A warm welcome and a helping hand to anyone researching their roots in Suffolk, land of the southern folk.
The Society
The society is a community of people who are interested in the local and family history pertaining to Suffolk. This web site supports this community and provides resources to further that aim.- organises talks on topics related to family, local and social history of Suffolk
- organises projects that preserve and index historic documents associated with Suffolk
- provides access to the data it has extracted
- publishes articles and news relating to Suffolk Family History
- has an active presence on social media, with Facebook, and X accounts.
Welcome to Suffolk FHS video: I prepared a video for a recent family history fair we were not able to attend and it gives a good overview of what we do (in my humble opinion). Some of the examples given will now be out of date, but please treat them as examples of what we do.
Andy Kerridge, Chair of Suffolk FHSThis site tells you about
- Membership
- Projects you can join
- Resources to help your research
- Purchasing publications in our online shop
- Request a search of our indexes for a surname
- Search for members researching your surnames
- Local groups, their programme of talks and visits
- Fairs attended by society representatives
- Society News
- Society Events including Zoom presentations
- How to contact the society
- View the latest Suffolk Roots