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It’s Norfolk’s turn for some new and/or improved data sets on FindMyPast. Please forgive me for copy and pasting the press release…time is short with a new arrival due any hour now! (With thanks to FindMyPast) Norfolk Parish Registers Browse Browse through original parish registers spanning more than 300 years of Norfolk history. Delve throughContinueContinue reading “Norfolk additions to FindMyPast”

FindMyPast have recently added seven new publications to their collection: Suffolk Hearth Tax Returns (1674) Wills and Inventories from Court of the Commissary of Bury St Edmunds (1370-1650) smityhParish Registers of West Stow & Wordwell (1558-1850) Parish Registers of Rushbrook (1567-1850) Parish Registers of Ickworth (1566-1890) Parish Registers of Denham (1539-1850) Parish Registers of Chillesford (1740-1812) These are presented in .pdf formatContinueContinue reading “New additions for Suffolk on FindMyPast”

Deceased Online will be a familiar website to many readers, and has been enormously helpful to me personally to crack some brick walls – but until recently it has perhaps been ‘light’ on Norfolk records. That has begun to change with the addition of an enormous collection of photographs taken by Louise Cocker. Over 10,000 photographsContinueContinue reading “Deceased Online add 10,000 photographs from 90 Norfolk cemeteries”

As those of you that know me in ‘real life’ will know, we are imminently expecting a new addition to the family. I’m now to all intents and purposes on leave from one employed role, and that will extend officially to both roles at the beginning of May. The same will be the case forContinueContinue reading “Temporary halt where new projects are concerned…”

Suffolk Record Office have been busy digitising their original will collections.  Search at http://www.suffolkarchives.co.uk (@keytothepast on twitter) for your people and places of interest. Where you see an entry with an image, you can download for £6. You’ll need to register for an account first. You can narrow your search by ticking the box saying ‘ImagesContinueContinue reading “Download Suffolk wills”

Now available on FindMyPast are browsable collections of Norfolk Archdeacons’ and Bishop’s Transcripts. These are also available on other sites. As with all collections (and these are a great addition) keep in mind that not every parish sent records to the relevant archdeacon and/or bishop every time they should have done! Use transcripts particularly toContinueContinue reading “Norfolk Archdeacons’ and Bishop’s Transcripts (Browse) on FindMyPast”

Another useful addition to the British Newspaper Archive for East Anglian researchers: The Yarmouth Independent. Full details can be found here. It’s a few days now since the collection went live, and new pages have already been added. In summary, there are currently 2109 issues on the site, amounting to more than 22,000 pages. These dateContinueContinue reading “Yarmouth Independent added to British Newspaper Archive”

Among a large selection of new titles added to the British Newspaper Archive in the last few days – the East Anglian Daily Times, one of the ‘most wanted’ newspapers for local research in this area.  The newspaper was first printed on 13 October 1874 and continues to the present day. Digitised copies amount to 2179ContinueContinue reading “East Anglian Daily Times added to British Newspaper Archive”

This week, FindMyPast announced that it had added Norfolk’s BTs and Electoral Registers to the site as part of its ‘FindMyPast Friday’ update. Taken from their release – Norfolk Bishop’s Transcripts Baptisms 1685-1941 Norfolk Bishop’s transcripts contain over 647,000 records. Each entry includes an image of the original document and a transcript of the vitalContinueContinue reading “Norfolk Bishop’s Transcripts and Electoral Registers”