Norfolk

A county of England, lying on the German Ocean; bounded by Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and Suffolk. It extends 70 miles in length and 40 in breadth. It contains 33 hundreds, 1 city, 32 market towns, and 660 parishes. The face of this county varies less than in most tracts of equal extent in England. Not one hill of any considerable height is to be seen in the whole county; yet, in most parts, its surface is broken into gentle swells and depressions. At the western extremity is a considerable tract of flat fenny land, which is part of the Bedford Level; and, on the east, a narrow tract of marshes runs from the sea, near Yarmouth, to some distance up the country. Between Lincolnshire and the western extremity, is a broad but shallow arm of the sea, called the Wash. [Barclay's Complete and Universal English Dictionary, 1842]

 

Title	Category	Places	Name Count Estimate
Norfolk, England: Parish and Probate Records	Birth, Marriage & Death	England; United Kingdom; Norfolk; Europe	148,238
Norfolk, Virginia Directories, 1888-1891	Directories & Member Lists	USA; Virginia; Norfolk	57,374
Norfolk County, MA Probate Index 1793-1900	Court, Land, Wills & Financial	USA; Massachusetts; Norfolk	43,646
Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire, England 1892	Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Reference	England	30,800
History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Massachusetts; Norfolk	19,176
History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1622-1918	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Massachusetts; Norfolk	14,314
History of Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Connecticut; Litchfield	11,951
Sherman genealogy, including families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England : some descendants of the immigrants, Captain John	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	9,537
Historical and descriptive sketches of Norfolk and vicinity	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Virginia	8,364
Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Court Records: Book "A" 1637-1646 and Book "B" 1646-1651/2	Court, Land, Wills & Financial	USA; Virginia	8,126
Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, 1744-1900	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Connecticut; Litchfield	8,118
Norfolk County, Virginia Will Abstracts, 1710-1753	Court, Land, Wills & Financial	USA; Virginia; Norfolk	8,116
Le Strange records : a chronicle of the early Le Stranges of Norfolk and the March of Wales, A.D. 1100-1310 : with the lines of	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	7,327
Visitations of Norfolk, 1563 and 1613	Stories, Memories & Histories	England; United Kingdom; Norfolk; Europe	6,664
Notes and extracts from numerous authorities respecting the family of Bukenham or Bokenham of Norfolk and Suffolk	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	6,511
One generation of a Norfolk house : a contribution to Elizabethan history	Stories, Memories & Histories	England	5,899
The homes and haunts of Henry Kirk White : with some account of the family of White, of Nottingham and Norfolk	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	5,049
The history of Norfolk, Virginia	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Virginia	4,896
A history of Horstead and Stanninghall, Norfolk	Stories, Memories & Histories	England; United Kingdom; Norfolk; Europe	4,454
Some memorials of the family of Roberts of Queen's Tower, Sheffield and Cockley Cley, Swaffham, Norfolk : as exemplified by ki	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	3,893
Genealogy and history of the Norfolk McCall family and associate descendants, 1796-1946 : typescript,	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	3,723
Inventory of city and town archives of Massachusetts, no. 11, Norfolk County.	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Massachusetts; Norfolk	3,128
The Ketts of Norfolk : a yeoman family	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	2,822
The Calls of Norfolk and Suffolk : their Paston connections and descendants	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; England	2,414
Lower Norfolk County, 1651-1654	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Virginia	1,853
Inventory of city and town archives of Massachusetts, no. 11, Norfolk County.	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Massachusetts; Norfolk	1,411
Virginia Land Patents of the Counties of Norfolk, Princess Anne & Warwick	Court, Land, Wills & Financial	USA; Virginia	1,360
Inventory of city and town archives of Massachusetts, no. 11, Norfolk County.	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Massachusetts; Norfolk	1,326
Wrentham and Norfolk, Massachusetts Directory 1890	Directories & Member Lists	USA; Massachusetts; Norfolk	1,020
The early history of the medical profession in the county of Norfolk, Mass.	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Massachusetts; Norfolk	816
Pedigree of the family of Upwood of Lovell's Hall, Terrington St. Clement's, Co. Norfolk	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	306
The Tuthill family of Tharston, Norfolk County, England and Southold, Suffolk County, New York	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	204

 

• List of Monumental Inscriptions for Norfolk Parishes
  This is part of the Norfolk FHS Monumental Inscriptions Project, but has been taken offline.

These societies cover Norfolk, or an area of the county. There are many societies for individual towns and villages.

• Fenland Family History Society
• Mid-Norfolk Family History Society
• Norfolk Family History Society
• Norfolk Heraldry Society
• Norfolk Historic Buildings Group
• Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society (NIAS)
• Norfolk Record Society
• Society of Genealogists