Euston, Suffolk Genealogy
England 
Suffolk Suffolk Parishes
Guide to Euston, Suffolk family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Parish History
EUSTON (St. Genevieve), a parish, in the union of Thetford, hundred of Blackbourn, W. division of Suffolk, 3½ miles (S. E. by S.) from Thetford; containing Rymer, extra-parochial, and the merged parish of Little Fakenham. [1]
Euston St Genevieve is an ancient parish in the county of Suffolk and includes Fakenham Parva or Little Fakenham. The church is the estate church of the Euston Estate. It is part of Euston Hall, opening to the public in the summer months. It is one of only four Wren style Restoration churches built outside London in the 1670's. Only two sections of the Gothic tower remain. The Earl of Arlington rebuilt this church in 1676. The foundation stone in the south wall was laid by the first Duchess of Grafton who was Arlington's daughter.
Resources
If you live in Suffolk you will have access to a variety of resources at local archives and libraries. For those who live further afield, one can access microfilm and online records at LDS Family History Centres. Refer to the parish and Suffolk in the Family History Library Catalogue for available records.
Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
- Thetford 1837-1935
- Bury St Edmunds 1935-1974
Church records
Euston, Suffolk Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
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| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| 1813 | 1813-1837 | |||||
| BOYD | 1572-1753 | |||||
| IGI | 1566-1812 | 1572-1839 | ||||
| NBI | 1750-1902 | |||||
Parish Registers began in the 1500's. They can be viewed at the Suffolk Record Office. There are Bishop Transcripts and Parish Registers that have been filmed for most parishes in the County. See the Suffolk Church Records article for further details. Template:Expand section
Census records
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Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Poor Law Unions
See also England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Suffolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Web sites
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/euston-st-genevieve/ for information about the parish
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=7159 A vision of Britain
http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/euston.htm Suffolk churches website
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 177-181. Adapted. Date accessed: 25 September 2013.
- ↑ 'Suffolk Marriage Index (1813-37) Coverage', Find My Past, accessed 6 December 2013.
- ↑ Percival Boyd, A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index (London: Society of Genealogists, 1987). Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
- ↑ Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for Suffolk, England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 10 December 2013.
- ↑ 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage', Find My Past, accessed 4 December 2013.
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