Two years. That’s how long those of us with Suffolk ancestors will have to wait for an explosion of digitized records, but it’ll be worth it.
Suffolk Archives in England will work alongside Ancestry to create high quality, full colour digital images of millions of baptism, marriage and burial records from parishes within the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
The earliest records being digitized date back as to 1538 and include events in the lives of notable historical figures, such as the 1776 baptism of landscape artist John Constable, and the 1846 burial of Thomas Clarkson who devoted his life to the abolition of slavery.
It is hoped that Suffolk’s main parish records will be published on Ancestry in early 2025 with other collections of local interest to follow.
According to Wikipedia, “The Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich is a Church of England diocese based in Ipswich, covering Suffolk (excluding Lowestoft). A Wikipedia article provides a list of all the churches and towns within the diocese.
