Norfolk Parish Registers on FindMyPast

Important note August 2016: since this post was originally written and the spreadsheet information was collated, collection names have been changed to more accurately reflect the years included in the published images. Therefore, the spreadsheet will sometimes indicate, for FMP, that register images extend further than they really do, as the most recent entries in the registers have not, in fact, been included and transcribed. The Ancestry collections often indicate the full range of the original register as the title, but again the more recent entries are not included.

Hot on the heels of Norfolk’s parish registers appearing in indexed form on TheGenealogist, a similar announcement comes along from FindMyPast – we’re being spoilt! Search away and link straight to an image of the register. Hurrah, I hear you cry.

As ever though, the collection isn’t quite complete. 

FindMyPast have done a great job of listing which parishes appear in the collections of Baptisms, Marriages, Banns and Burials, as well as the first last years for those entries. Well done to them, as subscription websites aren’t always great at this. You can find the lists here. 

I’ve also done a little summary here to give you an indication of what you might not expect to be there, and what’s not there.

It’s worth saying that those parishes which were hardest to access are still the hardest to access, for the same reasons as before – generally that registers have not been deposited at an archive, that registers were destroyed eg through bombing or fire, that they are looked after by an archive other than Norfolk Record Office (eg South West Norfolk ones being at Wisbech Museum) or that there are other copying restrictions imposed by the parish. For these, visit NRO or NHC, Wisbech Museum, or look for transcription options on and offline.

As a bonus, Lothingland Suffolk registers and a few others are included in the ‘Norfolk’ collections, for reasons I have explained before.

Here are the Suffolk ones together with their availability on FindMyPast:

For brevity, given Norfolk’s vast number of parishes (over 700), listed here are only the parishes that do not appear to be in FMP’s new collections from my initial investigation. They represent approximately a quarter of parishes (but a much smaller proportion of entries as they are mostly small, population wise):

Alby

Aldeby

Antingham

Ashwellthorpe

Ashwicken with Leziate

Aslacton

Babingley

Bacton

Banham

Barningham, Little

Barton Bendish St Andrew

Barton Bendish St Mary with All Saints

Barton Bendish St Andrew, St Mary with All Saints

Barwick

Bawsey

Beechamwell

Billingford (near Dereham)

Billockby

Bixley

Booton

Boughton

Bracon Ash

Boughton

Bracon Ash

Bradfield

Brancaster

Braydeston

Breckles

Brundall

Buckenham St Nicholas (alias Ferry)

Buckenham, New

Bunwell

Burgh St Margaret and St Mary (alias Fleggburgh)

Burgh St Peter (alias Wheatacre Burgh)

Burlingham St Edmund (alias South Burlingham)

Burnham Deepdale

Caister Holy Trinity (next Yarmouth) – check other Caister collections

Calthorpe

Carleton Rode

Castle Rising

Caston

Catton, New (Christchurch)

Catton, New (St Luke)

Chedgrave

Clenchwarton

Clippesby

Corpusty

Croxton

Dunston

Earlham St Anne with St Elizabeth

Eccles

Edgefield

Edingthorpe

Elmham, North

Emneth

Erpingham

Fersfield

Flitcham

Flordon

Fordham

Framingham Earl

Fundenhall

Gayton

Gayton Thorpe

Gaywood

Gimingham

Gissing

Glandford with Bayfield

Grimston

Griston

Guestwick

Haddiscoe

Hales

Hapton

Hardley

Hassingham

Heacham

Heckingham

Heigham Holy Trinity

Heigham St Barnabas

Heigham St Bartholomew

Heigham St Philip

Heigham St Thomas

Hillington

Hockering

Honingham

Horning

Horsford

Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith

Howe with Little Poringland

Hunstanton St Edmund (New)

Ingworth

Islington or Tilney cum Islington

Itteringham

Kempston

Kilverstone

Kirby Bedon with Whitlingham

Knapton

Lakenham St Alban

Lakenham St Mark

Langley

Lingwood

Lynn, King’s St Edmund

Lynn, King’s St John

Lynn, North

Lynn, South St Michael

Martham

Mattishall

Merton

Mintlyn

Mulbarton

Mundesley

Newton, West

Nordelph

Norton Subcourse

Norwich St Catherine (Mile Cross)

Norwich St Francis (Heartsease)

Norwich St Luke’s Chapel see St Mary in the Marsh

Norwich St Mary Magdalene

Norwich St Paul

Oby (see also Thurne)

Oulton (Norfolk)

Outwell

Paston

Pattesley with Oxwick

Poringland

Postwick

Quidenham

Raveningham

Redenhall with Harleston and Wortwell

Ringstead St Andrew

Ringstead St Peter

Ringstead St Andrew and St Peter

Runcton Holme with South Runcton and Wallington

Sandringham

Santon

Saxthorpe

Scottow

Shelfanger

Sheringham (St Peter)

Shingham

Sidestrand

Southrepps

Sporle with Palgrave

Stoke Holy Cross

Stow Bardolph

Stow Bedon

Stradsett

Sturston see Stanford

Swanton Abbot

Tacolneston

Terrington St Clement

Terrington St John

Tharston

Thetford St Cuthbert

Thetford St Peter

Thompson

Thorpe (next Haddiscoe)

Thorpe Market

Thurlton

Thurne with Ashby and Oby

Thwaite (by Alby)

Tilney All Saints

Tilney St Lawrence

Titchwell

Toft Monks

Toftrees

Tottenhill

Tottington

Trunch

Tuckswood

Tuddenham, East

Tuddenham, North

Upwell

Walpole St Andrew

Walpole St Peter

Walsoken

Walton, West

Watlington

Weeting

Welney

Wereham

Wheatacre

Whitlingham

Wickmere (with Wolterton)

Wiggenhall St German

Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen

Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin

Wiggenhall St Peter

Wilton in Hockwold – check Hockwold

Wimbotsham

Winfarthing

Witchingham, Great

Witchingham, Little

Witton (near Blofield)

Wolferton

Wolterton

Wormegay

Worthing

Wreningham

Wretham, West

Yarmouth, Great St George

Yarmouth, Great St Peter

All mistakes are my own – some could potentially be included with other parishes. Happy to update. [Update made 20 August 2016, thank you RS!]