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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Bury St Edmunds Record Office (BRO)
77 Raingate Street
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 2AR
Tel: 01284 352352
Fax: 01284 352355
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Sheila Reed (Public Service Manager)
Opening hours:
Monday: 0900-1700
Tuesday: 0900-1700
Wednesday: 0900-1700
Thursday: 0900-1700
Friday: 0900-1700
Saturday: 0900-1700
Other Libraries:
Ipswich Record Office (IRO)
Gatacre Road
Ipswich
IP1 2LQ
Tel: 01473 584541
Fax: 01473 584533
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact: Bridget Hanley (Public Service Manager)
Opening hours: Monday-Saturday: 0900-1700
Lowestoft Record Office
Central Library
Clapham Road South
Lowestoft
NR32 1DR
Tel: 01502 405357
Fax: 01502 405350
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact: Louise Clarke (Public Service Manager)
Opening hours: Monday: 0915-1730; Tuesday: 0915-1800; Wednesday-Friday: 0915-1730; Saturday: 0915-1700
3. Research Service
Service available?
Yes
Fee-based?
Yes
Provided by local Record Office?
�20 per hour (minimum 30 minutes). Latin translations/transcriptions �30 per hour
~details on attached Appendix A$
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
Not held in Suffolk
5. Census returns
The three Record Offices between them hold Suffolk-wide coverage in microform of all census from 1841 to 1891. 1851, 1881 and 1891 are available for the whole county at all three Record Offices .
Portions of Essex, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire are held, the areas covered varying according to census year and Record Office.
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Most Suffolk directories, c.1830-1937, are held by all three Record Offices. Each Record Office has a selection of Essex, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire directories for the same period
6(b) City and Town Directories
Town directories, late 19th-20th centuries, are held for Bury St Edmunds (BRO), Ipswich and Stowmarket (IRO) and Lowestoft (LRO)
6(c) Telephone Directories
All three Record Offices hold a selection of local directories from c.1960 with a few earlier volumes
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Almost-complete series for all Suffolk constituencies are held at the appropriate Record Office
7(b) Poll Books
Most printed poll books for the county are held at all three Record Offices; each Record Office holds a selection of relevant Borough poll-books (manuscript and printed)
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1994 edition for the UK is held at all three Record Offices. BRO also holds 1994 edition for Australia, New Zealand and Canada
9. Unpublished Indexes
All Record Offices have persons, places and subject indexes to their archive collections
10. Parish Registers
All ancient parishes in Suffolk have deposited the bulk of their registers in the appropriate Record Office. All registers down to 1900 are available in microform at all Record Offices.
Many registers are available in the three Record Offices in transcript form.
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
As the Suffolk Record Office includes the county local studies collection, all local periodicals are held, some in all Record Offices, more local ones at the appropriate Record Office
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
Suffolk Records Society volumes - BRO, IRO, LRO
Norfolk Record Society volumes - BRO, IRO, LRO
Cambridgeshire Records Society volumes - BRO
13. Other material
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14. Guides to Collections
Guide to Genealogical Sources. 5th edition, 1998. �10.00 + �1.50 p&p.
Individual portions available separately:-
1 Parish registers and associated sources (�8.00)
2 Probate records (�1.00)
3 Nonconformist records (�2.50)
4 The Census (2.50)
5 Civil Registration (�1.00)
6 Local Authority Cemetery registers (�1.00)
7 Poor Law Institution registers (�1.00)
8 Poll books and electoral registers (�1.00)
In preparation:-
9 Manorial records
10 School records
11 Records of the Old Poor Law
12 Records of rates and taxes
Available from all Record Offices.
Catalogue of the Suffolk Regiment archives. �13.50 + �3.50 p&p. Available from BRO
15. Local Record Offices
Bury St Edmunds Record Office (BRO)
77 Raingate Street
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 2AR
Tel: 01284 352352
Fax: 01284 352355
E-mail: [email protected]
Ipswich Record Office (IRO)
Gatacre Rd
Ipswich
IP1 2LQ
Tel: 01473 584541
Fax: 01473 584533
E-mail: [email protected]
Lowestoft Record Office (LRO)
Central Library
Clapham Rd
Lowestoft
NR32 1DR
Tel: 01502 405357
Fax: 01502 405350
E-mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.suffolkcc.gov.uk/libraries_and_heritage/sro/
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