SEARCH SERVICES
Suffolk FHS provides a Search & Print-Out Service. We are happy to search the following Suffolk FHS indexes. Please write to the relevant service provider listed below. Cheques or Money Orders should be made payable to 'Suffolk Family History Society'.
Australian, Canadian New Zealand and US members can pay for searches by contacting their local service provider, who will advise them of the cost and will accept payment in local currency.
SUFFOLK MARRIAGES (1754-1837)
Service provider
Pamela Palgrave FSG
Crossfield House
Dale Road, Stanton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP31 2DY
Please state surname, forename, geographical area and dates.
Fee £2.00 for the first five entries (eg. five John Smiths). Additional entries, if required, will be charged at 25p each.
MEMBERS' INTERESTS ENQUIRIES:
Service provider
Jean Licence
60 Oldfield Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3SE
WILLS' BENEFICIARIES INDEX
Service provider
Sheila Piper
The Old School
Bridge Street, Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 9BQ
N.B. - No print-out service - Enquiries only
SUFFOLK STRAYS
Service provider
Jo Moore
100 Tuddenham Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 2SZ
N.B. - No print out service - Enquiries only.
1881 CENSUS
Includes all English and Welsh Counties, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, The Royal Navy and the 1851 Census of Devon, Norfolk & Warwickshire
SOLDIERS DIED WWI & WWII
A database of soldiers and officers who died in both World wars (Army only). The database is on CD and the search is not restricted to Suffolk names
HO 27 CRIMINAL REGISTERS INDEXES
1805-1816 Norfolk & Suffolk only.
Service provider
Jean Licence
60 Oldfield Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3SE
Up to 12 pages are provided for a charge of £3.00. Each additional A4 sheet costs 25p. You need to include an A5 self-addressed stamped C5 envelope. The minimum postage is 23p (or 6 IRCs if overseas).
For Soldiers who died in the Great War a commemorative print can be provided at a cost of £1.00 provided you supply the full name and approximate date of death.
SUFFOLK BURIAL INDEX
Now covers 572 Burial Grounds and in excess of 1,120,000 named individuals. This is a single Index covering all periods from the beginning of parish registers to 1900.
Note: The latest version of the CD version of Suffolk Burials Index is Release 12. It has been decided by the Society Projects Committee that a new CD to supercede the Release 12 CD will not be published for the time being. Release 13 data will only be accessible via the Society's Search Service.
Service provider
Ann Youngs
6 Gresham Close, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3DH
Your request must include the following information: Surname required (including variants). State whether you want to search the whole county or up to four named burial places.
Up to 12 pages are provided for a charge of £3.00. Each additional A4 sheet costs 25p. (N.B. Most surnames are in the range 10 - 50 sheets depending on how many burial places are specified). You need to include an A4 self-addressed stamped C4 envelope. The minimum postage is 55p (or 6 IRCs if overseas).
For a full list of burial places covered, either write to Mrs Ann Youngs including an A4 self-addressed envelope (with 60p postage) for 9 No pages, or download here - see details below. There is also a one page list of abbreviations occurring in the Index, which can be included. The lists are available either as MS Word files (.doc) or in rich text format (.rtf). Click on the appropiate form to download.
SUFFOLK BAPTISM SEARCH
1813-1900 or the latest year available on fiche copies of registers - given in brackets if different. Only released parishes are available for searching. For list see the following file in either Word or Rich Text format. (Last update April 2008)
Service provider
Arthur Bird
Highlands, 1 Grays Close,
Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7 6AG
Each request must include One Surname (plus variants). You may also provide a specific forename of the person baptised and/or forename(s) of parent(s). You may specify any or all of the available parishes.
The charge for the search is £2 per surname requested and covers up to 20 entries with additional entries at £0.10 each.
Postage: If you require a paper copy of your search results then you must include a stamped addressed C5 envelope (A5 size) with your request. If you require an electronic copy, then please indicate the software that you are using, i.e. Excel, and we will, if possible, send the results as an attachment. Otherwise, we will 'copy and paste' them.