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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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The county has many pargeted buildings and thatched cottages painted in shades of Suffolk pink. 
  
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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
  
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'''Other major towns:''' Lowestoft, Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds
  
  
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Suffolk| Suffolk Places of Worship]]'''
  
  
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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==
  
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'''Primary Reference'''
  
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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]
  
Copy Certificate information [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BirthsMarriagesAndDeaths/ReplacementCertificates/ Replacement certificates]
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*[http://www.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/index.shtml Suffolk FHS 1891 Census Search]
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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]
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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]
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*[http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html Suffolk Local History Council - Organizations]
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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]
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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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]
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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.
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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]
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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]
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*[http://www3.sympatico.ca/pamela.smith2/coddenham.htm Memories of Coddenham c.1900]
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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]
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Villageofthemonth/Chelsworth.htm Chelsworth]
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/search.html Clare Genealogy Pages]
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*[http://www.debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Debenham Family History]
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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]
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*[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]
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*[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]
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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]
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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]
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*[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]
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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]
  
==Register Office Contact Details==
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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]
  
=====Bury St Edmunds=====
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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]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Woolpit/Index.html Transcript of the Parish Register for Woolpit]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
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*[http://woodbridgesuffolk.info/Suffolk/index.htm Suffolk Village and Town Photographs]
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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]
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*[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, 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]
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=suffolk Gravestone Photographs]
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==Register Office==
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Copy Certificate information [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BirthsMarriagesAndDeaths/ReplacementCertificates/ Replacement Certificates]
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'''Bury St Edmunds'''
  
 
St Margarets <br>
 
St Margarets <br>
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E-mail bse@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
E-mail bse@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
  
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'''Debden District'''
  
 
The Lindos Centre<br>
 
The Lindos Centre<br>
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E-mail deben@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
E-mail deben@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
  
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'''Sudbury'''
  
 
14 Cornard Road<br>
 
14 Cornard Road<br>
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E-mail Sudbury@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
E-mail Sudbury@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
  
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'''Waveney District'''
  
 
St Margaret's House<br>
 
St Margaret's House<br>
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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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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
==Record Office and Cemetery Lookup Contacts==
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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==
  
==Links==
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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.
  
*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice County Record Office]
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/suffolk.html Library Links]
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*[http://www.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/suffolk.html Local History Society]
 
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/suffk.html Genealogy Links Page]
 
*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10suffo331/10suffo331gazA.htm Town and Village Maps]
 
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=suffolk Gravestone Photographs]
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/suffolk/Suffolk.htm Suffolk Workhouses]
 
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk Cosford Database]
 
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/ Genuki: Suffolk]
 
*[http://www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk/ Suffolk Surnames List]
 
*[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ Suffolk and Norfolk Churches]
 
*[http://groups.msn.com/EastofEnglandG...-/welcome.msnw The East of England Genealogy Group]
 
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Environment/Cemeteries/ Waveney Cemeteries]  
 
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/Emigration2.html Emigration in the 19th Century]. There was mass emigration from East Anglia in the 19th Century. Many were agricultural workers. This site tells the story but no names or transcriptions.
 
*This is a brilliant site for anyone with ancestors in [http://www.oldchelsworth.org.uk/ Chelsworth]- occupants of the houses, AND fantastic old pics of the houses too!
 
*[http://www.familyresearcher.org/ELING.cfm Eling Marriages]
 
*[http://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke past present & future ]
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~peter.chaloner/glemham.htm Little Glemham Parish Council]
 
*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The history and the people of Blaxhall.
 

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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