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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. 
'''Suffolk'''
 
  
County town: Ipswich
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The county has many pargeted buildings and thatched cottages painted in shades of Suffolk pink. 
  
Other major towns: Lowestoft, Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds
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Although Suffolk is predominantly an agricultural county, it has 50 miles of coastline.
  
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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
  
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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'''Other major towns:''' Lowestoft, Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds
  
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]]'''
Copy Certificate information [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BirthsMarriagesAndDeaths/ReplacementCertificates/ Replacement Certificates]
 
  
  
==Register Office Contact Details==
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image: EnglandSuffolk.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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==Resources==
  
'''Bury St Edmunds'''<br>
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'''Primary Reference'''
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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*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice '''County Record Office''']
  
'''Debden District'''<br>
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*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/Libraries/ County Library Service]
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.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]
  
'''Sudbury'''<br>
 
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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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
'''Waveney District'''
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/index.shtml Suffolk FHS 1891 Census Search]
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.foxearth.org.uk/Emigration2.html Emigration in the 19th Century]
  
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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]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/suffk.html Suffolk Genealogy]
  
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Leisure/historyhome.htm Articles and information on Suffolk History]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html Suffolk Local History Council - Organizations]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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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 Contacts'''
 
  
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://maurice.toucansurf.com/badley.html  Badley - History of the Parish]
  
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*[http://www.bardwellvillage.info/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ Bardwell Village]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.bentley.suffolk.gov.uk/ Bentley Village]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The History and The People of Blaxhall.
  
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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.
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.burypastandpresent.org.uk/ Bury St Edmunds Past and Present Society]
  
*Kirkley [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
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*[http://www.brandon-heritage.co.uk/ Brandon Heritage Project - Town History]
*Lowestoft [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
 
  
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*[http://www.bures-online.co.uk/ Bures Online]
  
==Photo Offers==
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*[http://www3.sympatico.ca/pamela.smith2/coddenham.htm Memories of Coddenham c.1900]
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.
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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]
  
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~gumbleton/misc/chelmondiston.html Chelmondiston Census Index]
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Villageofthemonth/Chelsworth.htm Chelsworth]
  
'''Primary Reference Links'''
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
  
*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice '''County Record Office''']  
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/search.html Clare Genealogy Pages]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/suffolk.html Library Links]  
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*[http://www.debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Debenham Family History]
  
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/suffk.html Genealogy Links Page]  
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*[http://www.elmswell-history.org.uk/sources.html Historical Information about Elmswell]
  
*[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]
  
*[http://www.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stmartinsexning/ The Churchyard at St. Martin's, Exning]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/suffolk.html Local History Directory]  
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*[http://www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/ Felixstowe Family History Society]
  
*[http://www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/ Felixstowe Family History Society]
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*[http://wanborough.ukuhost.co.uk/Freston.htm Freston Local History and Genealogy pages]
  
 
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society] Also contains Norfolk/Suffolk newspaper archive
 
*[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]
  
'''Countywide Interest'''
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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
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*[http://www.greatwaldingfield.co.uk/index.htm Great Waldingfield]
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~haughley/ Haughley]
  
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Leisure/historyhome.htm Articles and information on Suffolk History]
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*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
  
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/Emigration2.html Emigration in the 19th Century]
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/HeritageCircle Hinderclay, Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall Heritage Circle]
  
 
*[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 ]
  
*[http://www.mysuffolkfamily.com/ My Suffolk Family] Contains lots of surnames and useful links.
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~peter.chaloner/glemham.htm Little Glemham Parish Council]
  
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/index.shtml Suffolk FHS 1891 Census Search]
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*[http://www.little-saxham.suffolk.gov.uk/about/index.shtml Little Saxham]
  
*[http://essexpub.net/Suffolk%20Genealogy%20Links.htm Suffolk Genealogy Links]
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*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, 1664]
  
*[http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html Suffolk Local History Council - Organizations]
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*[http://www.newmarketlhs.org.uk Newmarket Local History Society]  
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdorse/PRSU.html Suffolk Parish Registers]
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*[http://www.onehouse.org.uk/index.html Onehouse]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/suffolk/Suffolk.htm Suffolk Workhouses]
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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]
  
*[http://www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk/ The Suffolk Surnames List]
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*[http://www.stowmarket-history.co.uk Stowmarket History and Heritage]
  
*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, 1664]
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/StowmarketLocalHistoryGroup/ Stowmarket Local History Group]
  
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Environment/Cemeteries/ Waveney Cemeteries]  
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*[http://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke Past Present & Future ]  
  
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/cemeteries/lowestoft/lowestoft_abbott_barbor.html Waveney District Council Cemetery Links]  
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*[http://www.suffolksaints.info/saindex.htm Welcome to the Church of England Benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
  
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/sfkcons.txt Woodbridge Jail Transportees 1825-1840]
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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]
  
'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/WickhamMarketAreaArchiveCentre/ Wickham Market Area Archive Centre]
  
*[http://maurice.toucansurf.com/badley.html  Badley - History of the Parish]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tiber/wickham_market_genealogy.htm Wickham Market Genealogy]
  
*[http://www.bentley.suffolk.gov.uk/ Bentley Village]
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*[http://www.woodbridgechurch.org.uk/Records/ Woodbridge Quay non-conformist Churches - Historical Records ]
  
*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The History and The People of Blaxhall.
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*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/sfkcons.txt Woodbridge Jail Transportees 1825-1840]
  
*[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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Woolpit/Index.html Transcript of the Parish Register for Woolpit]
  
*[http://www.brandon-heritage.co.uk/ Brandon Heritage Project - Town History]
 
  
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk/ The Cosford Database]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://www.campsea-ashe.co.uk/index.html Campsea Ashe Suffolk]
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*[http://woodbridgesuffolk.info/Suffolk/index.htm Suffolk Village and Town Photographs]
  
*[http://www.oldchelsworth.org.uk/ Old Chelsworth 1870 Survey]
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*[http://www.senseofplacesuffolk.co.uk/search/ Old Photographs of Suffolk]  
  
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
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*[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ Suffolk and Norfolk Churches]  
  
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/search.html Clare Genealogy Pages]
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2005/12/07/church_gallery_feature.shtml Suffolk Churches Gallery]
  
*[http://www.debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Debenham Family History]
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/BarkingPC/Photographs/ Old photos of Barking, Suffolk, inc. Old School Photographs]
  
*[http://www.suffolkfestival.org.uk/history/sources.html Historical Information about Elmswell]
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*[http://www.suffolkcam.co.uk/ Suffolk Photographs]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stmartinsexning/ The Churchyard at St. Martin's, Exning]
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*[http://sudburysuffolk.co.uk/photoarchive/ Caught on Camera] The Historic Photo Archive for Sudbury
  
*[http://wanborough.ukuhost.co.uk/Freston.htm Freston Local History and Genealogy pages]
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*[http://www.unseenarchive.co.uk/ Photographs of Bygone Suffolk]
  
*[http://www.glemsford.org.uk/04lhs.html Glemsford Local History Society]
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=suffolk Gravestone Photographs]  
  
*[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]
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==Register Office==
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Copy Certificate information [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BirthsMarriagesAndDeaths/ReplacementCertificates/ Replacement Certificates]
  
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/HeritageCircle Heritage Circle]
 
  
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~peter.chaloner/glemham.htm Little Glemham Parish Council]
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'''Bury St Edmunds'''
  
*[http://www.little-saxham.suffolk.gov.uk/about/index.shtml Little Saxham]
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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
  
*[http://www.wood-ditton.org.uk/newmarketlhs.htm Newmarket Local History Society]
 
  
*[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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'''Debden District'''
  
*[http://www.stowmarket-history.co.uk Stowmarket History and Heritage]
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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://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke Past Present & Future ]
 
  
*[http://www.suffolksaints.info/saindex.htm Welcome to the Church of England Benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
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'''Sudbury'''
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tiber/wickham_market_genealogy.htm Wickham Market Genealogy]
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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
  
*[http://www.woodbridgechurch.org.uk/Records/ Woodbridge Quay Church Historical Records ]
 
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Woolpit/Index.html Transcript of the Parish Register for Woolpit]
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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
  
  
'''Maps and Photographs'''
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://woodbridgesuffolk.info/Suffolk/index.htm Suffolk Village and Town Photographs]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.senseofplacesuffolk.co.uk/search/ Old Photographs of Suffolk]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[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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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/BarkingPC/Photographs/ Old photos of Barking, Suffolk, inc. Old School Photographs]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.suffolkcam.co.uk/ Suffolk Photographs]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://sudburysuffolk.co.uk/photoarchive/ Caught on Camera] The Historic Photo Archive for Sudbury
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.unseenarchive.co.uk/ Photographs of Bygone Suffolk]
 
  
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=suffolk Gravestone Photographs]
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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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