Hi Janet, Only the parish registers in use are still with the churches, all others have been deposited with the SRO. PRs are available on fiche at all three branches of the SRO in Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Lowestoft. I am sure anyone visiting would be happy to check them for you. Pat ... From: "Janet MacDonald" <glaschujan@yahoo.co.uk> Thanks Ingrid and Colin. Would anyone know if the parish registers are only available in the parish itself, or have any of these been digitised or otherwise copied? Unfortunately I'm nowhere near Suffolk to check, thanks, Janet Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 11:45:32 +0000 From: Colin Fenn <erasmus@fenn.demon.co.uk> I haven't recorded any specific epidemics in 1800, though a couple of 'nasties' had been doing the rounds in the years preceding. You might check the parish registers as the vicar would sometimes describe a particularly tragic death.