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== Museums ==
== Museums ==
For a long list of Suffolk museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Suffolk '''List of museums in Suffolk'''] in Wikipedia.
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'''Lowestoft Museum'''<br>Nicholas Everitt Park<br>Broad House<br>Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 9JR UK<br><br>Telephone: 1502 511457<br>
Email: [mailto:info@lowestoftmuseum.org info@lowestoftmuseum.org]<br>[http://www.lowestoftmuseum.org Lowestoft Website]
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'''Museum of East Anglian Life'''<br>Iliffe Way<br>Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 1DL UK<br><br>Telephone: 1449 612229<br>Email: [mailto:enquiries@eastanglianlife.org.uk enquiries@eastanglianlife.org.uk]<br>[http://eastanglianlife.org.uk/collections/ Website]


=== Lowestoft Museum ===
==Civil Registration Offices==
 
The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''General Register Office'''] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''website'''] (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.
'''Lowestoft Museum'''<br>Nicholas Everitt Park<br>Broad House<br>Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 9JR UK<br>Telephone: 1502 511457<br>
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Email: [mailto:info@lowestoftmuseum.org info@lowestoftmuseum.org]<br>
Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district.  For a list of the '''historic and current registration districts and their parishes''',
Website: [http://www.lowestoftmuseum.org Lowestoft Museum]
 
:Lowestoft Museum collects, preserves and displays objects relating to the history of the area and its people, and promotes awareness and interest in our rich heritage.  
 
=== Museum of East Anglian Life ===
 
'''Museum of East Anglian Life'''<br>Iliffe Way<br>Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 1DL UK<br>Telephone: 1449 612229<br>Email: [mailto:enquiries@eastanglianlife.org.uk enquiries@eastanglianlife.org.uk]<br>Website: [http://eastanglianlife.org.uk/collections/ Collections]
 
For a long list of Suffolk museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Suffolk List of museums in Suffolk] in Wikipedia.


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Revision as of 12:32, 25 February 2023

Suffolk Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Suffolk Background
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Archives[edit | edit source]

Suffolk Record Offices[edit | edit source]

Suffolk Record Offices-General Links
Suffolk Record Offices Website
Catalogues

Branches[edit | edit source]

Suffolk Record Office Ipswich Branch
Gatacre Road
Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 2LQ UK

Telephone: 01473 263909
Email: ipswich.ro@suffolk.gov.uk
Website


Suffolk Record Office Bury St. Edmunds Branch
77 Raingate Street
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 2AR UK

Telephone: 01284 741212
Email: bury.ro@suffolk.gov.uk
Website


Suffolk Record Office Lowestoft Branch
Lowestoft Central Library
Clapham Road South
Lowestoft, Suffolk NT33 1DR UK

Telephone: 01502 674680
Email: lowestoft.ro@suffolk.gov.uk
Website

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Suffolk Libraries[edit | edit source]

Suffolk Libraries
County Library
Northgate St
Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 3DE UK
Telephone: 01473 351249
Email: help@suffolklibraries.co.uk
Website: Suffolk Libraries

Museums[edit | edit source]

For a long list of Suffolk museums, go to List of museums in Suffolk in Wikipedia.


Lowestoft Museum
Nicholas Everitt Park
Broad House
Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 9JR UK

Telephone: 1502 511457
Email: info@lowestoftmuseum.org
Lowestoft Website


Museum of East Anglian Life
Iliffe Way
Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 1DL UK

Telephone: 1449 612229
Email: enquiries@eastanglianlife.org.uk
Website

Civil Registration Offices[edit | edit source]

The General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their website (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.


Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the historic and current registration districts and their parishes,