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Description: | A collection of family and local history resources as follows:
1. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations Registrar General's indexes of births, deaths and marriages on microfiche from 1837-1999 (as at February 2003)
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2. Census returns
1841-1901 Norfolk on microfilm/fiche.
1851 Norfolk, Devon and Warwickshire on CD-Rom
1881 British Census and National Index on CD-Rom
Free access to 1901 internet site, with vouchers on sale for access to charged information.
Indexes on microfiche: 1851 Norfolk
1881 national
1891 Norwich
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3. Directories
3(a) County and Regional Directories
Norfolk Directories 1836-1937
3(b) City and Town Directories
Norwich Directories 1783-1975
3(c) Telephone Directories
1912 to date (some gaps) Norfolk and Norwich. In some cases the King's Lynn area and West Norfolk are excluded
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4. Electoral registers and polls books
4(a) Electoral Registers
Norfolk: Incomplete coverage 1830's - 1915, 1918 to date
Norwich: 1834 to date
4(b) Poll Books
Norfolk 1714 to 1865
Norwich 1710 to 1871
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5. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Free online access to Family Search web site. Also IGI Great Britain 1992 edition on microfiche.
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6. Unpublished Indexes
No significant indexes
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7. Parish Registers
Microform copies of registers held at Norfolk Record Office; also archdeacons' and bishops' transcripts. Printed transcripts of some Norfolk parishes. Originals in Norfolk Record Office.
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8. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
The Norfolk Ancestor, Journal of the Norfolk Genealogical Society
Norfolk Archaeology, Journal of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society
Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Journal
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9. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
Publications of the Norfolk Record Society
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10. Other material
Picture Norfolk - database of digitised images from the library and other collections. Access via the library catalogue link from http://www.library.norfolk.gov.uk
Local Newspaper Archive - database of digitised images of articles from the Eastern Daily Press between 1922 and 1978, with a sample collection from 1990. Accessible only in Millennium Library, Norwich.
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11. Guides to Collections
Norfolk Record Office. Guide to Genealogical Sources. Various editions
E. Darrock and B. Taylor. A Bibliography of Norfolk History. University of East Anglia, 1975 and 1991. 2 vols.
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12. Local Record Offices
Norfolk Record Office
The Archive Centre
County Hall
Martineau Lane
Norwich
Tel: 01603 222599
Fax: 01603 761885
http://archives.norfolk.gov.uk
Email:norfrec@norfolk.gov.uk
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Other information
Chapman County Codes (BS 6879): NFK | Subjects: | Registration of birth Registration of death Population censuses Registration of marriage Local history Electoral registers Genealogy Parish records Poll books | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01603 774705 | Telephone: | 01603 774774 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8566 | Go to resource |
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