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Tracker: Goal 4: Learn about Norfolk church and cemetery records.
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ALearn about Norfolk church records.
- Get an overview of Norfolk church records in this article.
FS—Norfolk Church Records - Learn about and search Norfolk parish registers.
FS: Norfolk Parish Registers - Learn about and search Norfolk bishop's transcripts.
FS: Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts - Explore the
church records link on the GenUKI Norfolk site. - Get an overview of Norfolk parish records in this guide.
Norfolk Parish Registers - Explore parish records on the FreeReg.org site.
- Use this parish page to explore parish records in Norfolk.
- Find miscellaneous records by parish on the Norfolk Transcription Archive site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Elizabeth Yardley is mentioned in a marriage record in 1839. Use information from the "FS: Norfolk Parish Registers, 1510-1997" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Who is Elizabeth marrying, and what is her marital status?
- What kind of record is shown in the image?
- Bonus: What is the purpose of the 1st Time Sunday, 2nd Time Sunday, and 3rd Time Sunday entries on the record?
- In the search screen for the QUIKLink above, enter "Elizabeth Yardley" in the appropriate search fields.
- Use the index transcription, Similar Records, and the record image to answer the questions.
- Elizabeth is marrying James Briggs, as a widow.
- The record is a marriage bann, which is a commitment to marry.
- The custom for marriage banns was to announce the marriage engagements in the church for three weeks, as indicated by the dates. You can learn about this by Googling marriage banns, such as "How would banns show that people were married?"
QUIKLinks
- FS: Norfolk Parish Registers, 1510-1997 (More)
- AC: Norfolk, England, Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
- FS: Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941 (More)
- FMP: Norfolk Baptisms
- FMP: Norfolk Banns
- FMP: Norfolk Marriages
- AC: Norfolk, England, Marriage Bonds, 1557-1902
- FMP: Norfolk Burials
- AC: Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
- AC: Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919
- AC: Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936
- AC: Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935
- AC: Norfolk, England, Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
- FMP: Norfolk Bishop's Transcript Marriages
BExplore Norfolk cemetery records.
- Get an overview of Norfolk cemetery records in this guide.
Norfolk Cemetery Records - Explore Norfolk cemetery records on the Gen UKI site.
- Search the Find a Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for cemetery records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
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