This is an update to the book “The Packards from Suffolk: a family history”, copies of which can be obtained from www.lulu.com/shop/giles-colchester/the-packards-from-suffolk/hardcover/product-rmgd97q.html. This update contains new information which has been found about the persons mentioned in the book and corrections of errors. Generalising, each update is referenced with the page number of the main book and the person reference to which the amendment refers. It is not a substitute for the book to which this update refers..