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Re: Suffolk parish registers to go online?
« Reply #189 on: Saturday 01 April 23 17:11 BST (UK) »
"Ancestry Global Holdings Limited with registered address Vision Exchange Building, Suite
23, Level 2, Territorials Street, Zone 1, Central Business District, Birkirkara CBD 1070 , Malta"

See https://www.archivists.org.au/documents/item/1859

It does look like Ancestry have won the contract which is fantastic news.

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Re: Suffolk parish registers to go online?
« Reply #190 on: Saturday 01 April 23 17:21 BST (UK) »
I am wondering how this news sits with the huge Church Of England project to "scan and transcribe all the parish registers"?

"It will mean parish registers are backed up safely and securely and protect the originals from loss and deterioration"

https://agintl.org/more-information

I understand that My Heritage are funding and conducting that digitisation.

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Re: Suffolk parish registers to go online?
« Reply #192 on: Saturday 01 April 23 18:04 BST (UK) »
I am wondering how this news sits with the huge Church Of England project to "scan and transcribe all the parish registers"?

"It will mean parish registers are backed up safely and securely and protect the originals from loss and deterioration"

https://agintl.org/more-information

I understand that My Heritage are funding and conducting that digitisation.

Interesting hadn't come across that particular project.  It was purely by chance I picked up the Suffolk contract award, I was actually trying to confirm if Tyne & Wear Archives' agreement with Ancestry would include the parish registers following the recent release of non-conformist records from the Archives on the site.  However, was pleased to finally see Suffolk get their act together since it's got to be almost 9 years since they originally muted the idea of doing it themselves.
(KENT) Lingwell, Rayment (BUCKS) Read, Hutchins (SRY) Costin, Westbrook (DOR) Gibbs, Goreing (DUR) Green (ESX) Rudland, Malden, Rouse, Boosey (FIFE) Foulis, Russell (NFK) Johnson, Farthing, Purdy, Barsham (GLOS) Collett, Morris, Freebury, May, Kirkman (HERTS) Winchester, Linford (NORTHANTS) Bird, Brimley, Chater, Wilford, Read, Chapman, Jeys, Marston, Lumley (WILTS) Arden, Whatley, Batson, Gleed, Greenhill (SOM) Coombs, Watkins (RUT) Stafford (BERKS) Sansom, Angel, Young, Stratton, Weeks, Day


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Re: Suffolk parish registers to go online?
« Reply #193 on: Saturday 01 April 23 19:09 BST (UK) »
Will be good when they finally do this.

In the meantime the Suffolk FHS CD transcriptions have been very helpful.
Researching:

LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain

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Re: Suffolk parish registers to go online?
« Reply #194 on: Friday 14 April 23 10:22 BST (UK) »
The latest Lost Cousins newsletter says

"Last month Ancestry finally won the right to digitise Suffolk parish registers and other records, and according to my contact at Suffolk County Council they should be online by 2025. Ancestry have exclusive rights until 2029".

https://www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2/apr23news.htm

This is another confirmation of the good news. I wonder what will be included in the "other records"?

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Re: Suffolk parish registers to go online?
« Reply #195 on: Friday 14 April 23 12:24 BST (UK) »
Also Ancestry seem to have finished digitising Cambridgeshire records as well, which will be good due to my Cambridgeshire ancestry.

Several of my Suffolk lot lived near the Suffolk/Cambs border.
Researching:

LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain

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Re: Suffolk parish registers to go online?
« Reply #196 on: Friday 14 April 23 20:20 BST (UK) »
Scanning of the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire parish registers is now complete. Hopefully not too long to wait now until these records become available on Ancestry.

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Re: Suffolk parish registers to go online?
« Reply #197 on: Wednesday 19 April 23 18:38 BST (UK) »
Good news. Onwards and upwards for online researchers who may live hundreds or thousands of miles from such record offices.
Researching:

LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain