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England - Norfolk
Category Index
- General Resource Sites
- Government & Cities
- History & Culture
- Libraries, Archives & Museums
- Locality Specific
- Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat
- Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information
- Military
- Newspapers
- Occupations
- People & Families
- Photographs & Memories
- Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services
- Publications, Software & Supplies
- Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists
- Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital
- Religion & Churches
- Societies & Groups
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- Acle, Norfolk
- Bawburgh News
- Buxton, Norfolk
- Cley Next the Sea
- Cromer and It's People
- Dersingham Parish Council
- Feltwell
- Fincham and the Finchams
- Genealogy and West Newton, Norfolk, England
- Hockwold cum Wilton
- Itteringham.com
History of the village and its people.
- Loddon in Norfolk
- Mattishall
- North Runcton
- North Walsham
- Old Merton
- Pulham St. Mary
- Runham
- Sea Palling & Waxham
- Southery
- Starston
- Swannington Village
- Swanton Novers - The Village, its Inhabitants and its History
- Tibenham - A Norfolk Village
- Trunch Norfolk Notebook
[Original link broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
- Village of Martham
- Villages Directory Index
Links to village directory entries, census indexes, and more.
- The Villages of Bressingham & Fersfield in Norfolk, U.K.
- Walsingham Memories
- The War Graves at St Mary's Church, Great Bircham, Norfolk, England
- Welney
- Wisbech and the Fenlands
Genealogical records, links & information.
- Worstead
- Wymondham, Norfolk
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
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 ENG-BRECKLAND Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the 400-mile area of the counties of Suffolk and Norfolk, known as the Brecks or Breckland. Archives: browse or search.
- ENG-EAST-ANGLIA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in East Anglia, England, which includes the counties of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Bedfordshire. Archives: browse or search.
- ENG-NOR-DOCKING Mailing List
For genealogical interests in the area surrounding the town of Docking, Norfolk, from Heacham to the Creakes. Archives: browse or search.
- ENG-Norfolk Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Norfolk.
- ENG-WISBECH-AREA Mailing List
for anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Wisbech and/or the surrounding villages and parishes lying within 15 miles from Wisbech. Wisbech sits on both sides of the river Nene which forms the Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border and is nine miles south of the Cambridgeshire/Lincolnshire border. The list will focus on the area surrounding Wisbech that lies in these three counties. Archives: browse or search.
- NORFOLK Mailing List
For anyone with genealogical interests in the county of Norfolk. See also the Norfolk-L Genealogy Mailing List web site. Archives: browse or search.
- 1789 Map of Norwich ~ Norfolk
- 1940 Map of Norwich ~ Norfolk
- AntiqueMapsUK.com
Range of antique maps specialising in good value items from c1900.
- British History Online - Historical Geography
Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust. Historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:10,560 scale for each county in England.
- The Courts and Yards of Old Norwich ~ Norfolk
- English Place Names - Norfolk and Suffolk Place-Names
- Faden’s Map of Norfolk
Surveyed between 1790 and 1794 the map was published in 1797, digitally redrawn here.
- Gazetteer of British Place Names
Contains the ancient or geographical County of over 50,000 place names in Britain along with modern administrative areas information.
- Genmaps - Norfolk Old Maps
- Great Yarmouth Central Map 1997 , North , South
- A Key to English Place-Names
Guide to the interpretation of the names of England's cities, towns and villages, drawing on the work of the English Place-Name Society.
- Map 1797 - Plan of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by William Faden
- Map of Norfolk
From the Norfolk Record Office. Includes records availability information by parish.
- Map of Vanished Villages in Norfolk
- Norfolk County Council - E-Map Explorer
Online interactive maps of Norfolk both current and historical.
- Norfolk Family History Society - Alphabetic List of Parishes
Lists of contiguous parishes and links to resources for each parish.
- Norfolk Family History Society - Map of Norfolk Registration Districts
With maps & list of parishes.
- Norfolk Map from 1830
- Norfolk Maps
- Norwich City (Earlham Road) Cemetery Map
From the Norfolk Family History Society.
- Norwich Evening News 24 - What's in a Name?
The stories behind our street names.
- Old-Maps - The Online Repository of Historic Maps
- Gazetteer County List - Choose a County
Organized by the counties of England, Scotland, and Wales, this site contains scanned images of historic Ordnance Survey maps dating from 1846 to 1899. Over 40,000 places are indexed alphabetically first by county and then by locality name.
- Old Ordnance Survey Maps for England
- Old Towns of England - Norfolk Towns
Contemporary descriptions of British towns written in 1836. Also old maps for sale.
- Parish Search
Online searchable database of the geographic location of churches, registration districts etc in the UK, with details of their founding and closing dates. From GENUKI.
- Your Old Maps Online - Norfolk
Scans of original maps & etchings.
- Norfolk Public Houses
Alphabetical list of Norfolk public houses and many of their licensees. based upon licence records, newspaper articles, business records, sale & auction documents and directories.
Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
- East Anglia Geographic DNA Project
For anyone whose paternal (YDNA) OR maternal (mtDNA) ancestry traces to the southeast region of England, historically known as East Anglia. Goals include establishing family relationships through genetic matches where surnames don't match but a common geographic origin in East Anglia has been established & determining origins of geographic surnames based on East Anglian place names. Mapping the distribution of project member haplotypes and haplogroups & looking for correlations between mapped haplotype/haplogroup distributions with known or presumed Angle, Dane, Roman and/or pre-Roman population centres.
- Edith Cavell - A Norfolk Heroine 1865-1915
- A Friend Indeed
Online article about using Friendly Society records in genealogical research from Norfolk Roots magazine.
- Historical Norwich Hall of Fame
Famous people from Norfolk.
Photos, postcards, yearbooks, school memorabilia, and other ephemera of life
Photos, postcards, yearbooks, school memorabilia, and other ephemera of life
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
- Genealogical Research at the Norfolk Record Office
Professional research carried out research at the Norfolk Record Office.
- Gill Blanchard. Professional Family History Research throughout East Anglia
Norwich, Norfolk, UK.
- Gravestone Photographic Resource Project - Norfolk
Grave monument photo resource with full surname searching.
- Hereward Researchers
Researchers covering family and local history in Cambridgeshire, Northants, Huntingdon & The Fens (includes Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk).
- Norfolk Family Search - Professional genealogist providing research and photographic services
Based in Norfolk, UK.
- Norfolk Lookups and Simple Queries
- Pinpoint Historical Research Services
Professional research service for the history of families, buildings and communities in Norfolk, England.
- Professional Family and House History Research in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Essex and Lincolnshire
Gill Blanchard, Genealogical Research.
- Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore
A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.
- 1861 & 1871 Norwich Census Surname Indexes
Booklets containing surname indexes for Norwich, Norfolk, England relating to the 1861 and 1871 Census.
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - England and English
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
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 Ancestry.com - Norfolk, England: Parish and Probate Records
Searchable database available by subscription.
Norfolk
- Archive CD Books USA
Reproductions of old books for sale on CD-ROM.
- eBay.co.uk Listings: Search for Genealogy
Online auction service for buying & selling.
- The Family History Shop & Library
In Norwich, Norfolk. Books, microfiche, pedigree charts, maps and other articles for sale. We also publish books and microfiche and provide a library service.
- LDS Online Catalog - Software & Databases
Inexpensive, high quality CD-ROM databases available from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Mid-Norfolk Family History Society Publications List
- The National Archives (U.K.) - Bookshop
- Norfolk Family History Society Publications List
- Norfolk Roots 24
Companion web site to the print magazine Norfolk Roots.
- Poppyland Publishers
Local publishers of books on East Anglia with many village histories.
- Society of Genealogists Bookshop Online
The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records. Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day. Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- Cemeteries Index - Waveney District Council
Surname index of burial information for Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth, Kirkley, Lowestoft, Southwold, Wrentham & the Royal Navy Patrol Cemetery at Belle Vue Park.
- National Archive of Memorial Inscriptions (NAOMI)
This site enables you to check whether or not there are any memorial inscriptions which are relevant to your researches. If there are, then you can download the inscriptions for a small fee. At present the database has 580 burial grounds from Norfolk and Bedfordshire, England, and is expanding all the time.
- Ancestry.com - United Kingdom & Ireland
Searchable database available by subscription.
- England Wills Exchange Database
Collection of will submissions for England aranged by county.
- Essex 1841 Census Genealogy and Miscellaneous Parish Records, Births, Christenings, Marriages and Deaths
Suffolk Genealogy and 1841 Essex census, Essex marriages, baptisms in Essex, Suffolk. Norfolk, Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire genealogy, census, births, marriages, deaths, parish records, wills and an online genealogy family tree.
- Excerpts from the Parish Records of Attleborough, Norfolk
- Excerpts from the Parish Records of Brockdish, Norfolk
- Excerpts from the Parish Records of Diss, Norfolk
- Excerpts from the Parish Records of Pulham Market and Pulham St. Mary, Norfolk
- Excerpts from the Parish Records of Redenhall, Norfolk
- Family History Online
Online searchable pay-per-view databases with over 20 million records. Compiled by Family History Societies of England & Wales and hosted by the Federation of Family History Societies.
- Historical Manuscripts Commission
- Manorial Documents Register
Online searchable record of the whereabouts of manorial documents in England and Wales. Currently includes the counties of Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Norfolk and the three Ridings of Yorkshire for England
- IGI Batch Numbers for Norfolk, England
- IGI Middle Names - Norfolk
- Index to Pigot's Directory of Norfolk 1839
- Martin & Marie Edwards Personal Web Pages - Genealogy - Information
Norfolk Hundreds - 1929, Norfolk Poor Law Unions - 1929, Norfolk Registration Districts - 1929, Norwich Photographs, Norfolk Description - 1929, Lynn Advertiser 1881-1900 - Names.
- Medical Licences | Lambeth Palace Library
Medical licences issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury 1535-1775.
- The National Archives (U.K.)
Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.
- The Catalogue
Descriptions of more than 10 million records held by The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom. The visitor may either search or browse through the descriptions. Images of the documents are not available. Visitors can request copies online and can also place advance orders for the day of their visit.
- Help
- Research Guides: A to Z
This is an alphabetical list of the topical Research Guides. The guides help you find what you need in the catalogue, so this should be the first thing you consult.
- Family History
- House History
- Local History
- Military History
- Search Our Collections
- National Archivist
Online pay-for-use databases containing digital images of original registers, entry books and indexes, reproduced under license from The National Archives and other organisations.
- Norfolk Public Houses
Alphabetical list of Norfolk public houses and many of their licensees. based upon licence records, newspaper articles, business records, sale & auction documents and directories.
- Norfolk Transcription Archive
Online searchable database of transcribed parish register indexes, census transcriptions; subsidies, tax returns, musters, war memorials, photographs and more.
- Norfolk Workhouses
- Origins.net - Unique Genealogy Data for Family History Research in England and Scotland
Online searchable pay-for-use databases. Includes over 1 million records from the Society of Genealogists.
- Quaker Family History Society - Norfolk Records Locations
- Return of Owners of Land in Norfolk in 1873
Online searchable database.
- Society of Genealogists - County Resources Introduction
- Ancestry.com - United Kingdom & Ireland
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- 1837Online
Pay-for-use online searchable index of civil registration indexes for England & Wales from 1837 to the present. Includes scanned images of the index entries for births, marriages & deaths.
- Ancestry.com - United Kingdom & Ireland
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Births, Marriages and Death indexes transcribed - Ancestry.com
This page has a great description of the BMD collection and its origins.
- Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records
Including baptism, christening, and burial records.
- England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
Original source: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah.
- England & Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940
Original source: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Pallot's Baptism Index for England: 1780 - 1837
Original source: The original paper slip index, from which this database was created, is owned by The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, England.
- Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837
Original source: The original paper slip index, from which this database was created, is owned by The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, England.
- UK Parish Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records
A collection of parish records in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland from the 1500s to the 1900s. Original source: Electronic databases created from various publications of parish and probate records.
- BMD Index - Birth, Marriage & Death Index
Pay-per-view online searchable index to the birth, marriage & death registrations in England and Wales.
- Norfolk County Council - Registration Services
- Registration Services - Certificate Ordering Service
Service from the General Register Office (the official centralized keeper of these records) allowing civil registration certificates (Births, Marriages & Deaths) to be ordered via the Internet.
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