Hi, everybody: I'm trying to track an ancestor that left England in the early 17th century (probably a dissenter). I haven't been able to find him in the IGI, FMP, or ancestry. The odds are good that he was born Norfolk*, however (circa 1599), and was wondering if anyone had any comments in general about the availability of Norfolk parish registers... has there been any bombing, fires, neglect, etc. that would substantially affect it? Thank you, Stephanie Guild of One Name Studies #5587 Cobb, Cobbe, etc. * He went to Jamestown, Virginia, along with Henry Spelman of Congham, John Rolfe of Heacham, and Edward Waters of King's Lynn.

Stephanie, not all parish registers from Norfolk have been transcribed by the IGI, many of the original records (scans of registers as opposed to transcriptions) are available to view on the IGI website itself, you just need to know where to look. Those that aren't are usually available to view on fiche/microfilm at the Norfolk records office in Norwich. It all depends where you are looking at, though it sounds like north Norfolk. The only records I know for sure that were affected in the manner you describe are for St Nicholas Church in Great Yarmouth, bombed and burned out during WW2. Not all were detroyed and it is the later records that suffered from this. IGI parish registers are available here https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A//api familysearch.org/records/collection/1416598/waypoints Lists of what the NRO has are available on-line at the NRO website, you just need to know how to search it http://nrocat.norfolk.gov.uk/DServe/DServe.exe?dsqServer=128.60.0 31&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Index.tcl Regards David -------Original Message------- From: Stephanie Ray Date: 20/11/2011 15:50:45 To: norfolk@rootsweb.com Subject: [NFK] State of Norfolk PRs Hi, everybody: I'm trying to track an ancestor that left England in the early 17th century (probably a dissenter). I haven't been able to find him in the IGI, FMP, or ancestry. The odds are good that he was born Norfolk*, however (circa 1599), and was wondering if anyone had any comments in general about the availability of Norfolk parish registers... has there been any bombing, fires, neglect, etc. that would substantially affect it? Thank you, Stephanie Guild of One Name Studies #5587 Cobb, Cobbe, etc. * He went to Jamestown, Virginia, along with Henry Spelman of Congham, John Rolfe of Heacham, and Edward Waters of King's Lynn. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, small question , huge answer. Each parish holding its own parish records will have suffered or not over the last 400++ years .........it all depends on the parish Parish recording of bapts marriages and burials started in 1538 but there are a good many parishes which start perhaps 1558 after the rumpus caused by Ed Vl and Mary 1 . My own home parish starts in 1538 , but has a big gap 1639 - 1660 for the Civil War , Grimston in Norfolk on the other hand has a complete register and the parish clerk of the time kept a secret parish register during the Civil war which was added to the main register after the Restoration . Pulham`s registers were safe in the basement of the Rectory during the last war until a pipe burst and flooded the cellar .......Walpole St Andrew was broken into and the registers stolen within the last 40 years and were never recovered . ...So it depends which parish . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephanie Ray" <netnuevo@gmail.com> To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 3:49 PM Subject: [NFK] State of Norfolk PRs > Hi, everybody: > > I'm trying to track an ancestor that left England in the early 17th > century (probably a dissenter). I haven't been able to find him in the > IGI, FMP, or ancestry. The odds are good that he was born Norfolk*, > however (circa 1599), and was wondering if anyone had any comments in > general about the availability of Norfolk parish registers... has > there been any bombing, fires, neglect, etc. that would substantially > affect it? > > Thank you, > Stephanie > > Guild of One Name Studies #5587 Cobb, Cobbe, etc. > > * He went to Jamestown, Virginia, along with Henry Spelman of Congham, > John Rolfe of Heacham, and Edward Waters of King's Lynn. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi, I intended to add that Congham registers start in 1580 , Heacham in 1558 , and a complete list of parish registers is held in the Norfolk Record Office and you will find many anomalies. The thing is to know which parish . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephanie Ray" <netnuevo@gmail.com> To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 3:49 PM Subject: [NFK] State of Norfolk PRs > Hi, everybody: > > I'm trying to track an ancestor that left England in the early 17th > century (probably a dissenter). I haven't been able to find him in the > IGI, FMP, or ancestry. The odds are good that he was born Norfolk*, > however (circa 1599), and was wondering if anyone had any comments in > general about the availability of Norfolk parish registers... has > there been any bombing, fires, neglect, etc. that would substantially > affect it? > > Thank you, > Stephanie > > Guild of One Name Studies #5587 Cobb, Cobbe, etc. > > * He went to Jamestown, Virginia, along with Henry Spelman of Congham, > John Rolfe of Heacham, and Edward Waters of King's Lynn. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >