Genealogy Chat

Hi, I`d hoped to buy a fiche or booklet from Suffolk FHS re Mendlesham PRs or look them up on the IGI Batch nos.but there aren`t any. I`ll order the film from the LDS unless someone knows that the reason they`ve not been transcribed is that they`re illegible or too damaged etc. I don`t want to waste time travelling quite some distance for nothing. Jay

Google them - you will find that Suffolk County Records office have 33 fiches of St Mary the Virgin, Mendlesham Peter

Here's the web address for availability of fiche copies from Suffolk Record Office http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryAndHeritage/ SuffolkRecordOffice/Services/ParishRegisterList.htm

Jay, I don't know if you can get to London but there is a copy of the Mendlesham fiche at the Society of Genealogists. In fact Suffolk parish registers are very well served at the SoG: there are many fiches as well as manuscript copies of the Bishop's transcripts there. Believe me, you can make a great deal of progress there without having to rely on the hit-and-miss IGI. Peter

Hi , Judith and both Peters , Apologies for the delay in replying - computer problems reared their ugly head. Thanks for the Mendlesham info to all of you. Peter ,Although I`d love to go, like many others I`m afraid I`ve no chance of ever getting to London so the SoG is out for me Jay.

Jay, I expect you want to do the research yourself but out of interest what are the names you are interested in? Peter

If you look on here, someone does lookups for some years for Mendlesham: www.suffolk-surnames-list(.)co.uk/ - please delete the brackets.

Thanks again to Peter and also to Marian. Jay.

You're welcome. I hope you enjoy exploring the site that I quoted. Happy hunting!