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== Parish History  ==
{{England Parish Infobox
| Place = Ramsey
| default =
| image =
| caption =
| Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
| County = Huntingdonshire
| Hundred = Hurstingstone
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Huntingdon/ Huntingdon]
| Registration District = Huntingdon
| PRbegin = 1559
| BTbegin = 1604
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Pre-1837 - Lincoln; Post-1836 - Ely
| Archdeaconry =  
| Archdeaconries =  
| Rural Deanery = St Ives
| Parish =  
| Peculiar =
| Chapelry =
| Probate Court = Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of Lincoln and of the Archdeacon in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon
| Archdeaconry Court =
| Bishops Court =
| Prerogative Court =
| Archive = [[Huntingdonshire Record Office]]
}} Guide to '''Ramsey, Huntingdonshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.


Ramsey, is a town a '''parish''' and a sub-district, in the district&nbsp;of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire. The town is at the&nbsp;end of the Ramsey railway, 10 miles N N E of Huntingdon;&nbsp;the post office is under Huntingdon.&nbsp;There are&nbsp;six dissenting chapels, '''Baptist''', '''Particular Baptist''', '''Primitive Methodist''', '''Society of Friends''', and '''Wesleyan Methodist'''.<ref>Wilson,John Marius Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-70)http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=890</ref><ref>http://maps.familysearch.org/#search</ref>
== Parish History ==


== Resources  ==
Ramsey is a town, a '''parish''' and a sub-district, in the district of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, 10 miles NNE of Huntingdon. There are places of worship for, '''Baptist''', '''Particular Baptist''', '''Primitive Methodist''', '''Society of Friends''', and '''Wesleyan Methodist'''.<ref>John Marius Wilson [https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/890  ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales''] 1870-2. Date accessed: 20 August 2013.</ref>


==== Civil Registration  ====
== Resources ==


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].
=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===


==== Church records  ====
Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
{{Block indent|*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''|2}}
{{Block indent|*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map|2}}
{{Block indent|*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box|2}}
{{Block indent|*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>|2}}
=== Cemeteries ===
*'''1815-1995''' {{FSC|687218|title-id|disp=Ramsey, St. Mary's, Huntingdonshire, Monumental Inscriptions}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
*'''1860-1961''' {{FSC|1129430|title-id|disp=Register of Graves, 1860-1961, Ramsey}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
*'''1860-1998''' {{FSC|1168282|title-id|disp=Wood Lane Cemetery, Ramsey, Huntingdonshire}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images


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=== Civil Registration ===
 
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br>
*''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br>
 
=== Church Records ===
''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" | '''Ramsey Online Parish Records'''
|-
| bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
|-
| 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" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FREG = '''[http://www.freereg.org.uk/ FreeReg.org.uk]
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Huntingdonshire
|}
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|2340291|1500s-1900s}}</center>
 
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
{| width="503" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="5"
| 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="#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="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</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="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</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="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="7" scope="col" | '''RAMSEY PARISH (1559) Online Records'''
| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>  
| bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Images
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Images
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Images
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1500s-1800s]</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FREG'''
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | None
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | None
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/ '''1559-1837''']
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | None
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | None
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | None
|}
|}
'''''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


Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection
====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 ===


a.&nbsp; {{British Census|288835}}
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>


==== 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 and Gazetteers  ==
== Maps and Gazetteers  ==


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]
*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]


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


== Web sites  ==
Ramsey on [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/Ramsey GENUKI]


== References ==
== References ==


{{reflist}}  
{{reflist}} {{Huntingdonshire}}  


[[Category:Huntingdonshire]]
[[Category:Huntingdonshire_Parishes]]

Latest revision as of 03:17, 20 August 2025


Ramsey
Type Ancient Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
County Huntingdonshire
Hundred Hurstingstone
Poor Law Union Huntingdon
Registration District Huntingdon
Records Begin
Parish registers 1559
Bishop's Transcripts 1604
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery St Ives
Diocese Pre-1837 - Lincoln; Post-1836 - Ely
Province Canterbury
Probate Court Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of Lincoln and of the Archdeacon in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon
Archive
Huntingdonshire Record Office 
Guide to Ramsey, Huntingdonshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History

Ramsey is a town, a parish and a sub-district, in the district of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, 10 miles NNE of Huntingdon. There are places of worship for, Baptist, Particular Baptist, Primitive Methodist, Society of Friends, and Wesleyan Methodist.[1]

Resources

Find Neighboring Parishes

Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map

*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

Cemeteries

Civil Registration

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.

Church Records

The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England

Due to the increasing access of online records:

  • Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
  • Dates in the following table are approximate

Hover over the collection's title for more information

Ramsey Online Parish Records
Collections
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Indexes and images
Indexes only
Indexes and images
Indexes only
Indexes and images
Indexes only
FamilySearch Collections-Huntingdonshire
1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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FamilySearch Parish Registers-Huntingdonshire
1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
1700s-1800s
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1700s-1800s
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1700s-1800s
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FreeREG
-
1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
Findmypast-Huntingdonshire ($)
1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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Ancestry Extracted Church of England Parish Records-Huntingdonshire ($)
1500s-1800s
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1500s-1800s
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1500s-1800s
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Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
-
1500s-1900s
1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage
Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
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1500s-1800s
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National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
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1500s-1800s

Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.

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.

Census Records

Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.

Probate Records

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

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

Websites

Ramsey on GENUKI

References

  1. ↑ John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870-2. Date accessed: 20 August 2013.
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Probate
Courts
Major
 Repositories
Huntingdonshire Record Office · The National Archives · Society of Genealogists Library
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