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The information on the Fairhead Family has been gathered for over forty years. The original researcher was one Albert Edward Fairhead (1902 - 1976). He had hired a boat on the Norfolk Broads for a week's holiday; on handing the keys over to the next family at the end of the week he discovered that they were also called Fairhead. This prompted him to wonder, were they related?

After this he embarked on journeys to all of the local churches and then to record offices, and before he died in 1976 he had printed a series of booklets detailing all of the information he had discovered. To make this easier to handle, and to give the reader a sense of identity, he split the family into different sections which were named after individuals or areas where they lived, etc.

The downloadable files on this site are based on these booklets, with all subsequent information fitted into the jigsaw as and when it has become known. We are publishing them on the web in an effort to widely spread the state of the current research and to stimulate people to fill in the gaps in our knowledge. The files deal with each generation in turn, keeping each family in the same order.

If you have any new or updated information, please email Richard, our archivist, at archivist@fairhead.org.uk. Please include as much detail as possible - including scans of birth, death and marriage certificates if you have them.
 

Download the family history booklets:

Get Adobe ReaderThe booklet files are in PDF format. To view them you will need to have a PDF reader such as Adobe Reader installed on your computer. If you do not have this you can download it for free by clicking on the 'Get Adobe Reader' button. (The pictures are viewable in a standard browser.)

There are three main groups of families: Suffolk & Norfolk, Essex, and London. It is hoped one day to link all of the books together. The 'Book no.' refers to the number of the publication in the Fairhead history booklet series.

Family group Book no. History booklet name Booklet last updated
Suffolk

&

Norfolk
8 The Suffolk Weavers:
Words   Pictures
August 2011
5 The Parish Clerks:
Words   Pictures
August 2011
1 The Three Brothers:
Words   Pictures
August 2011
2 The Bricklayers:
Words   Pictures
August 2011
6 The Five Sons of James August 2011
Essex 7 The Essex Farmers:
Words   Pictures
August 2011
4d The Shoemakers of Rayleigh:
Words   Pictures
August 2011
4b Thomas, the Gardener, of Marks Tey:
Words   Pictures
August 2011
4c The Drapers of Ilford:
Words   Pictures
August 2011
London 3 The Fayerhodes of Ludgate Hall June 2008
10c The Family at Marylebone January 2011
4a The London Butchers:
Words   Picture
August 2011
Other 10a The East Coast Mariners August 2011
10b The Sunderland Family August 2011

We have some miscellaneous booklets, including two "Don't Know" pages; any information that could help to classify the information in those would be most welcome.

Booklet name Booklet last updated
Don't Knows (UK & Australia) August 2011
Don't Knows (North America) August 2011
Various East Coast Families August 2006
The Origin:
Words   Pictures
August 2006
The First 100 Years June 2008
The Fairhairs August 2006
Hereditary Factors August 2006

Finally we have some other booklets written by Albert. Though not 'Fairhead' related, they are included here for completeness.

Booklet name Booklet last updated
The Ditchingham That I Knew:
Words   Pictures
June 2007
My Impressions of Iceland:
Words   Pictures
June 2007

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