Great Massingham, Norfolk Genealogy
Guide to Great Massingham, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. {{Infobox England Jurisdictions
| Great Massingham, Norfolk | |
|---|---|
| Type | England Jurisdictions |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Freebridge-Lynn |
| County | Norfolk, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | Freebridge Lynn |
| Registration District | Freebridge Lynn |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1564 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1601 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Lynn |
| Diocese | Norwich |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Norwich |
| Location of Archive | |
| Norfolk Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
MASSINGHAM, GREAT (All Saints), a parish, in the union and hundred of Freebridge-Lynn, W. division of Norfolk, 2½ miles (N. W.) from Rougham. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. [1]
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This section requires expansion with: a summary overview of the history of this parish. |
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Great Massingham, Norfolk Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Great Massingham, Norfolk Genealogy Online Records | ||||||
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| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| BOYD | 1564-1837 | |||||
| FREG | 1651-1901 | 1651-1900 | 1651-1901 | |||
| FS ATs | 1601-1812 | 1601-1812 | 1601-1812 | |||
| FS BTs | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined |
| FS PRs | Undefined | 1564-1901 | Undefined | 1564-1901 | Undefined | 1564-1900 |
| JOIN | 1564-1836 | |||||
| PALL | 1790-1836 | |||||
Browse Bishop's Transcript Images on FamilySearch
Norfolk Record Office reference PD 230<be>
Non-Conformist Church Records[edit | edit source]
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
- 1613-1901 England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Norfolk Poor Law Union, Norfolk Genealogys
Freebridge Lynn Poor Law Union, Norfolk Genealogy
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Norfolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Norfolk: Great Massingham on GenUKI
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A.,A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 271-277 Date accessed: 19 March 2013.
- ↑ Percival Boyd, A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index (London: Society of Genealogists, 1987).
- ↑ 'Norfolk Coverage', FreeREG, accessed 25 February 2014.
- ↑ 'England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812,' FamilySearch, accessed 31 March 2014.
- ↑ 'England, Norfolk, Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941', FamilySearch, accessed 31 March 2014.
- ↑ 'England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1538-1900', FamilySearch, accessed 17 March 2014.
- ↑ 'Norfolk Coverage,' The Joiner Marriage Index, accessed 10 February 2014.
- ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Births Indexes: Guide to Parishes, n.d.
- ↑ 'England, Norfolk, Church of England Bishops' Transcripts Parish Search/Great Massingham', FamilySearch Wiki, accessed 11 April 2016.
