Suffolk Church Records

There are two copies of the Parish Registers.  The parish kept their own register and every year they sent a copy to the Bishop known as the Bishop Transcripts.  The Eastern Division is known as the Archdeaconry of Suffolk and the Western Division is known as the Archdeaconry of Sudbury.

Parish Registers

The parish registers can be viewed at the Suffolk Record Office.  The Suffolk Record Office also sells the registers for any pairsh in the county in microfiche form.  There are numerous indexes and transcriptions that have been published by the Suffolk Family History Society.  There are numerous indexes that have been created over the years that have been filmed the Family History Society

Bishop Transcripts

A Bishop Transcript is a copy of the parish registers that was sent to the Bishop from the parish every year. From 1685 to the 1875 there are Suffolk Bishop Transcripts which have been microfilmed   by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The Western Division of the County is know as the Archdeaconry of Sudbury and the Eastern Divsion is known as the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, each having a considerable number of Deanry's. After 1813 the parishes are filmed in alphabetical order.  Before 1813 they are filmed by Deanry. From 1813 to 1875 a considerable amount of the transcripts are on the IGI.