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 === 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.
 *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.'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20150607193600/http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ Coverage].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150607193600/http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,'] ''Genoot,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>
 *130,003 Suffolk entries are included in [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?tab=1 Suffolk Baptism Index] (£).<ref>[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/help-and-advice/knowledge-base/parish-records/baptisms 'Suffolk Baptism Index Coverage,'] ''findmypast,'' accessed 2 September 2013.</ref>
-*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 Boyd's Marriage Index] - about 300,000 pre 1837 Suffolk Marriages (97% 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].
+*[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].
 *18,394 Suffolk entries are included in [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1352 England &amp; Wales Marriages, 1538-1940] at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as ''British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed.'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20150607193600/http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ Coverage].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150607193600/http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,'] ''Genoot,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>
 *Burials from 573 Suffolk places (1,094,726 entries) are included in the [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records National Burial Index] (£). [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/national-burial-index-coverage-counties.action?countyCode=SFK Coverage].<ref>[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/national-burial-index-coverage-counties.action 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage'], ''Find My Past,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>
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 === Suffolk Bishop's Transcripts  ===
-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 Bishop Transcripts that have been filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. (of course you have the option of buying the parish register 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. Perhaps only 10% of the time will they differ.<br> FamilySearch has indexed post 1813 entries from the Suffolk BTs. Search these entries through the [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]. 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.
+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.
 === Extracted Records on FamilySearch  ===