Difference between revisions of "Cambridgeshire"

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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.

Resources

Welcome To Cambridgeshire. Submitted by Yummy-mummy-amy

See Huntingdonshire for more links.

Primary Reference

Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies Service

Cambridgeshire Family History Society

Fenland Family History Society

Cambridgeshire Libraries and Information Service

Cambridgeshire Look-up Exchange

Parish Register Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

Local Ancestors

Cambridgeshire Baptism Index 1801-1837

Cambridgeshire Churches

Cambridgeshire Community Archives

The CAMUS Project

Pigot's Directory of Cambridgeshire 1839

Cambridgeshire Genealogy Pages

Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society

Cambridgeshire Links

Specific Town and Village Interest

A Special Corner of England- Bartlow, Castle Camps & Shudy Camps

Carlton History

Chatteris Genealogy Links

Eatons Community Association

Wiki Page: The Isle of Ely

Fenstanton History and Genealogy pages

Foxton

Haddenham, Cambs Online

Histon and Impington

Ickleton Village

Kirtling and Upend

Little Shelford Genealogical Resources

The Littleport Society

March Museum

Melbourn Village

Milton Village

Stetchworth Community Archive

Wiki page: Peterborough

Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Soham History and Genealogy

Swaffham Prior Parish

Wimpole Village

Wisbech and the Fenlands

Wisbech Museum

Maps and Photographs

Cambridgeshire Community Archives Network

Cambridgeshire Gravestone Photographic Resource Project

Cambridgeshire History on the Net

Footsteps Photos - Cambridgeshire Index

Picture Index - Cambridgeshire

Pictures of Peterborough

Cambridgeshire Photographers 1844 -1990

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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-[[Image:mathmatical bridge.jpg|250px|thumb|Mathematical Bridge, Cambridge. Submitted By Alan W]]
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-'''Cambridgeshire.'''
-County town: Cambridge
+[[Category:Region 5 ~ Eastern England]]
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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.
-Other major towns: Wisbech, Newmarket
+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.
-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.
-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.
+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.
-The poet Rupert Brooke lived at Grantchester.
+Cambridgeshire is twinned with KREIS VIERSEN in Germany.
+| style="width:250px" align="right"| __TOC__
+|-valign="top"
+|
+'''County town:''' Cambridge
-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]
+'''Other major towns:''' Wisbech, Newmarket, Ely, Peterborough and Huntingdon.
-<br><br><br><br>
-==Register Office Contact Details==
-=====Cambridge Register Office=====
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Cambridgeshire| Cambridgeshire Places of Worship]]'''
-The Register Office <br>
-Box RES 1410<br>
-Castle Lodge<br>
-Shire Hall<br>
-Castle Hill<br>
-Cambridge<br>
-CB3 0AP<br>
-Tel: 01223 717021<br>
-=====Ely Register Office=====
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
-The Register Office <br>
+| [[Image:Cambridgeshire2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
-Old School House <br>
+|}
-Market Street <br>
-Ely<br>
-Cambs<br>
-CB7 4LS<br>
-Tel: 01354 653053<br>
-Email Fenlandro@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk
-=====Fenland Register Office=====
+==Resources==
-Audmoor House<br>
-High Street<br>
-March<br>
-Cambs<br>
-PE15 9LH<br>
-Tel: 01354 653053<br>
-Fax:   01354 658307 <br>
-Email Fenlandro@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk
+[[Image:Welcomecambs.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Welcome To Cambridgeshire. Submitted by Yummy-mummy-amy]]
-=====Peterborough Register Office=====
+See''' [[Huntingdonshire]]''' for more links.
-Thorpe Road, <br>
-Peterborough, <br>
-PE3 6AB<br><br>
-Tel:01733 566323
-Fax 01733 566049
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+'''Primary Reference'''
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/ '''Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies Service''']
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/ Cambridgeshire Family History Society]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.fenlandfhs.org.uk/ Fenland Family History Society]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/ Cambridgeshire Libraries and Information Service]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.links.org/Lookups/Cambs/ Cambridgeshire Look-up Exchange]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-*Barton: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
+*[http://www.localancestors.com/ Local Ancestors]
-*Bourn: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
-*Comberton:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
-*Eversdens: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
-*Hardwick:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
-*Haslingfield: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
-*Orwell: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
-*Toft: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
-*Wimpole: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
+*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/BaptismIndex/index.html Cambridgeshire Baptism Index 1801-1837]
+*[http://www.druidic.org/camchurch/fulllist.htm Cambridgeshire Churches]
-==Links==
+*[http://www.ccan.co.uk/selectgroup.aspx Cambridgeshire Community Archives]
-*See [[Huntingdonshire]] for other links
+*[http://www.thearchive.org.uk/ The CAMUS Project]
-*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/local_history/cambs  '''County Record Office''' ]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/1839Pigots/1839index.html Pigot's Directory of Cambridgeshire 1839]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/cambs_all.html Library Links ]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcam/ Cambridgeshire Genealogy Pages]
-*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/ Cambridgeshire FHS ]
+*[http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/cuhags/ Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society]
-*[http://www.localancestors.com/ Local Ancestors ]
+*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/cambs.html Cambridgeshire Links]
-'''Local History Society'''
-*[http://www.fenlandfhs.org.uk/ Fenlands FHS ]
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/cambs.html Local History Society Gateway ]
+*[http://www.rd29.net/cc/ A Special Corner of England- Bartlow, Castle Camps & Shudy Camps]
-*[http://www.localancestors.com/Ancestors/index.html Local Ancestors Pages ]
+*[http://www.carlton-cambridgeshire.org.uk/History/history.htm Carlton History]
+*[http://www.chatterislinks.co.uk/genealogy/genealogy.html Chatteris Genealogy Links]
-'''OPC'''
+*[http://www.escan.org.uk/  Eatons Community Association]
-*[http://www.links.org/Lookups/Cambs/ Cambridgeshire Look-up Exchange]
+* '''Wiki Page: The [[Isle of Ely]]'''
+*[http://www.ti0.com/fenstanton/ Fenstanton History and Genealogy pages]
+*[http://www.foxtoncambs.info/ Foxton]
-'''Archives'''
+*[http://www.haddenham.org.uk/ Haddenham, Cambs Online]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyCambridge.htm#PageTitle IGI Cambridgeshire]
+*[http://www.hisimp.net/history/history.htm Histon and Impington]
-*[http://www.thearchive.org.uk/ The CAMUS Project]
+*[http://www.ickletonvillage.co.uk/ Ickleton Village]
-*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net Family History Online]  Cambridgeshire Family History Society have put lots of indexes here
+*[http://www.kirtlingandupend.org.uk/ Kirtling and Upend]
-*[http://www.carlton-cambridgeshire.org.uk/History/Registers/PR_Index.html  Carlton cum Willingham Parish Records]
+*[http://members.optushome.com.au/robalsmith/index.htm Little Shelford Genealogical Resources]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcam/ Cambridgeshire Genealogy Pages]
+*[http://www.familytreeuk.co.uk/littleportsociety/ The Littleport Society]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/1839Pigots/1839index.html Pigots 1839 Directory of Cambridgeshire]
+*[http://www.marchmuseum.co.uk/ March Museum]
+*[http://www.melbourncambridge.co.uk/ Melbourn Village]
+*[http://www.miltonvillage.org.uk/opus129.html Milton Village]
-'''Family and social history'''
+*[http://www.communityarchives.org.uk/page_id__646_path__0p3p69p17p.aspx Stetchworth Community Archive]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/cambs/cambridgeshire_workhouses.htm  Cambridgeshire Workhouses]
+*'''Wiki page: [[Peterborough]]'''
-*[http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/cuhags/ Cambridge University Heraldic Society ]
+*[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ Peterborough Evening Telegraph]
-*[http://www.druidic.org/camchurch/fulllist.htm Cambridgeshire Churches]
+*[http://www.sohamroots.co.uk/ Soham History and Genealogy]
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paulmchambers/Swaffham%20Prior/index.htm Swaffham Prior Parish]
+*[http://www.wimpole.info/wimpole_site_index.htm Wimpole Village]
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+*[http://contueor.com/wisbech/ Wisbech and the Fenlands]
-*[http://www.footstepsphotos.co.uk/Cambridgeshire/cambridgeshire_index.htm  Footsteps Photos Cambridgeshire Index]
+*[http://www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk/ Wisbech Museum ]
-*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=Cambridgeshire Gravestone Photographs]
-*[http://www.zippix.co.uk/shop/shop-Cambridgeshire.php  Picture Index-Cambridgeshire]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
 *[http://www.ccan.co.uk/ Cambridgeshire Community Archives Network]
-*[http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/picturesofpeterborough/ Pictures of Peterborough]
+*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Gravestone Photographic Resource Project]
-*[http://www.peterboroughinpictures.co.uk/view.htm Peterborough In Pictures]
+*[http://www.cromwellcollection.org.uk/cambscoll/history.html  Cambridgeshire History on the Net]
+*[http://www.footstepsphotos.co.uk/Cambridgeshire/cambridgeshire-index.htm  Footsteps Photos - Cambridgeshire Index]
-'''Countywide interest'''
+*[http://www.zippix.co.uk/shop/shop-Cambridgeshire.php  Picture Index - Cambridgeshire]
+*[http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/picturesofpeterborough/ Pictures of Peterborough]
-*[http://www.cromwellcollection.org.uk/cambscoll/history.html  Cambridgeshire History On The Net]
+*[http://www.cambridgeshirehistory.com/MikePetty/Photographers.html Cambridgeshire Photographers 1844 -1990]
-*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/cambs.html A Wealth of links for Cambridgeshire]
+==Register Office==
-*[http://www.cambridgeshirehistory.com/MikePetty/Photographers.html A Directory of Cambridgeshire Photographers 1844 -1990]
+Cambridgeshire as part of the UKBMD project has an online searchable BMD database: [http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/community/BMD/camdex CAMDEX online records]
-*[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ Peterborough Evening Telegraph]
+'''Cambridge Register Office'''
+The Register Office <br>
+Box RES 1410<br>
+Castle Lodge<br>
+Shire Hall<br>
+Castle Hill<br>
+Cambridge<br>
+CB3 0AP<br>
+Tel: 01223 717021<br>
-'''Specific Town Village interest'''
+'''Ely Register Office'''
-*[http://www.carlton-cambridgeshire.org.uk/History/history.htm Carlton History] includes parish register transcriptions, photos and maps
+The Register Office <br>
+Old School House <br>
+Market Street <br>
+Ely<br>
+Cambs<br>
+CB7 4LS<br>
+Tel: 01354 653053<br>
-*[http://www.chatterislinks.co.uk/genealogy/genealogy.html Chatteris Genealogy Links]
+Email: Fenlandro@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk <br>
-*[http://www.escan.org.uk/  Eatons Community Association] Old village areas of Eaton Socon & Eaton Ford.
-*[http://www.ely.org.uk/ Ely Cathedral]
+'''Fenland Register Office'''
-*[http://www.elyonline.co.uk/ Ely Online]
+Audmoor House<br>
+High Street<br>
-*[http://www.ti0.com/fenstanton/ Fenstaton History and Genealogy pages]
+March<br>
+Cambs<br>
+PE15 9LH<br>
+Tel: 01354 653053<br>
+Fax:   01354 658307 <br>
-*[http://www.haddenham.org.uk/ Haddenham, Cambs Online]
+Email: Fenlandro@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk<br>
-*[http://www.marchmuseum.co.uk/ March Museum]
-*[http://www.sohamroots.co.uk/ Soham History and Genealogy]
+'''Peterborough Register Office'''
-*[http://www.wimpole.info/wimpole_site_index.htm Wimpole Village - includes some Parish Records]
+Thorpe Road<br>
+Peterborough<br>
+PE3 6AB<br>
+Tel:01733 566323 <br>
+Fax 01733 566049 <br>
-*[http://contueor.com/wisbech/ Wisbech and the Fenlands]
-*[http://www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk/ Wisbech Museum ] Some information about Wisbech
+==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
+Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
+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>
+*[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
+*[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
+*[[Research Offers: Probate]]
+*[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
+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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+<br><br>
+Back to [[England]]

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