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]'''
+| [[Image:Cambridgeshire2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
-The Register Office <br>
+==Resources==
-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'''
+[[Image:Welcomecambs.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Welcome To Cambridgeshire. Submitted by Yummy-mummy-amy]]
-Audmoor House<br>
+See''' [[Huntingdonshire]]''' for more links.
-High Street<br>
-March<br>
-Cambs<br>
-PE15 9LH<br>
-Tel: 01354 653053<br>
-Fax:   01354 658307 <br>
-Email Fenlandro@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk
+'''Primary Reference'''
-'''Peterborough Register Office'''
+*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/ '''Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies Service''']
-Thorpe Road<br>
+*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/ Cambridgeshire Family History Society]
-Peterborough<br>
-PE3 6AB<br><br>
-Tel:01733 566323
-Fax 01733 566049
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.fenlandfhs.org.uk/ Fenland Family History Society]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/ Cambridgeshire Libraries and Information Service]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.links.org/Lookups/Cambs/ Cambridgeshire Look-up Exchange]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.localancestors.com/ Local Ancestors]
+*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/BaptismIndex/index.html Cambridgeshire Baptism Index 1801-1837]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.druidic.org/camchurch/fulllist.htm Cambridgeshire Churches]
-*Barton [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
+*[http://www.ccan.co.uk/selectgroup.aspx Cambridgeshire Community Archives]
-*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.thearchive.org.uk/ The CAMUS Project]
-==Photo Offers==
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/1839Pigots/1839index.html Pigot's Directory of Cambridgeshire 1839]
-Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcam/ Cambridgeshire Genealogy Pages]
+*[http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/cuhags/ Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society]
+*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/cambs.html Cambridgeshire Links]
-==Links==
-*See [[Huntingdonshire]] for other links
-*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/local_history/cambs  '''County Record Office''' ]
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/ GENUKI Cambridgeshire]
+*[http://www.rd29.net/cc/ A Special Corner of England- Bartlow, Castle Camps & Shudy Camps]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/cambs_all.html Library Links ]
+*[http://www.carlton-cambridgeshire.org.uk/History/history.htm Carlton History]
-*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/ Cambridgeshire FHS ]
+*[http://www.chatterislinks.co.uk/genealogy/genealogy.html Chatteris Genealogy Links]
-*[http://www.localancestors.com/ Local Ancestors ]
+*[http://www.escan.org.uk/  Eatons Community Association]
+* '''Wiki Page: The [[Isle of Ely]]'''
-'''Local History Society'''
+*[http://www.ti0.com/fenstanton/ Fenstanton History and Genealogy pages]
-*[http://www.fenlandfhs.org.uk/ Fenlands FHS ]
+*[http://www.foxtoncambs.info/ Foxton]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/cambs.html Local History Society Gateway ]
+*[http://www.haddenham.org.uk/ Haddenham, Cambs Online]
-*[http://www.localancestors.com/Ancestors/index.html Local Ancestors Pages ]
+*[http://www.hisimp.net/history/history.htm Histon and Impington]
+*[http://www.ickletonvillage.co.uk/ Ickleton Village]
-'''OPC'''
+*[http://www.kirtlingandupend.org.uk/ Kirtling and Upend]
-*[http://www.links.org/Lookups/Cambs/ Cambridgeshire Look-up Exchange]
+*[http://members.optushome.com.au/robalsmith/index.htm Little Shelford Genealogical Resources]
-*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
+*[http://www.familytreeuk.co.uk/littleportsociety/ The Littleport Society]
+*[http://www.marchmuseum.co.uk/ March Museum]
-'''Archives'''
+*[http://www.melbourncambridge.co.uk/ Melbourn Village]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyCambridge.htm#PageTitle IGI Cambridgeshire]
+*[http://www.miltonvillage.org.uk/opus129.html Milton Village]
-*[http://www.thearchive.org.uk/ The CAMUS Project]
+*[http://www.communityarchives.org.uk/page_id__646_path__0p3p69p17p.aspx Stetchworth Community Archive]
-*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net Family History Online]
+*'''Wiki page: [[Peterborough]]'''
-*[http://www.carlton-cambridgeshire.org.uk/History/Registers/PR_Index.html  Carlton cum Willingham Parish Records]
+*[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ Peterborough Evening Telegraph]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcam/ Cambridgeshire Genealogy Pages]
+*[http://www.sohamroots.co.uk/ Soham History and Genealogy]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/1839Pigots/1839index.html Pigot's Directory of Cambridgeshire 1839]
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paulmchambers/Swaffham%20Prior/index.htm Swaffham Prior Parish]
+*[http://www.wimpole.info/wimpole_site_index.htm Wimpole Village]
+*[http://contueor.com/wisbech/ Wisbech and the Fenlands]
-'''Family and Social History'''
+*[http://www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk/ Wisbech Museum ]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/cambs/cambridgeshire_workhouses.htm  Cambridgeshire Workhouses]
-*[http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/cuhags/ Cambridge University Heraldic Society ]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
-*[http://www.druidic.org/camchurch/fulllist.htm Cambridgeshire Churches]
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+*[http://www.ccan.co.uk/ Cambridgeshire Community Archives Network]
-*[http://www.footstepsphotos.co.uk/Cambridgeshire/cambridgeshire_index.htm  Footsteps Photos Cambridgeshire Index]
+*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Gravestone Photographic Resource Project]
-*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=Cambridgeshire Gravestone Photographs]
+*[http://www.cromwellcollection.org.uk/cambscoll/history.html  Cambridgeshire History on the Net]
-*[http://www.zippix.co.uk/shop/shop-Cambridgeshire.php  Picture Index-Cambridgeshire]
+*[http://www.footstepsphotos.co.uk/Cambridgeshire/cambridgeshire-index.htm  Footsteps Photos - Cambridgeshire Index]
-*[http://www.ccan.co.uk/ Cambridgeshire Community Archives Network]
+*[http://www.zippix.co.uk/shop/shop-Cambridgeshire.php  Picture Index - Cambridgeshire]
 *[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]
+Thorpe Road<br>
+Peterborough<br>
-*[http://www.ti0.com/fenstanton/ Fenstaton History and Genealogy pages]
+PE3 6AB<br>
+Tel:01733 566323 <br>
-*[http://www.haddenham.org.uk/ Haddenham, Cambs Online]
+Fax 01733 566049 <br>
-*[http://www.marchmuseum.co.uk/ March Museum]
-*[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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