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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-__TOC__
-'''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]
-==Photo Offers==
+*[http://www.druidic.org/camchurch/fulllist.htm Cambridgeshire Churches]
-Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
+*[http://www.ccan.co.uk/selectgroup.aspx Cambridgeshire Community Archives]
+*[http://www.thearchive.org.uk/ The CAMUS Project]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/1839Pigots/1839index.html Pigot's Directory of Cambridgeshire 1839]
-==Links==
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcam/ Cambridgeshire Genealogy Pages]
-*See [[Huntingdonshire]] for other links
+*[http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/cuhags/ Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society]
-*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/local_history/cambs  '''County Record Office''' ]
+*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/cambs.html Cambridgeshire Links]
-*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/ GENUKI Cambridgeshire]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/cambs_all.html Library Links ]
-*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/ Cambridgeshire FHS ]
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-*[http://www.localancestors.com/ Local Ancestors ]
+*[http://www.rd29.net/cc/ A Special Corner of England- Bartlow, Castle Camps & Shudy Camps]
+*[http://www.carlton-cambridgeshire.org.uk/History/history.htm Carlton History]
-'''Local History Society'''
+*[http://www.chatterislinks.co.uk/genealogy/genealogy.html Chatteris Genealogy Links]
-*[http://www.fenlandfhs.org.uk/ Fenlands FHS ]
+*[http://www.escan.org.uk/  Eatons Community Association]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/cambs.html Local History Society Gateway ]
+* '''Wiki Page: The [[Isle of Ely]]'''
-*[http://www.localancestors.com/Ancestors/index.html Local Ancestors Pages ]
+*[http://www.ti0.com/fenstanton/ Fenstanton History and Genealogy pages]
+*[http://www.foxtoncambs.info/ Foxton]
-'''OPC'''
+*[http://www.haddenham.org.uk/ Haddenham, Cambs Online]
-*[http://www.links.org/Lookups/Cambs/ Cambridgeshire Look-up Exchange]
+*[http://www.hisimp.net/history/history.htm Histon and Impington]
-*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
+*[http://www.ickletonvillage.co.uk/ Ickleton Village]
+*[http://www.kirtlingandupend.org.uk/ Kirtling and Upend]
-'''Archives'''
+*[http://members.optushome.com.au/robalsmith/index.htm Little Shelford Genealogical Resources]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyCambridge.htm#PageTitle IGI Cambridgeshire]
+*[http://www.familytreeuk.co.uk/littleportsociety/ The Littleport Society]
-*[http://www.thearchive.org.uk/ The CAMUS Project]
+*[http://www.marchmuseum.co.uk/ March Museum]
-*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net Family History Online]
+*[http://www.melbourncambridge.co.uk/ Melbourn Village]
-*[http://www.carlton-cambridgeshire.org.uk/History/Registers/PR_Index.html  Carlton cum Willingham Parish Records]
+*[http://www.miltonvillage.org.uk/opus129.html Milton Village]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcam/ Cambridgeshire Genealogy Pages]
+*[http://www.communityarchives.org.uk/page_id__646_path__0p3p69p17p.aspx Stetchworth Community Archive]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/1839Pigots/1839index.html Pigot's Directory of Cambridgeshire 1839]
+*'''Wiki page: [[Peterborough]]'''
+*[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ Peterborough Evening Telegraph]
+*[http://www.sohamroots.co.uk/ Soham History and Genealogy]
-'''Family and Social History'''
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paulmchambers/Swaffham%20Prior/index.htm Swaffham Prior Parish]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/cambs/cambridgeshire_workhouses.htm  Cambridgeshire Workhouses]
+*[http://www.wimpole.info/wimpole_site_index.htm Wimpole Village]
-*[http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/cuhags/ Cambridge University Heraldic Society ]
+*[http://contueor.com/wisbech/ Wisbech and the Fenlands]
-*[http://www.druidic.org/camchurch/fulllist.htm Cambridgeshire Churches]
+*[http://www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk/ Wisbech Museum ]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+*[http://www.ccan.co.uk/ Cambridgeshire Community Archives Network]
+*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Gravestone Photographic Resource Project]
-*[http://www.footstepsphotos.co.uk/Cambridgeshire/cambridgeshire_index.htm  Footsteps Photos Cambridgeshire Index]
+*[http://www.cromwellcollection.org.uk/cambscoll/history.html  Cambridgeshire History on the Net]
-*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=Cambridgeshire Gravestone Photographs]
+*[http://www.footstepsphotos.co.uk/Cambridgeshire/cambridgeshire-index.htm  Footsteps Photos - Cambridgeshire Index]
-*[http://www.zippix.co.uk/shop/shop-Cambridgeshire.php  Picture Index-Cambridgeshire]
+*[http://www.zippix.co.uk/shop/shop-Cambridgeshire.php  Picture Index - Cambridgeshire]
-*[http://www.ccan.co.uk/ Cambridgeshire Community Archives Network]
 *[http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/picturesofpeterborough/ Pictures of Peterborough]
-*[http://www.peterboroughinpictures.co.uk/view.htm Peterborough In Pictures]
+*[http://www.cambridgeshirehistory.com/MikePetty/Photographers.html Cambridgeshire Photographers 1844 -1990]
+==Register Office==
-'''Countywide Interest'''
+Cambridgeshire as part of the UKBMD project has an online searchable BMD database: [http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/community/BMD/camdex CAMDEX online records]
+'''Cambridge Register Office'''
-*[http://www.cromwellcollection.org.uk/cambscoll/history.html  Cambridgeshire History On The Net]
+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>
-*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/cambs.html Cambridgeshire]
-*[http://www.cambridgeshirehistory.com/MikePetty/Photographers.html A Directory of Cambridgeshire Photographers 1844 -1990]
+'''Ely Register Office'''
-*[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ Peterborough Evening Telegraph]
+The Register Office <br>
+Old School House <br>
+Market Street <br>
+Ely<br>
+Cambs<br>
+CB7 4LS<br>
+Tel: 01354 653053<br>
+Email: Fenlandro@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk <br>
-'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
+'''Fenland Register Office'''
-*[http://www.carlton-cambridgeshire.org.uk/History/history.htm Carlton History]
+Audmoor House<br>
+High Street<br>
+March<br>
+Cambs<br>
+PE15 9LH<br>
+Tel: 01354 653053<br>
+Fax:   01354 658307 <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 villages of Eaton Socon & Eaton Ford.
-*[http://www.ely.org.uk/ Ely Cathedral]
+'''Peterborough Register Office'''
-*[http://www.elyonline.co.uk/ Ely Online]
-*[http://www.ti0.com/fenstanton/ Fenstaton History and Genealogy pages]
-*[http://www.haddenham.org.uk/ Haddenham, Cambs Online]
-*[http://www.marchmuseum.co.uk/ March Museum]
+Thorpe Road<br>
+Peterborough<br>
+PE3 6AB<br>
+Tel:01733 566323 <br>
+Fax 01733 566049 <br>
-*[http://www.sohamroots.co.uk/ Soham History and Genealogy]
-*[http://www.wimpole.info/wimpole_site_index.htm Wimpole Village]
-*[http://contueor.com/wisbech/ Wisbech and the Fenlands]
-*[http://www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk/ Wisbech Museum ]
+==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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