Market Weston, Suffolk Genealogy
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| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Blackbourn |
| County | Suffolk |
| Poor Law Union | Thetford |
| Registration District | Thetford |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1563 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1563 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Blackbourn |
| Diocese | Pre-1837 - Norwich; Post-1836 - Ely |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury |
| Location of Archive | |
| Suffolk Record Office | |
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Parish History[edit | edit source]
MARKET-WESTON (St. Mary), an Ancient parish, in the union of Thetford, hundred of Blackbourn, W. division of Suffolk, 6 miles (S.) from East Harling. Historically part of the Norwich diocese until 1837 when it became part of the Diocese of Ely. [1]
Refer to the works listed in Suffolk Gazetteers or England Gazetteers for source material.
Resources[edit | edit source]
If you live in Suffolk you will have access to a variety of resources at local archives and libraries. For those who live further afield, one can access microfilm and online records at LDS Family History Centres. Refer to the parish and Suffolk in the FamilySearch Catalogue for available records.
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.
- Thetford 1837-1935
- Bury St Edmunds 1935-
Church records[edit | edit source]
Market Weston, Suffolk Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| 1813 = Suffolk Marriage Index (1813-37) (findmypast) - (£)[2] | |||||
| BOYD = Boyd's Marriage Index (findmypast) - (£)[3] | |||||
| FMP = findmypast - (£)[4] | |||||
| NBI = National Burial Index (findmypast) - (£)[5] |
| Market Weston, Suffolk Genealogy Online Parish Records | ||||||
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| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| 1813 | 1813-1836 | |||||
| BOYD | 1566-1753 | |||||
| FMP | 1754-1813 | |||||
| NBI | 1564-1902 | |||||
Parish Registers began in the 1500's. They can be viewed at the Suffolk Record Office. There are Bishop Transcripts and Parish Registers that have been filmed for most parishes in the County. See the Suffolk Church Records article for further details.
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This section requires expansion with: Information about parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, parish chest records, non conformist and other types of church records. Also add links to online parish collections. Make reference to records found in the FamilySearch Catalog. To locate resources, look at Suffolk Parishes in the FamilySearch Catalogue. |
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. 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]
See also England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Suffolk 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]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 257-260. Date accessed: 02 October 2013.
- ↑ 'Suffolk Marriage Index (1813-37) Coverage', Find My Past, accessed 9 December 2013.
- ↑ Percival Boyd, A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index (London: Society of Genealogists, 1987). Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
- ↑ 'Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911', Find My Past, accessed 5 January 2016.
- ↑ 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage', Find My Past, accessed 4 December 2013.
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