Halesworth, Suffolk Genealogy

England   Suffolk     Parishes   Halesworth

Parish History
Refer to the works listed in Suffolk Gazetteers or England Gazetteers for source material.

Resources
If you live in Suffolk you will have access to a variety of resources at local archives and libraries. For those who live further afield, one can access microfilm and online records at LDS Family History Centres. Refer to Suffolk_in_the_FHL_Catalog  and  in the Family History Library Catalogue for available records.

Civil Registration
Halesworth was in Blything district. To search an index of Blything district records go to FreeBMD. The Suffolk Civil Registration article provides more deatils about these records. Civil Registration began in 1837. While the district had been created in 1837 for the purpose of recording births, deaths, and marriages, the Hundred had been in existence for hundreds of years for administrative, military, and judicial purposes.

Church records
Halesworth is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Suffolk.

Parish Registers are available for St. Mary's Church (Church of England), 1653-1837 from the Family History Library and /or can be ordered online and viewed at your local Family History Center on Film # 0991935.

The cemetery records for the Halesworth Cemetery are located online in the "Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaology" available online through Archives.net beginning on p. 234.

Census records
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Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Suffolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain