Norfolk Family History Resources
The Norfolk family history section of the Family History website is dedicated to Norfolk Family History Resources and Genealogical Records relating to Norfolk, England, UK. We’ll bring you information and direct links to Norfolk Birth, Marriage and Death records, and Norfolk Parish Registers.
Norfolk Family History Society
This is a very active society with its headquarters in Norwich. Kirby Hall has excellent facilities including a Library, internet access and computer equipment and is staffed by volunteers who can assist visitors with research. A local group also meets in Diss once a month and another group meet in London. The society distributes a journal called The Norfolk Ancestor free to its members.
Norfolk Record Office
Based in Norwich, the archive service has been given the maximal possible four-star rating by The National Archives and makes all its documents “available across the world”, it also includes the Sound Archive.
Births, marriages and deaths
We are able to bring you direct links to Norfolk BMD records that are available via FindmyPast. These are all from the County of Norfolk, England, UK.
Births
Norfolk Baptisms
– a very large list of 1.8 million records from 546 parishes across Norfolk, England, UK.
Marriages
Norfolk Banns
– 450,000 Marriage Banns Records Norfolk, England, UK.
Norfolk Marriages
– 950,000 Marriage Records, Norfolk, England UK.
Burials
Norfolk Burials
– Burial Records Norfolk, England, UK.
Parish records
Norfolk Parish Lists
This details all the Norfolk parishes and the date range of the records for each parish. Use this list in conjunction with the births marriages and deaths records.
Norfolk Newspaper Archives
Local Newspaper Archives and Historical Newspapers can provide invaluable information for Family History Researchers. Information can often be found that is not found in Parish Records, or Censuses. At Family History, we are able to provide a direct link to Norfolk Newspaper Archives from a variety of historical newspapers, covering different time periods. Here is the link and information on the historic Norfolk Newspapers and the time periods they cover:
British Newspaper Archives – historic newspaper records in the Norfolk area – This is the link for the following historical newspapers
Local newspaper records | Record years |
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Diss Express | 1869-1872 1874-1876 1878-1895 1898-1909 1911 1913-1955 |
Eastern Evening News | 1882-1888 1890-1896 1898-1909 |
Norfolk Chronicle | 1776-1798 1802-1824 1826-1827 1829-1845 1847-1908 |
Norfolk News | 1845-1897 1899-1910 |
Norwich Mercury | 1727 1823-1826 1828-1835 1837-1844 1846-1888 1890-1896 1899-1905 |
Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal | 1880-1892 1894-1896 1899-1900 |
Yarmouth Independent | 1862-1863 1868 1871 1876-1877 1879 1882 1885 1889-1893 1895 1901 1903 1906-1910 1913-1914 1916-1927 1932-1938 |
Yarmouth Mercury | 1880 |