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|Constable country is located on the Suffolk/Essex border and is named after John Constable the renowned artist. Another famous artist, Thomas Gainsborough, was born in Sudbury. 
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[[Image:EnglandSuffolk.jpg|left|141px|thumb|Suffolk County Map (source: Wikipedia)]]
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The county has many pargeted buildings and thatched cottages painted in shades of Suffolk pink.
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'''Suffolk'''
 
  
County town: Ipswich
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Although Suffolk is predominantly an agricultural county, it has 50 miles of coastline.
  
Other major towns: Lowestoft, Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds
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The main produce of the county are cereals, sugar beet, and the famous Suffolk Punch breed of working horse.
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'''County town:''' Ipswich
  
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'''Other major towns:''' Lowestoft, Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds
  
Constable country is located on the Suffolk/Essex border and is named after John Constable the renowned artist. Another famous artist, Thomas Gainsborough, was born in Sudbury. 
 
  
The county has many pargeted buildings and thatched cottages painted in shades of Suffolk pink.  Although Suffolk is predominantly an agricultural county, it has 50 miles of coastline. The main produce of the county are cereals, sugar beet, and the famous Suffolk Punch breed of working horse.
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Suffolk| Suffolk Places of Worship]]'''
  
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Copy Certificate information [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BirthsMarriagesAndDeaths/ReplacementCertificates/ Replacement Certificates]
 
  
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional projects Forum]'''
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==Resources==
  
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'''Primary Reference'''
  
==Register Office Contact Details==
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*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice '''County Record Office''']
  
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*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/Libraries/ County Library Service]
  
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*[http://www.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]
  
'''Bury St Edmunds'''<br>
 
St Margarets <br>
 
New Shire Hall<br>
 
Bury St Edmunds<br>
 
Suffolk<br>
 
IP33 1RX<br>
 
Tel 01284 352373<br>
 
E-mail bse@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/index.shtml Suffolk FHS 1891 Census Search]
  
'''Debden District'''<br>
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*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/Emigration2.html Emigration in the 19th Century]
The Lindos Centre<br>
 
Saddlemakers Lane<br>
 
Melton<br>
 
Woodbridge<br>
 
Suffolk<br>
 
IP12 1PP<br>
 
Tel 01394 382921 <br>
 
E-mail deben@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
  
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*[http://www.mysuffolkfamily.com/ My Suffolk Family] Contains lots of surnames and useful links.
  
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*[http://essex1841.com/index.shtml Suffolk Genealogy Links]
  
'''Sudbury'''<br>
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/suffk.html Suffolk Genealogy]
14 Cornard Road<br>
 
Sudbury<br>
 
Suffolk<br>
 
CO10 2XA<br>
 
Tel 01787 372904<br>
 
E-mail Sudbury@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
  
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Leisure/historyhome.htm Articles and information on Suffolk History]
  
'''Waveney District'''
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*[http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html Suffolk Local History Council - Organizations]
St Margaret's House<br>
 
Gordon Road<br>
 
Lowestoft<br>
 
Suffolk<br>
 
NR32 1JQ<br>
 
Tel 01502 405096<br>
 
E-mail waveney@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdorse/PRSU.html Suffolk Parish Registers]
  
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*[http://www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk/ The Suffolk Surnames List]
  
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
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*[http://maurice.toucansurf.com/badley.html  Badley - History of the Parish]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.bardwellvillage.info/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ Bardwell Village]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.bentley.suffolk.gov.uk/ Bentley Village]
  
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*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The History and The People of Blaxhall.
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~fred.stentiford/boyton/boyton_history/boyton_history.html Boyton History] Marriage, Baptism and Burial registers for Boyton Church.
  
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*[http://www.burypastandpresent.org.uk/ Bury St Edmunds Past and Present Society]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.brandon-heritage.co.uk/ Brandon Heritage Project - Town History]
  
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*[http://www.bures-online.co.uk/ Bures Online]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www3.sympatico.ca/pamela.smith2/coddenham.htm Memories of Coddenham c.1900]  
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk/ The Cosford Database]
  
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*[http://www.campsea-ashe.co.uk/index.html Campsea Ashe Suffolk]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~gumbleton/misc/chelmondiston.html Chelmondiston Census Index]  
 
 
*Kirkley [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
 
*Lowestoft [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
 
  
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Villageofthemonth/Chelsworth.htm Chelsworth]
  
==Photo Offers==
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/search.html Clare Genealogy Pages]
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Debenham Family History]
  
*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice '''County Record Office''']
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*[http://www.elmswell-history.org.uk/sources.html Historical Information about Elmswell]
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/suffolk.html Library Links]
 
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/suffk.html Genealogy Links Page]
 
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/ Genuki: Suffolk]  
 
  
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~norman.kenyon/history/frame1.html Elmswell Millenium History Group]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stmartinsexning/ The Churchyard at St. Martin's, Exning]
  
*[http://www.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]
 
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/suffolk.html Local History Society]
 
 
*[http://www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/ Felixstowe Family History Society]
 
*[http://www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/ Felixstowe Family History Society]
*[http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html Suffolk Local History Council - Organizations]
 
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society]Also contains Norfolk/Suffolk newspaper archive
 
  
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*[http://wanborough.ukuhost.co.uk/Freston.htm Freston Local History and Genealogy pages]
  
'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society] Also contains Norfolk/Suffolk newspaper archive
  
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*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/stephen.clarke/contents.html Glemsford]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.glemsford.org.uk/04lhs.html Glemsford Local History Society]
  
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*[http://www.great-bradley.suffolk.gov.uk/home3.html Great Bradley] Includes Census details and Gravestone Records from St Mary's Church
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountySuffolk.htm#PageTitle IGI Suffolk]
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*[http://www.greatwaldingfield.co.uk/index.htm Great Waldingfield]
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Environment/Cemeteries/ Waveney Cemeteries]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdorse/PRSU.html Suffolk Parish Registers]
 
*[http://www.woodbridgechurch.org.uk/Records/ Woodbridge Quay Church Historical Records ]
 
  
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~haughley/ Haughley]
  
'''Family and Social History'''
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*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
  
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/HeritageCircle Hinderclay, Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall Heritage Circle]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/suffolk/Suffolk.htm Suffolk Workhouses]
 
*[http://www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk/ The Suffolk Surnames List]
 
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~nigelsmithszoo/camra/campaigns/lost-ipswich-pubs.htm Lost Pubs of Ipswich ]
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~nigelsmithszoo/camra/campaigns/lost-ipswich-pubs.htm Lost Pubs of Ipswich ]
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~peter.chaloner/glemham.htm Little Glemham Parish Council]
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*[http://www.little-saxham.suffolk.gov.uk/about/index.shtml Little Saxham]
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*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, 1664]
 
*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, 1664]
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*[http://www.newmarketlhs.org.uk Newmarket Local History Society]
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*[http://www.onehouse.org.uk/index.html Onehouse]
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~fred.stentiford/boyton/boyton_history/burial_registers/ramsholt_registers/ramsholt_registers.html Ramsholt Registers from 1800 - 2007]
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*[http://www.stowmarket-history.co.uk Stowmarket History and Heritage]
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/StowmarketLocalHistoryGroup/ Stowmarket Local History Group]
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*[http://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke Past Present & Future ]
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*[http://www.suffolksaints.info/saindex.htm Welcome to the Church of England Benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
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*[http://www.walsham-le-willows.org/ Walsham le Willows]
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*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Environment/Cemeteries/ Waveney Cemeteries]
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*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/cemeteries/lowestoft/lowestoft_abbott_barbor.html Waveney District Council Cemetery Links]
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/WickhamMarketAreaArchiveCentre/ Wickham Market Area Archive Centre]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tiber/wickham_market_genealogy.htm Wickham Market Genealogy]
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*[http://www.woodbridgechurch.org.uk/Records/ Woodbridge Quay non-conformist Churches - Historical Records ]
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*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/sfkcons.txt Woodbridge Jail Transportees 1825-1840]
 
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/sfkcons.txt Woodbridge Jail Transportees 1825-1840]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Woolpit/Index.html Transcript of the Parish Register for Woolpit]
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
 
  
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
 
*[http://woodbridgesuffolk.info/Suffolk/index.htm Suffolk Village and Town Photographs]
 
*[http://woodbridgesuffolk.info/Suffolk/index.htm Suffolk Village and Town Photographs]
*[http://www.senseofplacesuffolk.co.uk/search/ Old Photographs of Suffolk] - searchable
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*[http://www.senseofplacesuffolk.co.uk/search/ Old Photographs of Suffolk]  
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*[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ Suffolk and Norfolk Churches]  
 
*[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ Suffolk and Norfolk Churches]  
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2005/12/07/church_gallery_feature.shtml Suffolk Churches gallery]
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/BarkingPC/Photographs/ Old photos of Barking, Suffolk, including old school photographs]
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2005/12/07/church_gallery_feature.shtml Suffolk Churches Gallery]
*[http://www.suffolkcam.co.uk/ Suffolk CAM]Suffolk photographs.
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*[http://sudburysuffolk.co.uk/photoarchive/ Caught on Camera] The Historic Photo Archive for Sudbury.
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/BarkingPC/Photographs/ Old photos of Barking, Suffolk, inc. Old School Photographs]
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*[http://www.suffolkcam.co.uk/ Suffolk Photographs]
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*[http://sudburysuffolk.co.uk/photoarchive/ Caught on Camera] The Historic Photo Archive for Sudbury
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*[http://www.unseenarchive.co.uk/ Photographs of Bygone Suffolk]
 
*[http://www.unseenarchive.co.uk/ Photographs of Bygone Suffolk]
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=suffolk Gravestone Photographs]  
 
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=suffolk Gravestone Photographs]  
  
  
  
'''Countywide Interest'''
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==Register Office==
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Copy Certificate information [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BirthsMarriagesAndDeaths/ReplacementCertificates/ Replacement Certificates]
  
  
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/Emigration2.html Emigration in the 19th Century].
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'''Bury St Edmunds'''
*[http://essexpub.net/Suffolk%20Genealogy%20Links.htm Suffolk Genealogy Links]
 
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Leisure/historyhome.htm Articles and information on Suffolk's history]
 
*[http://www.mysuffolkfamily.com/ My Suffolk Family family history website.Contains lots of surnames and useful links]
 
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/cemeteries/lowestoft/lowestoft_abbott_barbor.html Waveney District Council Cemetery links] Covers Beccles, Royal Naval Patrol Cemetery (Belle Vue Park), Bungay,Halesworth, Kirkley, Lowestoft, Southwold & Wrentham
 
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/index.shtml 1891 Census Search] Haverhill, Ashen, Barnardiston, Birdbrook, Castle Camps, Clare, Great Abington, Great Wratting, Helions Bumpstead, Hundon, Kedington, Little Wratting, Ovington, Poslingford, Risbridge Union, Shudy Camps, Steeple Bumpstead, Stoke, Stoke by Clare, Sturmer, Withersfield, Wixoe.
 
  
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St Margarets <br>
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New Shire Hall<br>
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Bury St Edmunds<br>
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Suffolk<br>
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IP33 1RX<br>
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Tel 01284 352373<br>
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E-mail bse@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
  
  
'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
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'''Debden District'''
  
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The Lindos Centre<br>
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Saddlemakers Lane<br>
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Melton<br>
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Woodbridge<br>
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Suffolk<br>
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IP12 1PP<br>
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Tel 01394 382921 <br>
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E-mail deben@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
  
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sally.jenkinson/ashmuseum/ Ash Museum]
 
*[http://www.ash-vale.co.uk/local.html Ash Vale & Aldershot Site for Local and British & Canadian Military History]
 
*[http://home.clara.net/badeleia/badley.htm Badley - History of the Parish]
 
*[http://www.bentley.suffolk.gov.uk/ Bentley Village]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engsurry/bisley/ Bisley History and Genealogy]
 
*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The history and the people of Blaxhall.
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~fred.stentiford/boyton/boyton_history/boyton_history.html Boyton History] Marriage, Baptism and Burial registers for Boyton Church.
 
*[http://www.brandon-heritage.co.uk/ Brandon Heritage Project - Town History]
 
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk/ The Cosford Database]
 
*[http://www.campsea-ashe.co.uk/index.html Campsea Ashe Suffolk]
 
*[http://www.oldchelsworth.org.uk/ Chelsworth]- People and Pictures
 
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
 
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/search.html Clare Genealogy Pages]
 
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk Cosford Database]
 
*[http://www.debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Debenham Family History]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stmartinsexning/ Exning Parish Church - some gravestone inscriptions]
 
*[http://wanborough.ukuhost.co.uk/Freston.htm Freston Local History and Genealogy pages]
 
*[http://www.hometownengland.com/surrey/history/Frimley.html Frimley History, Trivia and Facts]
 
*[http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/ukvillages.nsf/villages/England/Frimley+Green-Surrey Frimley Green Village Community Website]
 
*[http://www.any-web.co.uk/links.asp?SiteID=AVUK&SpecID=FrimleyGreen&Town=Frimley%20Green&County=Surrey&CatID=Genealogy Frimley Green Any-Web Pages]
 
*[http://www.francisfrith.com/archive/england/surrey/frimley+green/frimley+green.htm?partner=UK%20Villages Frimley Green - photos, maps and books from Francis Frith]
 
*[http://www.great-bradley.suffolk.gov.uk/home3.html Great Bradley] Includes Census details and Gravestone Records from St Mary's Church
 
*[http://www.greatwaldingfield.co.uk/index.htm Great Waldingfield]
 
*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~peter.chaloner/glemham.htm Little Glemham Parish Council]
 
*[http://www.wood-ditton.org.uk/newmarketlhs.htm Newmarket Local History Society]
 
*[http://normandyhistorians.guildford-surrey.co.uk/index.html#anchor94081 Normandy Historians]
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~fred.stentiford/boyton/boyton_history/burial_registers/ramsholt_registers/ramsholt_registers.html Ramsholt Registers]Registers of Ramsholt Church from 1800 - 2007.
 
*[http://www.stowmarket-history.co.uk Stowmarket History and Heritage]
 
*[http://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke Past Present & Future ]
 
*[http://www.suffolksaints.org.uk/ Welcome to the Church of England Benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
 
  
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'''Sudbury'''
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14 Cornard Road<br>
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Sudbury<br>
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Suffolk<br>
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CO10 2XA<br>
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Tel 01787 372904<br>
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E-mail Sudbury@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
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'''Waveney District'''
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St Margaret's House<br>
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Gordon Road<br>
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Lowestoft<br>
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Suffolk<br>
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NR32 1JQ<br>
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Tel 01502 405096<br>
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E-mail waveney@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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==Photo Offers==
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
  
  
  
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Latest revision as of 10:24, 16 May 2023

Constable country is located on the Suffolk/Essex border and is named after John Constable the renowned artist. Another famous artist, Thomas Gainsborough, was born in Sudbury.

The county has many pargeted buildings and thatched cottages painted in shades of Suffolk pink.

Although Suffolk is predominantly an agricultural county, it has 50 miles of coastline.

The main produce of the county are cereals, sugar beet, and the famous Suffolk Punch breed of working horse.

County town: Ipswich

Other major towns: Lowestoft, Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds


Suffolk Places of Worship


Regional projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest

  • Boyton History Marriage, Baptism and Burial registers for Boyton Church.
  • Great Bradley Includes Census details and Gravestone Records from St Mary's Church


Maps and Photographs


Register Office

Copy Certificate information Replacement Certificates


Bury St Edmunds

St Margarets
New Shire Hall
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1RX
Tel 01284 352373
E-mail bse@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk


Debden District

The Lindos Centre
Saddlemakers Lane
Melton
Woodbridge
Suffolk
IP12 1PP
Tel 01394 382921
E-mail deben@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk


Sudbury

14 Cornard Road
Sudbury
Suffolk
CO10 2XA
Tel 01787 372904
E-mail Sudbury@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk


Waveney District

St Margaret's House
Gordon Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR32 1JQ
Tel 01502 405096
E-mail waveney@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk


Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.


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