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== Parish Records  ==

**Baptisms - From about 1790 to 1812 the mother's maiden name is often recorded; after 1813 the father's occupation is stated; sometimes the birthdate is included as well as the date of baptism.<br>  

**Marriages - Most people married after banns were called; some married by licence. The banns record is valuable in that it records the place where the bride and groom lived; therefore, it is a guide to where a marriage may have taken place, that is, if you can’t find the marriage record. Post-1754 the marriage register indicates whether the wedding was by banns or licence. If a licence was issued, further details may be found in the affidavit or bond kept by the relevant ecclesiastical court. People also had the option of going to the Consistory Court of Norwich even when both bride and groom lived in the same archdeaconry. The [[England Church Records#Marriages|section on marriages]] in the <u>England Church Records</u> article outlines marriage laws and customs.<br> Consult the sections below – Court of Archdeaconry of Suffolk for Eastern Suffolk or Court of Archdeaconry of Sudbury for Western Suffolk or Consistory Court of Norwich for record availability.  

=== Parish Records Online  ===

*2.3 million entries have been indexed by [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ Familysearch.org], from 1538-1870, which represents about 40-50 percent coverage for this county, from mostly Bishop's Transcripts and some parish registers.  

*The [http://suffolkfhs.co.uk/files/Web_Parishes_Deaneries_sorted_by_Parish_on_CD_Nov_2018.pdf Suffolk County Family History Society] has transcribed onto CDs most burials from early to 1900; about 60 percent of the marriages; and about 55-60 percent baptisms; only about 50-60 percent of Suffolk County's church registers are covered overall.  

*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 Boyd's Marriage Index] - about 300,000 pre-1837 Suffolk Marriages (33% of Suffolk parishes). Available online at [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records findmypast] (£). [http://web.archive.org/web/20101214094708/http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-bmi-parish-SFK.aspx Coverage].  

=== Suffolk Bishop's Transcripts  ===

=== Court of Archdeaconry of Suffolk - Eastern Suffolk  ===

*Probate - [[Court of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk|Court of Archdeaconry of Suffolk]]<br>  

*1613-1674:''Marriage Licences from the Official Note Books of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk Deposited at the Ipswich Probate Court 1613-1674''for Church of England, by Arthur Crisp, Published privately (1903). [http://books.google.com/books?id=mYcUAAAAYAAJ Available online through Google Books - free].

*1663-1750: Marriage licence bonds in the Suffolk archdeaconry registry at Ipswich, 1663 - 1750, by Frederick Arthur Crisp, Published by Frederick Arthur Crisp, (1900) [http://books.google.com/books?id=6yYVAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=suffolk+marriage+bonds&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5dnhUIrdJ8XQ2QWKwYHQBw&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA (free google ebook)]

'''Deaneries''' - Blackbourn, Clare, Fordham, Hartismere, Stow, Sudbury, Thedwastre, Thingoe. After 1837 Archdeaconry of Sudbury was moved into the Diocese of Ely and <u>Stow and Hartismere</u> were added to the Archdeaconry of Suffolk. <br>  

*Probate -[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury|Court of Archdeaconry of Sudbury]]  

**1837-1858, the [[Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)|Consistory Court of Ely]]  

*1684-1754:''Allegations for marriage licences in the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk ''for Church of England (Volume 69), by W. Bruce Bannerman, G.G. Bruce Bannerman, Published by Harleian Society, London (1918). [Indexed in the next volume.] [http://archive.org/details/allegationsforma69chur Available online through the Internet Archive].  

*1755-1781: ''Allegations for marriage licences in the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk ''for Church of England (Volume 70), by W. Bruce Bannerman, G.G. Bruce Bannerman, Published by Harleian Society, London (1919). [With index for 1684-1781.] [http://archive.org/details/allegationsforma70chur Available online through the Internet Archive].  

=== Consistory Court of Norwich - Bishops Court  ===

While most people in Suffolk would have had obtained a marriage licence (therefore a bond) or probated a will in a Suffolk court some did go through the Bishops Court located in Norwich.  

*Probate - [[Court of Norwich (Episcopal Consistory)|Consistory Court of Norwich]]

'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:'''  

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