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     Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast, including The Wash. Norfolk is the fifth largest ceremonial county in England, with an area of 5,371 km² (2,074 sq mi).

     Norfolk's county town and only city is Norwich, one of the largest settlements in England during the Norman era.  Norwich is home to the University of East Anglia, and is the county's main business and culture centre.  Other principal towns include the port-town of King's Lynn and the seaside resort and Broads gateway town of Great Yarmouth. There are also several market towns: Aylsham, Downham Market, Dereham, Fakenham, Diss, Holt, North Walsham, Swaffham, Thetford and Wymondham.

ancestral gen-sites

Map of the County

Family History Notes

Gen-Site Profiles

Map of the county

The Red Dot in the map designates the location of the seat of government for this county.   A Purple Dot shows the location of identified ancestral Gen-Site(s).

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Family history notes

    Susanna Vergoose wife of John Raynsford was born at Norwich, Norfolk, England in 1657.

Gen-site profiles

NORWICH

Norwich

LOCATION:   Country: United Kingdom;   State: England;   County: Norfolk; 

Coordinates/Map: 52.628333, 1.296667;  Ordinance Map Grid Reference: TG2308

DESCRIPTION:  Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the second largest city in England, after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom.  The built up area of Norwich has a population of 259,100. This area extends beyond the city boundary, with extensive suburban areas on the western, northern and eastern sides, including Costessey, Hellesdon, Old Catton, Sprowston and Thorpe St Andrew.

ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE:  See “Family History Notes” above.

INTERNET WEB LINK(S):   Norwich;   Images for norwich england;   Things to do in Norwich England;  

LOCATION:   Country: United Kingdom;   State: England;   County: Norfolk;  Coordinates/Map:; 

Ordinance Map Grid Reference:

DESCRIPTION: 

ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: 

INTERNET WEB LINK(S):  

populated places

Gazetteer of Places

 in This County

Link to State-Wide Resources

Where in the World

are My Ancestors?

gazetteer

The list below will assist in your research regarding the matching of your ancestor’s birth, marriage, death dates and the place(s) within this locality at which these events may have occurred.

List of places in -  Norfolk

Norfolk - Places Online

Directory of Cities & Towns in Norfolk

Norfolk -  Towns and Parishes

Places and Parishes  - Norfolk

Churches of Britain - Norfolk

List of Places in the United Kingdom

List of Towns in England

The Districts of This County

1.      Norwich

2.      South Norfolk

3.      Great Yarmouth

4.      Broadland

5.      North Norfolk

6.      King's Lynn and West Norfolk

7.      Breckland

Find Physical Features Within This County

COUNTY TOWN

COUNTY

Coordinates
(links to map & photo sources)

OS grid reference

Norwich

Norfolk

52.62° N 01.29° E

TG2308

Look-Up Coordinates and Grid Reference Numbers for Places in the United Kingdom

Where in the world

Resources which enhance our knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are almost as important as their names. The LINK

to the right will take you to Maps, Gazetteers,   and other helpful  resources  that will assist you in discovering Ancestral Locations. 

surnames

Click on this link to find out more about each surname listed below as well as other surnames found within our  three  family  databases. 

This link will also lead you to surname resources at Rootsweb, and information about the world-wide distribution of a surname.

The following are surnames of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or died at this location.  To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding Link.

McVicker; Moreland; Pinnell; Scruggs and allied families

Vergoose

Bozarth; Peiffer; Quigley; Rhubart and allied families

Dellinger; Knecht; Pfeffer; Silar and allied families

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Click on the LINK to the right to see more information about the World distribution of  any  surname.   You  can  get  greater

detail for any of the maps by clicking on the area, i.e state, county that you are interested in.

gen tool-kit

Our “Gen-Tool Kit” has been primarily designed for those researchers who may be traveling to this location to perform on-site studies of their family history, or to just visit some of the interesting historical sites located in the area.  It can be very satisfying to mix research with sightseeing at historical and scenic spots.  Such activity not only gives you an understanding of the land but a needed break from intense research sessions.  When visiting an ancestral county for genealogical research we’ve found that the three most important places to visit are the county courthouse; the county library; and the county historical and/or genealogical societies.  It is also good to plan ahead by contacting any site you intend visiting in order to ascertain where it is and when it will be open.  This is especially true with regard to historical and genealogical societies.  We hope that the following information will provide you with a better idea of what resources are available, within this county, to the family historian.

Cemeteries

County History

Libraries, Museums

& Archives

Maps and Gazetteers

 County Records

Societies

(History & Genealogical)

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Norfolk, England   

History

·        Blomefield's History of Norfolk: 'An Essay towards a Topograhical History', (11 vols, 1805-) 6 volumes     

·        East: The historic counties of Beds, Cambs, Essex, Herts, Hunts, Norfolk and Suffolk     

·        A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2. A part-volume detailing the history of the religious houses of the county, including the cathedral priory of the Holy Trinity at Norwich, and the pilgrimage site of Walsingham     

Libaries, Museums, Archives

·               Norfolk Library Online Information Service

·              Norfolk Record Office: Home page

·        Museums in Norfolk - England, UK

·        Norfolk Transcription Archive

Maps and Gazetteers

·        Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 - Epoch 1, England - Norfolk   

·        Norfolk in The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5 

County Records

·        Entertainers in the 1851 Devon, Norfolk & Warwickshire Census 

·        Norfolk Transcription Archives  - Parish Records

·         Manorial Documents Register (MDR) Search of Norfolk Manorial Records   

·        Norfolk Record Office online catalogue: Searchable database, includes many wills and probate records 

Societies

·        Norfolk Family History Society

·          Society of Genealogists - England: Norfolk Resources

resources

This search engine may

provide you with additional

information to assist with

your research about this topic.

General Resources

Locality Specific Resources

FREE Records

and Databases

Our Genealogy Reference Library

General Resources

·        UK Geneaology – England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

·        Linkpendium genealogy-uki

·        RootsWeb.com Message Boards – U.K. and Ireland

·        GENUKI: UK & Ireland Genealogy

·        British Isles GenWeb Project*

·        Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

·        Local Government Web Sites

·        International Genealogical Index (LDS)

·        List of places in the United Kingdom

·        Street Map UK

·        Ordnance Survey, Britain’s mapping agency

·       British History Online

·        Cyndi’s List - United Kingdom & Ireland Index

·        A vision of Britain (a library for local history)

·        UK Genealogy Archives of Family History

·        Directory of Cities and Towns in the UK

Locality Specific Resources

·        UK Genealogy - Norfolk

·        RootsWeb.com Message Boards - Norfolk

·        GENUKI - Norfolk

·        British Isles GenWeb - Norfolk

·        Local Government Web Sites - Norfolk

·         International Genealogical Index - Norfolk

·        Cyndi’s List - Norfolk

·        A Vision of Britain - Norfolk

·        UK Geneaology Archives - Norfolk

·        Directory of Cities & Towns in the UK - Norfolk

Free Records & Databases

All of the records and databases we’ve collected are FREE and can be accessed and searched online without having to pay for a subscription.   We have divided our collected into 14 record types as follows: Biographical; Birth; Cemetery; Census & City Directories; Church; Court; Death; Immigration & Naturalization; Land; Marriage; Military; Newspapers; Occupational; and Tax Records.    We try not to list any sites that have only a few records for the purpose of getting you to a website that will charge a fee to actually see the record beyond just a name.  

This Link will take you to our

collections of FREE Records.  

Genealogy Reference Library

The following Link will take you to our library of genealogy reference books.   Here you may find books about the history and records of this county and other places such as towns and churches.  The collection also contains research works about military units and personnel during America’s wars, in addition too resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who may have settled in this locality.

This Link will take you to

our collections of reference books.  

Gallery

During our research we have collected images and photographs that are of general interest to a variety of localities.  Some of them are presented on this website because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past lives.

Norwich Cathedral

Use this LINK to see the picture

gallery  that pertains to this location.

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topic you are searching in the box and click “Search Images”. At the “Images” display page you will see the image, as well as the website to which it is linked.

Contact information

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