Suffolk Church Records: Difference between revisions

*Parish Registers - The parish registers can be viewed at the [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/sro Suffolk Record Office], which also [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/libraries-and-culture/culture-and-heritage/suffolk-record-office/services/parish-register-copying-service/ sells the registers] of many parishes on microfiche.&nbsp; There are {{H:title|The Suffolk Family History Society publishes indexes or transcriptions for baptisms and marriages for deaneries in Suffolk. Deanries currently covered - Bosmere & Claydon, Clare, Hoxne, Ipswich, Samford, Stow, Sudbury, Thingoe, among others.  It has many products and services to help the genealogist.  |numerous indexes and transcriptions|dotted=yes}} that have been published by the [http://www.suffolkfhs.co.uk/ Suffolk Family History Society.]&nbsp; Several other indexes have been filmed by the Utah Genealogical Society. Check the [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog library catalog] to see what is available for particular parishes.<br>  

**174,420 Suffolk entries are included in [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1351 England &amp; Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906] at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as ''British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed.'' [http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ Coverage].<ref>[http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,'] ''Genoot,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>  

**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.  

*Churchyard - A small portion of the people had headstones.&nbsp; There are inscriptions available for most parishes.&nbsp; In larger towns, public cemeteries were established and churchyard burials were discontinued.&nbsp; Ipswich Cemetery was opened in 1855.<br>  

**Burials - Over one million burials have been published on CD by the [http://www.suffolkfhs.co.uk/ Suffolk Family History Society].&nbsp;&nbsp; They can be searched by surname or parish.&nbsp; This large collection of records provides clues as to where families were living in the county  

*Parish Chest - [[Parish Chest Records|Parish Chest Records]] are documents created by the parish other than the parish registers. The most important records for a genealogist will be the ''OverSeer Records'' which record settlements, removals, apprenticeships, etc. Many of these record have been indexed by personal name and can be searched online at the website, [http://www.suffolkheritagedirect.org.uk/SRODServe/dserve.exe?dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Search.tcl Suffolk Heritage Direct], also at the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/advanced-search.aspx?tab=1 National Archives of England] website.