Fincham, Norfolk Genealogy

Guide to Fincham, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. {{Infobox England Jurisdictions {{Infobox England Jurisdictions }}
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 * Type = Ecclesiastical Parish
 * County = Norfolk
 * Hundred = Clackclose
 * Poor Law Union = Downham
 * Registration District = Downham
 * PRbegin = 1541; Separate records exist for Fincham St Michael beginning 1585
 * BTbegin = 1691
 * Province = Canterbury
 * Diocese = Norwich
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 * Rural Deanery = Fincham
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 * Probate Court = Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk
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 * Archive = Norfolk Record Office

Parish History
FINCHAM (St. Michael and St. Martin), a parish, in the union of Downham, hundred of Clackclose, W. division of Norfolk, 5 miles (E. N. E.) from Downham.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.


 * Downham 1837-1974

Church Records
Fincham St Michael united with Fincham St Martin in 1745

Fincham St Martin parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Fincham St Michael parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Norfolk Record Office Fincham St Martin reference PD 351 /1-2, 5-10 combined with reference PD 351 /3-4 Fincham St Michael

Non-Conformist Church Records

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
 * 1613-1901 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Poor Law Unions
Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Downham Poor Law Union

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Norfolk 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

Websites

 * Fincham on GenUKI