 1939. Today the Sutton Hoo Society trains the Guides, who offer burial site tours and Exhibition Hall talks. We work alongside the National Trust to promote interest in this unique place and to tell the stories of Anglo-Saxon archaeology and history here. | ||
'''Wickham Market Area Archive Centre'''<br>Telephone: 01728 746241<br>Email: [mailto:sallyann_crowley@yahoo.co.uk sallyann_crowley@yahoo.co.uk]<br> | '''Wickham Market Area Archive Centre'''<br>Telephone: 01728 746241<br>Email: [mailto:sallyann_crowley@yahoo.co.uk sallyann_crowley@yahoo.co.uk]<br> | ||
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:Wickham Market Area Archive Centre maintains records relating to families, properties and events in the area of Wickham Market, in the county of Suffolk, England. | :Wickham Market Area Archive Centre maintains records relating to families, properties and events in the area of Wickham Market, in the county of Suffolk, England. | ||
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Family history societies often publish helpful journals, transcripts, compiled genealogies and host helpful websites. They may have ongoing projects to transcribe records and create indexes. Most societies publish queries in their journals and maintain lists of members’ research interests that may be helpful to you. You may want to join one of these societies, reap the benefits of their expertise and resources, or support its efforts.
Addresses of the societies are for the most part where their meetings are held as they are by-and-large not brick-and-mortar institutions.
Alde Valley Suffolk Family History Group
Leiston United Reformed Church
5 Sylvester Rd
Leiston, Suffolk IP16 4BH UK
Telephone: 01728 830949
Email: avsfhg@tgms.demon.co.uk
Email #2: a_skelcher@hotmail.com
Website: Alde Valley Suffolk Family History Group
- Our aim is to promote the study of family history in East Suffolk in particular and to provide support and help for those wishing to trace their family history outside the area. We cater not only for those who wish to research their local family history but also for those now living in Suffolk whose ancestors were from out of the county.
Beccles & District Historical Society
Hungate Church
Hungate Cottage
Hungate Ln
Beccles, Suffolk NR34 9TN UK
Telephone: 01502 717086
Email: aa35rl@btinternet.com
Website: Beccles & District Historical Society
- Beccles has a fascinating history; and we enjoy finding out about it. But our talks and excursion programmes also take us further afield, exploring East Anglia and more widely. We also range freely in historical time - from the Romans to the 20th Century.
Belton & District Historical Society
Email: kim.saul.502@btinternet.com
Website: Belton & District Historical Society
- The Belton & District Historical Society was formed in 2006 by a group of friends, to preserve the character of the village. Also to protect the historic foundations for generations to follow. Their aim is to record the past for future and preserve the present.
Blundeston & District Local History Society
Blundeston Village Hall
16 Meadowlands
Blundeston
Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 5A UK
Website: Blundeston & District Local History Society
Bramford Local History Group
The Loraine Victory Hall
Ship Ln
Bramford
Ipswich, Suffolk IP8 4AL UK
Telephone: 01473 747979
Email: beryl@sims-home.co.uk
Website: Bramford Local History Group
- The Group's aim is to stimulate interest in local history and to publish as much information as possible.
Bury St Edmunds Past and Present Society
1-2 Crown Street
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 1QX UK
Telephone: 01284 719 595
Website: Bury St Edmunds Past and Present Society
- The Bury St Edmunds Past and Present Society was formed in 1960 and seeks to appeal to all with a love of the history of our town and surrounding area.
Clare Historical & Archaeological Society
The Bell
Clare, Suffolk CO10 8NN UK
Telephone: 01787 277249/08722 62259
Email: fogorman51@gmail.com
Website: Clare Historical & Archaeological Society
Coddenham Village History Club
Haysel House
Codddenham, Suffolk UK
Telephone: 01449 760676
Email: johnpelling@btinternet.com
Website: Coddenham Village History Club
- The club has a large collection of local records and working meetings are held regularly for members of the club to work on or browse through the records at the house where they are stored. A newsletter is circulated twice a year containing news of the club's activities and articles of local interest.
Debenham Family History
Sweetbrier Barn
Mill Green
Stonham Aspal, Suffolk IP14 6BZ
Email: suzie@debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk
Website: Debenham Family History
- This is the website for all things relating to the Genealogy and Family History of the villages of Aspall, Debenham, Kenton, Mickfield & Winston in Suffolk, England.
Felixtowe Family History Society
The Tree House
Orwell School
Maidstone Road
Felixstone, Suffolk IP11 9ED UK
Telephone: 01 394 271 762
Email: fxfhs@hotmail.com
Website: Felixtowe Family History Society
- The Society was formed in January 1986 with the aims of helping researchers to increase their knowledge of genealogy and assist them in researching their own family history, assisting in the preservation of local history and genealogy records, and enabling us all, by sharing knowledge, to further our awareness of what information is available and how to access it.
Framlingham & District Local History & Preservation Society
United Free Church Hall
Riverside
Albert Place
Framlingham, Suffolk IP13 9DX UK
Telephone: 01728 723557
Email: framarchive@gmail.com
Website: Framlingham & District Local History & Preservation Society
- The aims of the Society are to not only encourage and foster interest in the social history of the town and the surrounding district, but also to provide accommodation for all objects given, presented, bequeathed, or loaned to the Society.
Ipswich Archaeological Trust
Ipswich Museum
High Street
Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 3QH UK
Telephone: 01473 689364
Email: keithwade999@btinternet.com
Website: Ipswich Archaeological Trust
- We hope to inform and enthuse you about Ipswich and its exciting history. It’s one of the earliest properly English towns. It has crucially important national and international status. The Trust seeks to celebrate these facts.
Lowestoft Archaeological and Local History Society
South Lowestoft Methodist Church
London Road South
Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0DY UK
Email: lalhs@btinternet.com
Website: Lowestoft Archaeological and Local History Society
Stowmarket Local History Group
Stowmarket Salvation Army Hall
3 Violet Hill Road
Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 1NE UK
Email: neil@stowman.plus.com
Website: Stowmarket Local History Group
- Stowmarket Local History Group was founded in 2004 to encourage interest and research into the history of this market town in central Suffolk.
Suffolk Family History Society
University of Suffolk
Waterfront Building
Neptune Quay
Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 1QJ UK
Email: treasurer@suffolkfhs.org.uk
Website: Suffolk Family History Society
- Founded at Lowestoft in 1975, we are a group of keen amateur genealogists whose objectives are to promote and encourage the study of family history, genealogy, heraldry and local history with particular reference to Suffolk; and to promote the preservation, security and accessibility of archive material. The Society consists of groups at Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich, Lowestoft, Sudbury, and West London.
Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History
Blackbourne Hall
Blackbourne Rd
Elmswell
Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9GY UK
Telephone: 01284 753228
Email: generalsecretary@suffolkinstitute.org.uk
Website: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History
- The Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History, founded in 1848, is Suffolk’s largest and oldest archaeological and historical society. For a century and a half it has played an important role in encouraging and publishing research on Suffolk’s past.
Suffolk Local History Council
Blackbourne Hall
Blackbourne Rd
Elmswell
Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9GY UK
Telephone: 01449 258216
Email: secretary@slhc.org.uk
Website: Suffolk Local History Council
- The purpose of the Suffolk Local History Council is to encourage and support the study of local history and to act as an umbrella organisation for groups and individuals with similar interests in the county of Suffolk.
Suffolk Records Society
Telephone: 01449 721121
Email: claire@ejbarker.co.uk
Website: Suffolk Records Society
- For over sixty years, the Society has been committed to producing books that bring Suffolk’s rich historical literature to a wider audience. Covering a period of 700 years these volumes of letters, diaries, maps, accounts and other archives have made a major contribution to historical studies of the county and are a useful tool for both professional and amateur historians, as well as being a source of information for anyone interested in Suffolk’s history.
Sutton Hoo Society
Riverside Theatre
Quayside
Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1BH UK
Email: info@suttonhoo.org
Website: Sutton Hoo Society
- Sutton Hoo is an archaeological site in Suffolk, south-east England (National Grid Reference TM 288 487), famous for the Anglo-Saxon ship burial discovered there in 1939. Today the Sutton Hoo Society trains the Guides, who offer burial site tours and Exhibition Hall talks. We work alongside the National Trust to promote interest in this unique place and to tell the stories of Anglo-Saxon archaeology and history here.
Wickham Market Area Archive Centre
Telephone: 01728 746241
Email: sallyann_crowley@yahoo.co.uk
Website: Wickham Market Area Archive Centre
- Wickham Market Area Archive Centre maintains records relating to families, properties and events in the area of Wickham Market, in the county of Suffolk, England.