Difference between revisions of "Cambridgeshire"

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*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/ '''Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies Service''']
 
*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/ '''Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies Service''']
 
*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Cambridgeshire/index.html Cambridgeshire Census - UK Genealogy Archives]
 
  
 
*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/ Cambridgeshire Family History Society]
 
*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/ Cambridgeshire Family History Society]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcam/ Cambridgeshire Genealogy Pages]
 
  
 
*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/ Cambridgeshire Libraries and Information Service]  
 
*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/ Cambridgeshire Libraries and Information Service]  
  
 
*[http://www.links.org/Lookups/Cambs/ Cambridgeshire Look-up Exchange]
 
*[http://www.links.org/Lookups/Cambs/ Cambridgeshire Look-up Exchange]
 
*[http://www.fenlandfhs.org.uk/ Fenlands Family History Society]
 
 
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/ GENUKI Cambridgeshire]
 
  
 
*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
 
*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
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'''Countywide Interest'''  
 
'''Countywide Interest'''  
  
*[http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/cuhags/ Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society]  
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*[http://www.localancestors.com/ Local Ancestors] Ancestor pages for Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire
  
 
*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/BaptismIndex/index.html Cambridgeshire Baptism Index 1801-1837]
 
*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/BaptismIndex/index.html Cambridgeshire Baptism Index 1801-1837]
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*[http://www.druidic.org/camchurch/fulllist.htm Cambridgeshire Churches]
 
*[http://www.druidic.org/camchurch/fulllist.htm Cambridgeshire Churches]
  
*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/index.shtml#CAM Cambridgeshire Databases at Family History Online]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/1839Pigots/1839index.html Pigot's Directory of Cambridgeshire 1839]
  
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/cambs.html Cambridgeshire Links]
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*[http://www.fenlandfhs.org.uk/ Fenlands Family History Society]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/cambs/cambridgeshire_workhouses.htm  Cambridgeshire Workhouses]  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcam/ Cambridgeshire Genealogy Pages]
  
*[http://www.localancestors.com/ Local Ancestors] ancestor pages for Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire
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*[http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/cuhags/ Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society]  
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/cambs.html Local History Society Gateway ]
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/cambs.html Cambridgeshire Links]
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/1839Pigots/1839index.html Pigot's Directory of Cambridgeshire 1839]
 
  
 
*[http://www.rd29.net/cc/ Some South East Cambridgeshire Villages]
 
*[http://www.rd29.net/cc/ Some South East Cambridgeshire Villages]
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*[http://www.escan.org.uk/  Eatons Community Association] former Cambridgeshire villages of Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford
 
*[http://www.escan.org.uk/  Eatons Community Association] former Cambridgeshire villages of Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford
  
*[http://www.ely.org.uk/ Ely Cathedral]
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* [[The Isle of Ely]]
 
 
*[http://www.elyonline.co.uk/ Ely Online]  
 
 
 
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/s.walker10/index.htm Ely]
 
  
 
*[http://www.ti0.com/fenstanton/ Fenstanton History and Genealogy pages]
 
*[http://www.ti0.com/fenstanton/ Fenstanton History and Genealogy pages]
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*[http://www.ccan.co.uk/ Cambridgeshire Community Archives Network]
 
*[http://www.ccan.co.uk/ Cambridgeshire Community Archives Network]
 
*[http://www.cromwellcollection.org.uk/cambscoll/history.html  Cambridgeshire History on the Net] a collection of images and text
 
  
 
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Gravestone Photographic Resource Project]  
 
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Gravestone Photographic Resource Project]  
  
*[http://www.cambridgeshirehistory.com/MikePetty/Photographers.html Cambridgeshire Photographers 1844 -1990]  
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*[http://www.cromwellcollection.org.uk/cambscoll/history.html Cambridgeshire History on the Net] A collection of images and text
  
 
*[http://www.footstepsphotos.co.uk/Cambridgeshire/cambridgeshire_index.htm  Footsteps Photos - Cambridgeshire Index]
 
*[http://www.footstepsphotos.co.uk/Cambridgeshire/cambridgeshire_index.htm  Footsteps Photos - Cambridgeshire Index]
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*[http://www.zippix.co.uk/shop/shop-Cambridgeshire.php  Picture Index - Cambridgeshire]
  
 
*[http://www.peterboroughinpictures.co.uk/view.htm Peterborough in Pictures]
 
*[http://www.peterboroughinpictures.co.uk/view.htm Peterborough in Pictures]
  
*[http://www.zippix.co.uk/shop/shop-Cambridgeshire.php  Picture Index - Cambridgeshire]
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*[http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/picturesofpeterborough/ Pictures of Peterborough]
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*[http://www.cambridgeshirehistory.com/MikePetty/Photographers.html Cambridgeshire Photographers 1844 -1990]  
  
*[http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/picturesofpeterborough/ Pictures of Peterborough]
 
  
  

Revision as of 13:35, 2 May 2008

Situated in East Anglia. From open fen land to busy towns, Cambridgeshire has it all.

With 31 University colleges in the County town, Cambridge, all housed in beautiful buildings and steeped in history, it is little wonder tourists flock there.

An American cemetery sits on a hillside in Madingley, which commemorates the American servicemen and women who gave their lives in the Second World War.

The poet Rupert Brooke lived at Grantchester.

County town: Cambridge


Other major towns: Wisbech, Newmarket, Ely


Cambridgeshire Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

See Huntingdonshire for more links.


Primary Reference


Countywide Interest

  • Local Ancestors Ancestor pages for Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire


Specific Town and Village Interest

  • The CAMUS Project archives from Castor, Ailsworth, Marholm, Upton and Sutton - and the Milton Estates


Maps and Photographs


Books of local interest


Register Office

Cambridgeshire as part of the UKBMD project has an online searchable BMD database: CAMDEX online records

Cambridge Register Office

The Register Office
Box RES 1410
Castle Lodge
Shire Hall
Castle Hill
Cambridge
CB3 0AP
Tel: 01223 717021


Ely Register Office

The Register Office
Old School House
74 Market Street
Ely
Cambs
CB7 4LS
Tel: 01354 653053

Email: Fenlandro@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk


Fenland Register Office

Audmoor House
93 High Street
March
Cambs
PE15 9LH
Tel: 01354 653053
Fax: 01354 658307

Email: Fenlandro@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk


Peterborough Register Office

33 Thorpe Road
Peterborough
PE3 6AB
Tel:01733 566323
Fax 01733 566049


Record Office Lookup Requests

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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Record Office Lookup Contacts


Cemetery Lookup Requests

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts


Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.


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