Suffolk accents
If you have ancestors from Suffolk and you’re curious about how they spoke, check out this wonderful video!
Author: Helen Barrell
Belstead baptisms and burials
Nearly 2,000 baptisms and burials for Belstead, Suffolk – just outside Ipswich – from 1538-1812 online now. Marriages 1539-1857 to follow!
New Suffolk burials CD!
This looks good! The Suffolk Family History Society have released a new version of their Suffolk burials CD, with nearly 1,500,000 burials. It’s also avai...
The Essex Wills Beneficiaries Index – what it is and how to use it
I first heard about the Essex Wills Beneficiaries Index (EWBI) in a newsletter from the Essex Society for Family History. It’s a remarkable index compiled...
Some notes on the Mannock family
Do you have Mannock ancestors in your tree? The line of Mannocks who lived at Gifford’s Hall in Stoke-by-Nayland, the descendants of George Mannock’...
Don’t diss Frinton’s church!
I’m transcribing records for Frinton at the moment. It once had a tiny population and an equally tiny church. In trying to find out more about life in a t...
The Griffin family
I decided on a whim to make use of the Buckinghamshire records on Findmypast and research my Griffin ancestors who come from that county. I wasn’t sure I&...
Pinching out sweet peas
No, this has nothing whatsoever to do with family history, other than the fact that my grandparents grew sweet peas and I wanted to grow some too. My reason for...
Tracing Suffolk wills for Suffolk folk
I’ve recorded a Facebook Live about finding wills for people who lived in Suffolk. There’s several handy links I mention, so here goes… Prerog...
Unfortunate ways to die in Elmstead
Elmstead’s earliest burials register contains the cause of death for a few of the residents, and they give an insight into how life was lived – and ...