Difference between revisions of "Cambridgeshire"

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==Links==
 
==Links==
  
*See [[Huntingdonshire]] for other links
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*See [[Huntingdonshire]] for more links
  
*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/local_history/cambs  '''County Record Office''' ]
 
  
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/ GENUKI Cambridgeshire]
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'''Primary Reference Links'''
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*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/ '''Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies Service''']
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*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Cambridgeshire/index.html Cambridgeshire Census - UK Genealogy Archives]
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*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/ Cambridgeshire Family History Society]  
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/cambs_all.html Library Links ]  
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*[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/ Cambridgeshire Libraries and Information Service]  
  
*[http://www.cfhs.org.uk/ Cambridgeshire FHS ]  
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*[http://www.links.org/Lookups/Cambs/ Cambridgeshire Look-up Exchange]
  
*[http://www.localancestors.com/ Local Ancestors ]  
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*[http://www.fenlandfhs.org.uk/ Fenlands Family History Society]
  
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/ GENUKI Cambridgeshire]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyCambridge.htm#PageTitle IGI Cambridgeshire]
  
*[http://www.fenlandfhs.org.uk/ Fenlands FHS ]
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/cambs.html Local History Society Gateway ]
 
  
*[http://www.localancestors.com/Ancestors/index.html Local Ancestors Pages ]
 
  
  
'''OPC'''
 
  
*[http://www.links.org/Lookups/Cambs/ Cambridgeshire Look-up Exchange]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
 
  
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*[http://www.localancestors.com/ Local Ancestors ]
  
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.cromwellcollection.org.uk/cambscoll/history.html  Cambridgeshire History On The Net]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyCambridge.htm#PageTitle IGI Cambridgeshire]
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/cambs.html Cambridgeshire]
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*[http://www.cambridgeshirehistory.com/MikePetty/Photographers.html A Directory of Cambridgeshire Photographers 1844 -1990]  
  
*[http://www.thearchive.org.uk/ The CAMUS Project]
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*[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ Peterborough Evening Telegraph]
  
 
*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net Family History Online]   
 
*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net Family History Online]   
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/1839Pigots/1839index.html Pigot's Directory of Cambridgeshire 1839]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/1839Pigots/1839index.html Pigot's Directory of Cambridgeshire 1839]
 
 
 
'''Family and Social History'''
 
  
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/cambs/cambridgeshire_workhouses.htm  Cambridgeshire Workhouses]  
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/cambs/cambridgeshire_workhouses.htm  Cambridgeshire Workhouses]  
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*[http://www.druidic.org/camchurch/fulllist.htm Cambridgeshire Churches]
 
*[http://www.druidic.org/camchurch/fulllist.htm Cambridgeshire Churches]
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/cambs.html Local History Society Gateway ]
  
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*[http://www.localancestors.com/Ancestors/index.html Local Ancestors Pages ]
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
 
 
 
*[http://www.footstepsphotos.co.uk/Cambridgeshire/cambridgeshire_index.htm  Footsteps Photos Cambridgeshire Index]
 
 
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=Cambridgeshire Gravestone Photographs]
 
 
*[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]
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
 
 
 
 
'''Countywide Interest'''
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://www.cromwellcollection.org.uk/cambscoll/history.html  Cambridgeshire History On The Net]
 
 
 
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/cambs.html Cambridgeshire]
 
 
 
*[http://www.cambridgeshirehistory.com/MikePetty/Photographers.html A Directory of Cambridgeshire Photographers 1844 -1990]
 
 
 
*[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ Peterborough Evening Telegraph]
 
 
 
 
 
'''Specific Town-Village Interest'''
 
  
  
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*[http://www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk/ Wisbech Museum ]  
 
*[http://www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk/ Wisbech Museum ]  
  
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*[http://www.thearchive.org.uk/ The CAMUS Project] Archives from Castor, Ailsworth, Marholm, Upton and Sutton - and the Milton Estates
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
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*[http://www.footstepsphotos.co.uk/Cambridgeshire/cambridgeshire_index.htm  Footsteps Photos Cambridgeshire Index]
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=Cambridgeshire Gravestone Photographs]
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*[http://www.zippix.co.uk/shop/shop-Cambridgeshire.php  Picture Index-Cambridgeshire]
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*[http://www.ccan.co.uk/ Cambridgeshire Community Archives Network]
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*[http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/picturesofpeterborough/ Pictures of Peterborough]
  
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*[http://www.peterboroughinpictures.co.uk/view.htm Peterborough In Pictures]
  
  
  
 
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Revision as of 14:34, 27 October 2007

Mathematical Bridge, Cambridge, submitted by Alan W


Cambridgeshire County Map (source: Wikipedia)

Cambridgeshire.

County town: Cambridge

Other major towns: Wisbech, Newmarket

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.

The poet Rupert Brooke lived at Grantchester.

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 here





Register Office Contact Details

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

Record Office Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.

Record Office Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.

Cemetery Lookup Contacts


Photo Offers

Members who have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send the member a private message with your queries.


Links


Primary Reference Links



Countywide Interest



Specific Town and Village Interest


  • The CAMUS Project Archives from Castor, Ailsworth, Marholm, Upton and Sutton - and the Milton Estates


Maps and Photographs





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