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Guide to '''Grafham, Huntingdonshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.  
Guide to '''Grafham, Huntingdonshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.  


== Parish History ==
=== Parish History ===


Graffham (All Saints) is a '''parish''', in the union of St. Neot's, the hundred of Leightonstone, and the county of Huntingdon, 4¾ miles EN from Kimbolton.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50986#s18  ''A Topographical Dictionary of England'']  1848. Date accessed: 15 August 2013.</ref>  
Graffham (All Saints), is a '''parish''', in the union of St. Neot's, the hundred of Leightonstone, and the county of Huntingdon, 4¾ miles E N from Kimbolton.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50986#s18  ''A Topographical Dictionary of England'']  1848. Date accessed: 15 August 2013.</ref>  


== Resources ==
=== Resources ===


=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===
==== Civil Registration  ====


Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].
::*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''
::*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map
::*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box
::*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>


=== Civil Registration ===
==== Church records  ====


Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br>
{{PAGENAME}} parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
*''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br>


=== Church Records ===
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''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br>
''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
 
==== Church of England ====
<font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br>
*<font color=blue>Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified<br>
*Dates in the following table are approximate </font><br>
'''''Hover over the collection's title for more information'''''
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"  
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Grafham Online Parish Records'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''HUNT = '''[http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Huntingdonshire Burials (findmypast) - (£)]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140210015326/http://www.findmypast.co.uk/help-and-advice/knowledge-base/parish-records/other-burials#huntingdonshire 'Huntingdonshire Burials,'] ''findmypast (WayBack Machine),'' accessed 26 April 2014.</ref>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''NBI''' = [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records National Burial Index (findmypast) - (£)]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130920205813/http://www.findmypast.co.uk/national-burial-index-coverage-counties.action?countyCode=HUN 'National Burial Index - Huntingdonshire Coverage,'] ''findmypast (WayBack Machine),'' accessed 17 April 2014.</ref>
| bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
|}
| bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
 
| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Huntingdonshire
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CHuntingdonshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CHuntingdonshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CHuntingdonshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Huntingdonshire
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|2340291|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|2340291|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|2340291|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast-Huntingdonshire ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-births-and-baptisms-1538-1975 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-marriages-1538-1973 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/huntingdonshire-burials 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry Extracted Church of England Parish Records-Huntingdonshire ($)
! bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="7" scope="col" | '''{{PAGENAME}} Online Parish Records'''
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61549/ 1500s-1800s]  </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61549/ 1500s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61549/ 1500s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>  
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/  1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9852/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1500s-1900s]<center>  
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Images
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Images
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Images
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''HUNT'''
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>  
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records '''1586-1900''']
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1500s-1800s]</center>  
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''NBI'''
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records '''1586-1900''']
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|}
|}
'''''Other Websites'''''<br>
These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>
*[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Huntingdonshire Joiner Marriage Index - Huntingdonshire] ($)
*[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/huntingdonshire-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Huntingdonshire] ($)
*[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records
*[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] -  Links to online genealogical records
====Nonconformist Records====
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.<br>
*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/england-roman-catholic-parish-marriages England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages] at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary


=== Census Records ===
==== Census records  ====


Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>
{{British Census|288839}}


=== Probate Records ===
==== Probate records ====


Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Huntingdonshire Probate Records|Huntingdonshire Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.  
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Huntingdonshire Probate Records|Huntingdonshire Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.  
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Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>  
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>  


*[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851]  
*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]  
*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]


== Websites  ==
== Websites  ==


Grafham on [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/Grafham GENUKI]  
Grafham on [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/Grafham/index.html GENUKI]  


== References  ==
== References  ==

Revision as of 18:33, 22 February 2016

England  Gotoarrow.png  HuntingdonshireGotoarrow.png  Huntingdonshire Parishes

Grafham, Huntingdonshire, England
Type Ancient Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
Hundred Leightonstone
County Huntingdonshire
Poor Law Union St Neots
Registration District St Neots
Records begin
Parish registers: 1583
Bishop's Transcripts: 1604
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery Leightonstone
Diocese Pre-1837 - Lincoln; Post-1836 - Ely
Province Canterbury
Legal Jurisdictions
Probate Court Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of Lincoln and of the Archdeacon in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon
Location of Archive
Huntingdonshire Record Office
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Guide to Grafham, Huntingdonshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History[edit | edit source]

Graffham (All Saints), is a parish, in the union of St. Neot's, the hundred of Leightonstone, and the county of Huntingdon, 4¾ miles E N from Kimbolton.[1]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records[edit | edit source]

Grafham, Huntingdonshire, England Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

HUNT = Huntingdonshire Burials (findmypast) - (£)[2]
NBI = National Burial Index (findmypast) - (£)[3]
Grafham, Huntingdonshire, England Genealogy Online Parish Records

Baptisms
Marriages
Burials

 Indexes Images Indexes Images Indexes Images
HUNT

1586-1900
NBI

1586-1900

Census records[edit | edit source]

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.


Probate records[edit | edit source]

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Huntingdonshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Websites[edit | edit source]

Grafham on GENUKI

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848. Date accessed: 15 August 2013.
  2. ↑ 'Huntingdonshire Burials,' findmypast (WayBack Machine), accessed 26 April 2014.
  3. ↑ 'National Burial Index - Huntingdonshire Coverage,' findmypast (WayBack Machine), accessed 17 April 2014.
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