England, Norfolk, Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Historical Records/Known Issues

Known Issues
Question #1: I find instances where records are not where they would be expected to be found. How can I find the correct set of records? Answer #1: These records are filed together by Archdeaconry for each year and arranged alphabetically by the name of the parish. Not all bishops’ transcripts survived. Consequently, not all parishes will be found in the records for a single year nor necessarily in alphabetical order.

Original parish records should be searched when available. The original record pages, as they are shown in this collection, may be out of sequence. When searching this Bishop’s Transcripts collection, if a record cannot be found in the year and or sequence expected, the search should be broadened.

The following is a list of known discrepancies:

Archdeaconry of Norfolk


 * 1842 &gt; T-Y: Thurlton Parish records with dates ranging from 1838-1842 are included in the Year 1842 collection and those records are missing from Thurlton records in the collections for Years 1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841.
 * 1842 &gt; T-Y: Thurlton Parish records that appear in Images 32, 33, and 34 include Register pages 41, 44, 45, 42, 43, and 22 - in that order.
 * 1853 &gt; G-L: Houghton-on-the-Hill and Pickenham North records may be mixed together in some years as noted in the catalog description for these records
 * 1856 &gt; T-Y; many records between Images 70 and 201 are for years 1853, 1854, 1855, or 1857.

Archdeaconry of Norwich

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