Ipswich St Mary Stoke, Suffolk Genealogy

England   Suffolk     Parishes   Ipswich Borough    Ipswich St Mary Stoke

Parish History
Ipswich St. Mary Stoke is an Ancient Parish in the county of Suffolk. According to Genuki, this parish is in the borough of Ipswich along with many other churches. Suffolk churches has a lenthy article about this church and an array of pictures. View an additional picture of St Mary Stoke Parish Church by Alan Thompson from Panoramio along with a mapto provide a location.

Linda Walker wrote an article on the Local History of this area on the BBC website which encompasses this medieval church.

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

Church records
Ipswich St. Mary Stoke parish records started in 1563 and the Bishop Transcripts began in 1698. The FHL film numbers are listed this way:


 * Parish Register transcripts, 1563-1761: # 991946 Items 5-7
 * Parish register transcripts, 1563-1850: # 991946 Item 4
 * Parish register printouts of Ipswich, Suffolk, England (St. Mary Stoke) ; christenings, 1813-1876: # 883930 Item 5

Census records
Refer to the Suffolk Census wiki article for general details about the census.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to &lt;a href="Suffolk Probate Records"&gt;Suffolk Probate Records&lt;/a&gt; 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

Web sites
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