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Explore thousands of pages from Norfolk’s Archdeacon’s transcripts. The records provide vital details about your ancestor’s baptism, marriage, and burial.

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Archdeacon’s transcripts are copies of parish registers that were sent to the archdeacon. Prior to 1812, all copies of registers were sent to the archdeacon. After 1812, the copies were sent to the bishop and became known as the bishop’s transcripts.

The earliest records are from 1600. You will find volumes from Eaton St Andrew, the only thatched-roof church in Norwich, and volumes from St Margaret’s in Stratton Strawless, the church dates back to the 13th century. Norfolk borders Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, and the North Sea.

The volumes recorded three life events: baptisms, marriages, and burials. For each event you will discover the following facts:

Baptisms

  • Name
  • Date
  • Parents’ names

Marriages

  • Name of couple
  • Date
  • Marriage place
  • By banns or license
  • Later records provide the names of witnesses

Burials

  • Name
  • Date
  • A number of records show next of kin or name of spouse

The images were created from the original records held at the Norfolk Record Office. The imaging was completed by FamilySearch.

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