Records of the deceased

By law, all interments need to be recorded in public burial registers and grave registers. These are available to look at by appointment. Shown below are some helpful links:

• Find my past - census, land and surveys: census information: census information
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC): register details of all the Commonwealth war dead
• General register office: how to obtain information on births, deaths and marriages
• Suffolk record office: for local records since the 12th century
• The Nation Archive: documents, files and images covering 1,000 years of history