Suffolk Research Resources

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The Suffolk County Category

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On WikiTree:

• Visitation(s) of England and Wales County Index entries for persons whose pedigree first entry, or family seat, in the Visitation(s) is in Suffolk, or who appears listed in a pedigree, addendum or correction to the Visitation(s) as born in Suffolk. (Currently the names in the Visitation of England and Wales - 21 Volumes are indexed) Indexing of the above volumes is in progress.
• The Visitations of Suffolk - 1561,1577,1612
• A Topographical and Genealogical History of the County of Suffolk
• Pedigrees of the families of Suffolk
• Suffolk Manorial Families
• Suffolk Green Books
• The History and Antiquities of Suffolk, Thingoe Hundred
• The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
• The Parish Register Society
• The Manors of Suffolk
• England Resources by County by Rick Pierpont

External Resources:

• Genuki Suffolk Suffolk genealogy
• Wikipedia has information for Preston St Mary. Cursor to the bottom of the page and click on Preston St Mary 1830-1850 (Password: StMary)
• A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2 This part-volume covers the medieval religious houses of Suffolk, including the abbey of Bury St Edmunds. Online readable
• Registration Districts in Suffolk These districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1911.
• Maps of Registration Districts in Suffolk
• Suffolk Institute of Archeology and History
• Suffolk Family Pedigrees Compiled By Charles Partridge, Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich; 28 volumes of manuscript notes compiled early 1900s from parish records, wills, tax records, poll books etc; can be ordered online
• Portraits in Suffolk houses (West) by Farrer, Edmund, 1848- Pub 1908
• Suffolk Records Office
• A Visitation of the County of Suffolk Bysshe, Edward, Sir, 1615?-1679, W. Harry (William Harry) Rylands, Harleian Society, and College of Arms (Great Britain). Begun Anno Dni. 1664 And Finished Anno Dni. 1668. London: [The Harleian Society], 1910. Available online at hathitrust

Parish registers

• FamilySearch (Free) has indexed 2.3 million entries from 1538-1870, about 40-50 percent coverage, from mostly Bishop's Transcripts and some parish registers.[1]
• FreeREG (Free) holds 453,000 parish records
• National Burial Index (£, check if free at your local library) at FindMyPast has 1.1 million burials
• Suffolk Baptism Index at FindMyPast has 747,204 records
• Suffolk Family History Society (£) has Downloadable indexes transcribed from Suffolk record office archives, including notes, 1538 - 1900.
• Percival Boyd's Marriage Index. 1538 - 1837 has around 300,000 marriage records. Many Volumes. Searchable online e-books. No download or account needed:

Volume	Date Range	Surname of
Vol 19	1676-1700	grooms	A-K
Vol 20	1676-1700	grooms	L-Y
Vol 21	1676-1700	brides	A-K
Vol 22	1676-1700	brides	L-Z
Vol 25	1701-1725	brides	A-K
Vol 26	1701-1725	brides	L-Z
Vol 27	1726-1750	grooms	A-F
Vol 28	1726-1750	grooms	G-P
Vol 29	1726-1750	grooms	Q-Z
Vol 30	1726-1750	brides	A-F
Vol 31	1726-1750	brides	G-P
Vol 32	1726-1750	brides	Q-Z
Vol 33	1751-1775	grooms	A-Y
Vol 37	1801-1837	grooms	A-K
Vol 38	1801-1837	grooms	L-Z
Vol 39	1801-1837	brides	A-K

• Bildeston Materials for a History of the Parish of Bildeston, in the County of Suffolk. With pedigrees &c, F.S. Growse, 1892, published online by the British Library
• Brundish Crisp, Frederick Arthur. The Parish Registers of Brundish, Suffolk (Frederick Arthur Crisp, 1885)
• Bury St Edmunds, St James, No. 17, 1562-1800
• Chillesford Privately printed for Frederick Arthur Crisp, 1886
• Carlton Crisp, Frederick Arthur. The Parish Registers of Carlton, Suffolk (Frederick Arthur Crisp, 1886)
• Chillesford Crisp, Frederick Arthur. The Parish Registers of Chillesford, Suffolk (Frederick Arthur Crisp, 1886)
• Denham, No. 8, 1539-1850
• Frostenden Crisp, Frederick Arthur. The Parish Registers of Frostenden, Suffolk (Frederick Arthur Crisp, 1887)
• Horringer, No.4, 1558-1850
• Ickworth, No.1, 1566-1890
• Ipswich, St Nicholas Vol 7, Baptisms, 1539-1709. Burials, 1551-1710. Marriages, 1539-1710
• Kelsale, 1538-1886 marriages, 1538-1812 christenings & burials, The Parish Registers of Kelsale, Suffolk, United Kingdom: Privately printed for Frederick Arthur Crisp, 1887, on Google Books
• Preston St Mary 1830-1850 (password (Password: StMary))
• Rushbrook, No. 6, 1567 to 1850
• Little Saxham, No. 5, 1559-1850
• Shotley, No. 16
• Thorington The Registers of the Parish of Thorington, Thomas Hill, 1884, published online by the British Library
• West Stow, No. 7, 1558-1850
• Wickham Skeith, 1685-1900,
• Wordwell, No. 7, 1580-1850