Norfolk Family History Society Coat of Arms

Members Research Services

Introduction to the Look-Up Service

The Society offers a Look-Up service free of charge for Members who are unable to visit Norfolk and aims to enable Members with family history enquiries. The service is provided by volunteers who are able to check the wide range of genealogical, family history and local history resources held by the Society at Kirby Hall.

NFHS LibraryMembers are requested to send any requests for Look-Ups to Alan Bullard, either by writing to Kirby Hall or via email. If any Member is interested in volunteering to assist with this work then please could they contact Alan. Ideally, the position requires a minimum of two half-days at Kirby Hall researching approximately a dozen enquiries per week, plus some additional time for responding to enquiries (which can be done from home).


Resources

Parish Register Transcripts  |  Non-Conformist Baptisms  

A list of our holdings can be obtained from the Team for £3.00 or viewed under the Resources section of the web site.

Norfolk Census Returns

1841 and every ten years to 1901.

Marriage Indexes

Norfolk 1801 - 1837, Boyds and Philimore index for Norfolk.

Marriage Licence Bonds

Monumental Inscriptions  |  National Burial Index

Plus Rosary Cemetery burials 1821 - 1837

Will Indexes |  Pedigrees and Family Trees  |  Directories

Computers & Scanners Bookshop Pedigrees & Norwich shelves
Computers & Scanners Bookshop Pedigrees & Norwich shelves 
Parish Registers & M.I.s shelves Parish Transcripts on shelves Wills & Family Tree mobile
Parish Registers & M.I.s shelves Parish Transcripts on shelves The Skipper Room admin office

Family History Databases

Find-My-Past and Ancestry.com

Access to FindMyPast.com and Ancestry.com is available at Kirby Hall via the computers in the library. Access is free to members and the public. Both of these websites provides original indexes of births, marriages, and deaths for England and Wales and family history records online.

NFHS Family History Databases

A searchable database of most Parish Register Transcriptions is held on computer. A searchable index of surnames extracted from individual parish transcripts is also available.

 

Can we help you with look ups ? ...

Then contact Allan Bullard at Kirby Hall using the form below, remembering to quote your Membership Number at all times. Six separate enquiries per year can be accepted if brief relevant information is given and a precise question asked.

iconLook-Up Form (PDF document)

By post - Please provide a stamped addressed envelope or International Reply Coupon and use CAPITAL LETTERS for handwritten names.

By email - to the email address given on the Contact Us page stating your postal address as some email addresses are misleading.

Please remember that the Norfolk Family History Society is staffed by Volunteers, who freely give their time to help others.  We ask people to be patient when contacting us. A response is sent as soon as possible but we would ask that 28 days are allowed.

Due to being staffed by Volunteers the Look-Up Service is available only on a part time basis, Tuesday and Wednesday - A.M. Therefore, Members should appreciate requests may take time to be dealt with and are requested to allow at least four - six weeks for their enquiry to be dealt with.

We regret that telephone requests cannot be dealt with.

The Look-Up Team reserves the right to reply at their discretion.