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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · 5d

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · 5d

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · 6d

Our Haverhill Group have their next meet on 9 Oct, Bryan Thurlow will talk about "Borley Rectory – Most Haunted House in England
". Haverhill Old Independent Church Hall at 7.30pm, Members £2.00 Visitors £3.00 incl. refreshments. EVERYONE WELCOME

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · 9d

Lowestoft Group next meet 7th Oct Richard Mundy will talk about Michael Caine & his connection with Lowestoft

Venue: St Margaret’s Hall, Lowestoft. Doors open 19:00, talk starts19:30. Lot of free parking. All welcome. Refreshments & chat after the talk

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · 10d

New Suffolk Marriage Index
Colneis & Samford Deaneries 1538-1649 now available as CD & download. Members get a 20% discount (not including postage). Might make sense of the Ancestry indexes!!

See this web page for this and other marriage indexes
suffolkfhs.co.uk/sho...

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · 10d

In 1809 the Board of Customs formed the Preventive Waterguard to patrol the coast in small boats & deter smuggling. By 1816 it had 151 stations in 31 districts, led by armed, seasoned seamen/fishermen who spent as much time as possible at sea on watch. NB article in Sept Roots

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · 14d

The FreeBMD Database was last updated on Tuesday 23rd September 2025 and currently contains 297,583,156 distinct records (402,754,993 total records).

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · 14d

Martlesham Heath Aviation Soc next meet 3 Oct 7:30 pm. Richard Folkes OBE talk will explain how he managed helicopter scenes in “Skyfall” & set up arrival of “The Queen” by parachute at 2012 Olympics. £3 Soc members, £5 others/ pay at door. See poster attached

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · 14d

Ipswich Group next meet 7:30pm, 1st October at Salvation Army Citadel, 558, Woodbridge Rd, Ipswich, Easy Parking at rear.
Andy Relf will talk about “The Necropolis Line" or "A Single to Surrey"
£3 for members, £4 non-members – pay on door, cash please. All welcome

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · 15d

Sudbury Group next meet 30 Sept . A talk by John Miners on "Horsehair Tales"

Venue: Long Melford Village Hall, Hall St, CO10 9JQ
Plenty of parking. Starts at 2.30 pm
Entry is £2.50 for SFHS members & £3.00 for non-members.
Refreshments after talk

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · 19d

For those wanting to visit The Hold:
The park & ride service from Martlesham P&R to London Road P&R (& back) has had a stop added on Grimwade St (called Fore St) which is just round corner from The Hold & also a stop in the university car park. The downloadable timetable has the new stops.

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · 21d

Bury Group next meet on both 24 & 25 Sep at 19:00 both days. Carl Mustoe will present the Story of 3 Surnames: Bowring, Jeffs, Nunn, & Some Suffolk Connections.

Church of Latter Day Saints, Symonds Rd, Bury St Eds, IP32 7DZ. Free parking & entry, refreshments .

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · Sep 8

A clipping from Cransford Register in a 1998 edition of Roots, submitted by Margaret Barfield showing how important settlement was

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · Sep 5

suffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uk/from-parish-...

From Parish Pews to Pixels - new digitised records accessible for library customers - Suffolk Community Libraries

Suffolk Community Libraries customers can now access millions of local records dating back to 1538 when they visit a library thanks to a a new digitisation project from Suffolk Archives.

suffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uk

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our Haverhill Group have their next meet on 11 Sept
Edel Pinnock will talk on "The History of Art"

Haverhill Old Independent Church Hall at 7.30pm, Members £2.00 Visitors £3.00 incl. refreshments. EVERYONE WELCOME

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · Sep 3

Occasionally you will come across some odd words when researching - here's the beginning of an article on strange occupations.

Members can search past copies of Roots for mentions of family/place of interest. Beware you can easily get distracted by articles like this!

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · Sep 2

The date for the East Anglian Group of Family History Societies LIVE show is Saturday 18th April 2026 at the Burgess Hall in St Ives, Cambridgeshire - We will have a stall again. We really enjoyed the 2024 show

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · Aug 28

Picture showing a carter. This one visited the villages east of Stow and delivered “stuff”. Basically essentials like paraffin

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · Aug 25

Next Martlesham Heath Aviation Soc talk is Friday 5th Sep 7:30 pm. Catherine Buchanan will talk on "RAF Felixstowe – The People not the Planes”. At Martlesham Heath Community Centre, Felixstowe Rd, Martlesham Heath IP12 4PB. Members £3 non-members welcome £5.

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · Aug 24

Another set of emigrants - voluntarily I think. Hugh CLARK & family (7 children) Article from June 1925, from 1995 edition of Suffolk Roots. No mention of where in Suffolk they came from. My daughter attended the St Catherine's University during her year of study in Canada.

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · Aug 22

Looking at back copies of Suffolk Roots and came across this snippet in 1990 1836, new poor law, cheaper to force people to migrate (within UK or elsewhere) than to keep them in the workhouse

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · Aug 8

A Fascinating visit earlier this week to the workhouse and hospital at Southwell, Nottinghamshire. It was still in use in the 1970s as a home for homeless families although the father was not permitted to stay with the family and had to find lodging elsewhere.

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · Aug 7

North. Tromso, Norway
South Slope Pr, New Zealand
East New Zealand
West. Vancouver

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · Aug 5

Update on Suffolk Parish register release date on Ancestry NOW 8TH AUGUST -

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