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==Resources==
 
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*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice '''County Record Office''']  
 
*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice '''County Record Office''']  
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/suffolk.html Library Links]
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*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/Libraries/ County Library Service]
 
 
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/suffk.html Genealogy Links Page]
 
 
 
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/ Genuki: Suffolk]  
 
  
 
*[http://www.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]  
 
*[http://www.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]  
 
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/suffolk.html Local History Directory]
 
 
*[http://www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/ Felixstowe Family History Society]
 
 
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society] Also contains Norfolk/Suffolk newspaper archive
 
  
  
 
'''Countywide Interest'''
 
'''Countywide Interest'''
  
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Leisure/historyhome.htm Articles and information on Suffolk History]
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/index.shtml Suffolk FHS 1891 Census Search]
  
 
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/Emigration2.html Emigration in the 19th Century]
 
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/Emigration2.html Emigration in the 19th Century]
  
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~nigelsmithszoo/camra/campaigns/lost-ipswich-pubs.htm Lost Pubs of Ipswich ]
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*[http://www.mysuffolkfamily.com/ My Suffolk Family] Contains lots of surnames and useful links.
  
*[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]
  
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/index.shtml Suffolk FHS 1891 Census Search]
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/suffk.html Suffolk Genealogy]  
  
*[http://essexpub.net/Suffolk%20Genealogy%20Links.htm Suffolk Genealogy Links]
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Leisure/historyhome.htm Articles and information on Suffolk History]
  
 
*[http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html Suffolk Local History Council - Organizations]
 
*[http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html Suffolk Local History Council - Organizations]
  
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdorse/PRSU.html Suffolk Parish Registers]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdorse/PRSU.html Suffolk Parish Registers]
 
*[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.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk/ The Suffolk Surnames List]
 
*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, 1664]
 
 
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Environment/Cemeteries/ Waveney Cemeteries]
 
 
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/cemeteries/lowestoft/lowestoft_abbott_barbor.html Waveney District Council Cemetery Links]
 
 
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/sfkcons.txt Woodbridge Jail Transportees 1825-1840]
 
  
  
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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.
 
*[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]
  
 
*[http://www.brandon-heritage.co.uk/ Brandon Heritage Project - Town History]
 
*[http://www.brandon-heritage.co.uk/ Brandon Heritage Project - Town History]
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*[http://www.bures-online.co.uk/ Bures Online]
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*[http://www3.sympatico.ca/pamela.smith2/coddenham.htm Memories of Coddenham c.1900]
  
 
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk/ The Cosford Database]
 
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk/ The Cosford Database]
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*[http://www.campsea-ashe.co.uk/index.html Campsea Ashe Suffolk]
 
*[http://www.campsea-ashe.co.uk/index.html Campsea Ashe Suffolk]
  
*[http://www.oldchelsworth.org.uk/ Old Chelsworth 1870 Survey]
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~gumbleton/misc/chelmondiston.html Chelmondiston Census Index]
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Villageofthemonth/Chelsworth.htm Chelsworth]
  
 
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
 
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
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*[http://www.debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Debenham Family History]
 
*[http://www.debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Debenham Family History]
  
*[http://www.suffolkfestival.org.uk/history/sources.html Historical Information about Elmswell]
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*[http://www.elmswell-history.org.uk/sources.html Historical Information about Elmswell]
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~norman.kenyon/history/frame1.html Elmswell Millenium History Group]
  
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stmartinsexning/ The Churchyard at St. Martin's, Exning]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stmartinsexning/ The Churchyard at St. Martin's, Exning]
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*[http://www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/ Felixstowe Family History Society]
  
 
*[http://wanborough.ukuhost.co.uk/Freston.htm Freston Local History and Genealogy pages]
 
*[http://wanborough.ukuhost.co.uk/Freston.htm Freston Local History and Genealogy pages]
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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]
  
 
*[http://www.glemsford.org.uk/04lhs.html Glemsford Local History Society]
 
*[http://www.glemsford.org.uk/04lhs.html Glemsford Local History Society]
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*[http://www.greatwaldingfield.co.uk/index.htm Great Waldingfield]
 
*[http://www.greatwaldingfield.co.uk/index.htm Great Waldingfield]
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~haughley/ Haughley]
  
 
*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
 
*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
  
 
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/HeritageCircle Hinderclay, Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall Heritage Circle]
 
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/HeritageCircle Hinderclay, Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall Heritage Circle]
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~nigelsmithszoo/camra/campaigns/lost-ipswich-pubs.htm Lost Pubs of Ipswich ]
  
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~peter.chaloner/glemham.htm Little Glemham Parish Council]
 
*[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]
 
*[http://www.little-saxham.suffolk.gov.uk/about/index.shtml Little Saxham]
  
*[http://www.wood-ditton.org.uk/newmarketlhs.htm Newmarket Local History Society]
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*[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]
  
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~fred.stentiford/boyton/boyton_history/burial_registers/ramsholt_registers/ramsholt_registers.html Ramsholt Registers from 1800 - 2007]
 
*[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.suffolksaints.info/saindex.htm Welcome to the Church of England Benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
 
*[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]
  
 
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/WickhamMarketAreaArchiveCentre/ Wickham Market Area Archive Centre]
 
*[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]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tiber/wickham_market_genealogy.htm Wickham Market Genealogy]
  
*[http://www.woodbridgechurch.org.uk/Records/ Woodbridge Quay Church Historical Records ]
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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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Woolpit/Index.html Transcript of the Parish Register for Woolpit]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Woolpit/Index.html Transcript of the Parish Register for Woolpit]
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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]  
 
 
'''Books of local interest'''
 
  
  
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*Kirkley [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
 
*Lowestoft [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
 
 
  
 
==Photo Offers==
 
==Photo Offers==
  
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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

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


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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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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