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'''Cambridgeshire.'''
 
  
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County town: Cambridge
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|Situated in East Anglia. From open fen land to busy towns, Cambridgeshire has it all. Cambridgeshire shares its borders with Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire.  As with all major counties, the people of Cambridgeshire have a “traditional” nickname – they are either “Cambridgeshire Camels or Cranes” which refer to the wildfowl that used to roam the fens.
  
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Other major towns: Wisbech, Newmarket
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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  for the history and culture (including the summer festivals).  As well as the hustle and bustle of the town centre you can relax by the River Cam or in the Botanical Gardens at the University.  There are lots of “hidden” little shops and streets, that all link to the big shopping centre.
  
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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.
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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.
  
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An American cemetery sits on a hillside in Madingley which commemorates the American servicemen and women that gave their lives in the Second World War.
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The region is the home of many famous people. The poet Rupert Brooke lived at Grantchester.  John Clare, Samuel Pepys and Douglas Adams are all famous literary figures who hail from Cambridgeshire, as does Jeffrey Archer.  There are also actors and singers.
  
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The poet Rupert Brooke lived at Grantchester.
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Cambridgeshire is twinned with KREIS VIERSEN in Germany.
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'''County town:''' Cambridge
  
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Cambridgeshire as part of the UKBMD project has an online searchable BMD database. Full details of the database, certificate applications etc are available on the council website [http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/community/BMD/camdex here]
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'''Other major towns:''' Wisbech, Newmarket, Ely, Peterborough and Huntingdon.
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==Register Office Contact Details==
 
  
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=====Cambridge Register Office=====
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Cambridgeshire| Cambridgeshire Places of Worship]]'''
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The Register Office <br>
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Box RES 1410<br>
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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Castle Lodge<br>
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| [[Image:Cambridgeshire2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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Shire Hall<br>
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Castle Hill<br>
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Cambridge<br>
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==Resources==
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CB3 0AP<br>
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Tel: 01223 717021<br>
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[[Image:Welcomecambs.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Welcome To Cambridgeshire. Submitted by Yummy-mummy-amy]]
  
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=====Ely Register Office=====
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See''' [[Huntingdonshire]]''' for more links.
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The Register Office <br>
 
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Old School House <br>
 
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74 Market Street <br>
 
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Ely<br>
 
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Cambs<br>
 
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CB7 4LS<br>
 
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Tel: 01354 653053<br>
 
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Email Fenlandro@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk
 
  
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=====Fenland Register Office=====
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'''Primary Reference'''
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Audmoor House<br>
 
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93 High Street<br>
 
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March<br>
 
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Cambs<br>
 
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PE15 9LH<br>
 
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Tel: 01354 653053<br>
 
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Fax:  01354 658307 <br>
 
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Email Fenlandro@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk
 
  
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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/ '''Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies Service''']
  
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/ Cambridgeshire Family History Society]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.fenlandfhs.org.uk/ Fenland Family History Society]
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/ Cambridgeshire Libraries and Information Service]
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.links.org/Lookups/Cambs/ Cambridgeshire Look-up Exchange]
  
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
 
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.localancestors.com/ Local Ancestors]
  
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*Barton: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
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*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/BaptismIndex/index.html Cambridgeshire Baptism Index 1801-1837]
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*Bourn: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
 
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*Comberton:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
 
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*Eversdens: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
 
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*Hardwick:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
 
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*Haslingfield: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
 
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*Orwell: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
 
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*Toft: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
 
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*Wimpole: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
 
  
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*[http://www.druidic.org/camchurch/fulllist.htm Cambridgeshire Churches]
  
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*[http://www.ccan.co.uk/selectgroup.aspx Cambridgeshire Community Archives]
  
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==Links==
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*[http://www.thearchive.org.uk/ The CAMUS Project]
  
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*See [[Huntingdonshire]] for other links
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/1839Pigots/1839index.html Pigot's Directory of Cambridgeshire 1839]
  
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*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/local_history/cambs  '''County Record Office''' ]  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcam/ Cambridgeshire Genealogy Pages]
  
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/cambs_all.html Library Links ]  
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*[http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/cuhags/ Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society]  
  
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*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/ Cambridgeshire FHS ]  
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/cambs.html Cambridgeshire Links]
  
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*[http://www.localancestors.com/ Local Ancestors ]
 
  
  
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'''Local History Society'''  
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
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*[http://www.fenlandfhs.org.uk/ Fenlands FHS ]
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*[http://www.rd29.net/cc/ A Special Corner of England- Bartlow, Castle Camps & Shudy Camps]
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/cambs.html Local History Society Gateway ]
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*[http://www.carlton-cambridgeshire.org.uk/History/history.htm Carlton History]  
  
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*[http://www.localancestors.com/Ancestors/index.html Local Ancestors Pages ]  
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*[http://www.chatterislinks.co.uk/genealogy/genealogy.html Chatteris Genealogy Links]
  
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*[http://www.escan.org.uk/  Eatons Community Association]
  
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'''OPC'''
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* '''Wiki Page: The [[Isle of Ely]]'''
  
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*[http://www.ti0.com/fenstanton/ Fenstanton History and Genealogy pages]
  
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'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.foxtoncambs.info/ Foxton]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyCambridge.htm#PageTitle IGI Cambridgeshire]
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*[http://www.haddenham.org.uk/ Haddenham, Cambs Online]
  
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*[http://www.thearchive.org.uk/ The CAMUS Project]
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*[http://www.hisimp.net/history/history.htm Histon and Impington]
  
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*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net Family History Online] Cambridgeshire Family History Society have put lots of indexes here
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*[http://www.ickletonvillage.co.uk/ Ickleton Village]
  
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*[http://www.carlton-cambridgeshire.org.uk/History/Registers/PR_Index.html  Carlton cum Willingham Parish Records]  
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*[http://www.kirtlingandupend.org.uk/ Kirtling and Upend]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcam/ Cambridgeshire Genealogy Pages]  
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*[http://members.optushome.com.au/robalsmith/index.htm Little Shelford Genealogical Resources]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/1839Pigots/1839index.html Pigots 1839 Directory of Cambridgeshire]
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*[http://www.familytreeuk.co.uk/littleportsociety/ The Littleport Society]
  
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*[http://www.marchmuseum.co.uk/ March Museum]
  
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*[http://www.melbourncambridge.co.uk/ Melbourn Village]
  
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'''Family and social history'''
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*[http://www.miltonvillage.org.uk/opus129.html Milton Village]
  
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/cambs/cambridgeshire_workhouses.htm  Cambridgeshire Workhouses]  
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*[http://www.communityarchives.org.uk/page_id__646_path__0p3p69p17p.aspx Stetchworth Community Archive]
  
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*[http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/cuhags/ Cambridge University Heraldic Society ]  
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*'''Wiki page: [[Peterborough]]'''
  
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*[http://www.druidic.org/camchurch/fulllist.htm Cambridgeshire Churches]
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*[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ Peterborough Evening Telegraph]
  
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*[http://www.sohamroots.co.uk/ Soham History and Genealogy]
  
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paulmchambers/Swaffham%20Prior/index.htm Swaffham Prior Parish]
  
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'''Maps & Photographs'''
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*[http://www.wimpole.info/wimpole_site_index.htm Wimpole Village]
  
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*[http://www.footstepsphotos.co.uk/Cambridgeshire/cambridgeshire_index.htm  Footsteps Photos Cambridgeshire Index]
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*[http://contueor.com/wisbech/ Wisbech and the Fenlands]
  
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=Cambridgeshire Gravestone Photographs]  
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*[http://www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk/ Wisbech Museum ]  
  
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*[http://www.zippix.co.uk/shop/shop-Cambridgeshire.php  Picture Index-Cambridgeshire]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
 
*[http://www.ccan.co.uk/ Cambridgeshire Community Archives Network]
 
*[http://www.ccan.co.uk/ Cambridgeshire Community Archives Network]
  
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Gravestone Photographic Resource Project]
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*[http://www.cromwellcollection.org.uk/cambscoll/history.html  Cambridgeshire History on the Net]
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*[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]
  
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*[http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/picturesofpeterborough/ Pictures of Peterborough]
  
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'''Countywide interest'''
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*[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]
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==Register Office==
  
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/cambs.html A Wealth of links for Cambridgeshire]
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Cambridgeshire as part of the UKBMD project has an online searchable BMD database: [http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/community/BMD/camdex CAMDEX online records]
  
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*[http://www.cambridgeshirehistory.com/MikePetty/Photographers.html A Directory of Cambridgeshire Photographers 1844 -1990]
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'''Cambridge Register Office'''
  
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The Register Office <br>
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Box RES 1410<br>
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Castle Lodge<br>
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Shire Hall<br>
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Castle Hill<br>
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Cambridge<br>
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CB3 0AP<br>
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Tel: 01223 717021<br>
  
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'''Specific Town Village interest'''
 
  
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*[http://www.carlton-cambridgeshire.org.uk/History/history.htm Carlton History] includes parish register transcriptions, photos and maps
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'''Ely Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.chatterislinks.co.uk/genealogy/genealogy.html Chatteris Genealogy Links]
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The Register Office <br>
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Old School House <br>
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74 Market Street <br>
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Ely<br>
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Cambs<br>
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CB7 4LS<br>
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Tel: 01354 653053<br>
  
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*[http://www.escan.org.uk/  Eatons Community Association] Old village areas of Eaton Socon & Eaton Ford.
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Email: Fenlandro@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk <br>
  
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*[http://www.ely.org.uk/ Ely Cathedral]
 
  
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*[http://www.elyonline.co.uk/ Ely Online]
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'''Fenland Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.ti0.com/fenstanton/ Fenstaton History and Genealogy pages]
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Audmoor House<br>
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93 High Street<br>
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March<br>
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Cambs<br>
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PE15 9LH<br>
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Tel: 01354 653053<br>
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Fax:  01354 658307 <br>
  
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*[http://www.haddenham.org.uk/ Haddenham, Cambs Online]
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Email: Fenlandro@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk<br>
  
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*[http://www.marchmuseum.co.uk/ March Museum]
 
  
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*[http://www.sohamroots.co.uk/ Soham History and Genealogy]
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'''Peterborough Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.wimpole.info/wimpole_site_index.htm Wimpole Village - includes some Parish Records]
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33 Thorpe Road<br>
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Peterborough<br>
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PE3 6AB<br>
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Tel:01733 566323 <br>
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Fax 01733 566049 <br>
  
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*[http://contueor.com/wisbech/ Wisbech and the Fenlands]
 
  
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*[http://www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk/ Wisbech Museum ] Some information about Wisbech
 
  
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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
  
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Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
  
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A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum]  or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
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*[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
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*[[Research Offers: Probate]]
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*[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
  
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If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location,  please leave a message on our  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
  
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Situated in East Anglia. From open fen land to busy towns, Cambridgeshire has it all. Cambridgeshire shares its borders with Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire. As with all major counties, the people of Cambridgeshire have a “traditional” nickname – they are either “Cambridgeshire Camels or Cranes” which refer to the wildfowl that used to roam the fens.

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 for the history and culture (including the summer festivals). As well as the hustle and bustle of the town centre you can relax by the River Cam or in the Botanical Gardens at the University. There are lots of “hidden” little shops and streets, that all link to the big shopping centre.

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 region is the home of many famous people. The poet Rupert Brooke lived at Grantchester. John Clare, Samuel Pepys and Douglas Adams are all famous literary figures who hail from Cambridgeshire, as does Jeffrey Archer. There are also actors and singers.

Cambridgeshire is twinned with KREIS VIERSEN in Germany.

County town: Cambridge

Other major towns: Wisbech, Newmarket, Ely, Peterborough and Huntingdon.

Cambridgeshire Places of Worship

Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Welcome To Cambridgeshire. Submitted by Yummy-mummy-amy

See Huntingdonshire for more links.

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest


Maps and Photographs

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


Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.



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