Suffolk PR's new on Ancestry

[kiterunner]

I've just heard that the date for these will be Friday 8th August. There is lots of information about what is happening on this PDF:

https://www.suffolkarchives.co.uk/wp...-FAQ-Final.pdf

[Jenoco]

Thank you. I can see I'll be visiting the local library in the near future!

[kiterunner]

Now available. These are the databases:

Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1538-1812
Baptisms 1813-1924
Marriages and Banns 1754-1949
Burials 1813-1999

[kiterunner]

Something strange with this collection - I am finding that an exact search for the name John brings back a lot of Anns and Janes as well as Johns.

[Phoenix]

Ancestry always does that to me.

[kiterunner]

The information about this release on Ancestry says that it includes both PR's and BT's, but I can't find some of the BT records which are indexed on FamilySearch. FamilySearch only shows them as "Suffolk" and I was hoping to find out which parishes from Ancestry. Hopefully there is more to come.

[Sue from Southend]

I had high hopes of getting OH's tree back a few generations with this release. However, my first search shows that his 3x gt grandfather was illegitimate and his mother doesn't seem to appear in the register

[NickiP]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

The information about this release on Ancestry says that it includes both PR's and BT's, but I can't find some of the BT records which are indexed on FamilySearch. FamilySearch only shows them as "Suffolk" and I was hoping to find out which parishes from Ancestry. Hopefully there is more to come.

The Suffolk Archivist did a presentation at the Suffolk FHS AGM in April (saw a recording of it) where she said the BTs/Register Bills are/have been digitised along with marriage licences and Wills/Admons. I think they were 3rd on the list so likely will be released at a later date. There definitely don't appear to be any in this release from those I know exist.

[kiterunner]

Thanks for the info, Nicki.

[marquette]

Happily, I have been able to sort out SOME of OH's Farrow family, who lived along the Suffolk/Norfolk border.
Not found the baptism of William Berry Farrow about 1789, though. His sisters were baptised from Brockdish to Stradbroke to Metfield. William B gave his place of birth as "near Bungay".