Diss Family History Group

Next meeting is: 19 Nov 2025 - “Little known Treasures in Norfolk Churches”, John Vigar. This lecture looks at details to be found in these churches that might be missed by a casual visitor. Paintings, sculptures, stained glass and other features that might not be seen by the naked eye. Even the most visited church has secrets to discover. John Vigar has visited every medieval church in Norfolk and is on the Advisory Council of the Norfolk Churches Trust. He regularly leads tours for groups across the county and has an image catalogue of its churches running into hundreds of thousands of pictures. Venue: doors open at 1.45p.m. and meeting starts at 2p.m. at Diss Bowls Club, Fair Green, Diss, IP22 4BE. Large free car park. For more information please contact Betty Morley.

The database has currently well over 65,000 individual entries for named people in Diss and the surrounding villages and is steadily growing. Just as a taster, this page will show a list of the 50 most common surnames found.
If you have ever wondered what happened locally on the same day as your birthday (probably not the same year), or maybe you want to find out what happened on Christmas Day, a new calendar feature “On This Day” may satisfy your curiosity, listing all those events from the database which did!

The DFHG is starting a project based around the villages of North and South Lopham. It is in its infancy but to see what is already available please go to the project webpage. If anyone would like to take part in this then please contact Betty Morley.

Information & Data

Diss History Information about Diss and its history	Villages nearby Information about the surrounding area	Diss Family Tree
	On This Day
Miscellaneous	Search All Data Data being added to (datasets)	Projects

Booklets .....


Women Who Made A Difference, by Diss Family History Group. Throughout history there have always been Women Who Made A Difference. Here are the stories of some of them - some famous, some unknown.	Fersfield Men Who Marched Away To The Great War - Commemorating the end of World War 1, 1914 - 1918. This is dedicated to those young men who left the village of Fersfield and enlisted to fight for King and Country.

For copies of these booklets please contact Betty Morley.