Cambridgeshire

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

• 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:

• 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 Volunteers Needed thread.

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