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Tracker: Goal 3: Learn about Norfolk civil registration, BMD, and census records.
Choices
AExplore Norfolk civil registration.
- Learn about Norfolk civil registration in FamilySearch.
FS Wiki: Civil Registration - See a list of civil parishes with links on the FamilySearch Wiki.
- Explore Norfolk civil registration on the
Gen UKI site. - Browse the Norfolk registration districts on the Gen UKI site.
- Get an overview of Norfolk marriage records in this guide.
Marriage License Bonds - Get copies of Norfolk BMD records on the Norfolk County Council site.
- Explore the Joiner Marriage Index for Norfolk.
- Search the FreeBMD UK site for BMD records.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for civil registration and other records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
BExplore Norfolk census records.
- Learn about Norfolk Census Surname Indexes in FamilySearch.
FS Wiki: Census Surname Indexes - Explore Norfolk census records on the FreeCen site.
- Explore Norfolk census records on the Gen UKI site.
- Learn about and search the Norfolk register of electors.
FS: Norfolk Register of Electors - Explore voting registers on the GenUKI site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for civil registration and other records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
James Whalebelly was registered to vote in Norfolk. Use the "FS: England, Norfolk, Register of Electors, 1832-1915" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Where was the polling district?
- Was he living in a house, or a hotel?
- Was he on Carbrooke Road, in a village, or on a farm?
- In the search screen, enter "James" as the first name and "Whalebelly" as the last name; then click Search.
- View the 3 Voter Registers for his name and click on View Image for them, to the right of the names.
- The district was in West Lynn, Norfolk, England.
- In a house.
- He was in a village.
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