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Cambridge Collection
Cambridge Central Library
7 Lion Yard
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QD UK
Telephone: 0345 045 5225
Email: cambridgeshire.collection@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Website

The Cambridgeshire Collection, founded in 1855, is the county's principal Local Studies Library and continues to collect, organise and make available to the public a wide range of material relating to the past, present and future of Cambridgeshire. This material includes books, journals, newspapers, maps, ephemera and over four and a half million images and negatives of places and people. The paintings form a very small part of that collection.

Cambridge University Library
Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Cambridge University Library
West Road
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 9DR UK
Telephone: 01223 333143
Email: mss@lib.cam.ac.uk
Website

The Department of Manuscripts and University Archives is home to a wide range of material, from important medieval manuscripts to collections of personal papers dating from the twentieth century. It includes scientific collections, business archives, the records of the University and political papers.

Museums

Museum of Cambridge

For a list of Cambridgeshire museums, go to List of museums in Cambridgeshire in Wikipedia.
Google list of museums in Cambridgeshire

Museum of Cambridge
2/3 Castle Street
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 0AQ UK
Telephone: 1223 355159
Email: capturingcambridge@museumofcambridge.org.uk
Website

The Museum of Cambridge is one of the oldest social history museums in the UK. Occupying a 17th century timber framed former coaching inn, we house a unique collection. From household objects, paintings and toys to Fenland folklore cures and customs, we tell the fascinating stories of Cambridgeshire people.

Civil Register Offices

The General Register Office (GRO) holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their website (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.

Family Research Website
Using the General Register Office to research family history.pdf
Search and order birth, marriage, or death certificates

Cambridgeshire Register Office
Ely Registration Office
Huntingdon Registration Office
March Registration Office
Wisbech Registration Office

Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the historic and current registration districts and their parishes, ' in Cambridgeshire, see UKBMD: Registration Districts in Cambridgeshire.

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+== Archives ==
+'''Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies'''<br>Shire Hall<br>Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 0AP UK<br>Telephone: 01223 699399<br>
+Email: [mailto:county.records.cambridge@cambridgeshire.gov.uk county.records.cambridge@cambridgeshire.gov.uk]<br>
+*[https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/libraries-leisure-&-culture/archives/ Website]
+*[https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/asset-library/imported-assets/Cambs_Archives_family_history_sources_mar2015.pdf Tracing your Family History: sources at Cambridgeshire Archives]
+*[https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/asset-library/imported-assets/Original%20parish%20registers%20at%20Cambridgeshire%20Archives.pdf Original Parish Registers at Cambridgeshire Archives]
+*[https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/asset-library/imported-assets/Original%20parish%20registers%20at%20Huntingdonshire%20Archives.pdf Original Parish Registers at Huntingdonshire Archives]
+::Cambridgeshire Archives holds a wealth of unique historic records and other resources relating to Cambridgeshire, the former counties of Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely and their communities.
+----
+'''Huntingdonshire Library and Archives'''<br>Princes Street<br>Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE29 3PA UK<br>Telephone: 01480 372738<br>
+Email: [mailto:hunts.archives@cambridgeshire.gov.uk hunts.archives@cambridgeshire.gov.uk]<br>
+[https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/huntingdon-library-and-archives/ Website]
+-----
+*[https://www.ccan.co.uk/ '''CCAN - Cambridgeshire Community Archive Network''']
+*[https://www.ccan.co.uk/content/category/sites-on-the-network List of groups]
+::Founded in 2006, CCAN is made up of over 30 groups from towns and villages across Cambridgeshire. Together we are recording the local history of our county. CCAN records the memories, with over 50,000 photos, written text, audio and video recordings of everyday life.
-Shire Hall
+== Libraries ==
+[https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/libraries-leisure-culture/libraries/visit-a-library/your-library '''Cambridge Libraries Directory''']<br>
+<br>
+----
+'''Cambridge Collection'''<br>Cambridge Central Library<br>7 Lion Yard<br>Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QD UK<br>Telephone: 0345 045 5225<br>
+Email: [mailto:cambridgeshire.collection@cambridgeshire.gov.uk cambridgeshire.collection@cambridgeshire.gov.uk]<br>
+[https://artuk.org/visit/collection/cambridgeshire-collection-cambridge-central-library-233# Website]
+:The Cambridgeshire Collection, founded in 1855, is the county's principal Local Studies Library and continues to collect, organise and make available to the public a wide range of material relating to the past, present and future of Cambridgeshire. This material includes books, journals, newspapers, maps, ephemera and over four and a half million images and negatives of places and people. The paintings form a very small part of that collection.
+----
+'''Cambridge University Library'''<br>Department of Manuscripts and University Archives<br>Cambridge University Library<br>West Road<br>Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 9DR UK<br>Telephone: 01223 333143<br>Email: [mailto:mss@lib.cam.ac.uk mss@lib.cam.ac.uk]<br>
+[http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/manuscripts-university-archives Website]
-Cambridge
+:The Department of Manuscripts and University Archives is home to a wide range of material, from important medieval manuscripts to collections of personal papers dating from the twentieth century. It includes scientific collections, business archives, the records of the University and political papers.
-CB3 0AP
+== Museums ==
-699399
+=== Museum of Cambridge ===
-[mailto:county.records.cambridge@cambridgeshire.gov.uk county.records.cambridge@cambridgeshire.gov.uk]
+*For a list of Cambridgeshire museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Cambridgeshire '''List of museums in Cambridgeshire'''] in Wikipedia.
+*[https://www.google.com/search?q=museums+in+cambridgeshire&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS809US810&oq=museums+in+cambridgeshire&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30i625l2j0i390l3.8630j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 '''Google list of museums in Cambridgeshire''']<br><br>
+----
+'''Museum of Cambridge'''<br>2/3 Castle Street<br>Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 0AQ UK<br>Telephone: 1223 355159<br>
+Email: [mailto:capturingcambridge@museumofcambridge.org.uk capturingcambridge@museumofcambridge.org.uk]<br>
+[http://www.folkmuseum.org.uk Website]
-[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/visiting/crocambridge.htm http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/visiting/crocambridge.htm]
+:The Museum of Cambridge is one of the oldest social history museums in the UK. Occupying a 17th century timber framed former coaching inn, we house a unique collection. From household objects, paintings and toys to Fenland folklore cures and customs, we tell the fascinating stories of Cambridgeshire people.
-=== Huntingdonshire Archives  ===
+==Civil Register Offices==
+The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''General Register Office (GRO)'''] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''website'''] (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.
+----
+[https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/births-deaths-and-marriages/certificates-family-history '''Family Research Website''']<br>
+[https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/asset-library/imported-assets/Using_the_General_Register_Office_to_research_family_history.pdf '''Using the General Register Office to research family history.pdf''']<br>
+[https://www.camdex.org.uk/search.cfm '''Search and order birth, marriage, or death certificates''']
+----
+[https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/directory/listings/cambridgeshire-register-office Cambridgeshire Register Office]<br>
+[https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/directory/listings/ely-registration-office Ely Registration Office]<br>
+[https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/directory/listings/huntingdon-registration-office Huntingdon Registration Office]<br>
+[https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/directory/listings/march-registration-office March Registration Office]<br>
+[https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/directory/listings/wisbech-registration-office Wisbech Registration Office]<br>
+----
+Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the '''historic and current registration districts''' and their parishes, ' in Cambridgeshire, see [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/CAM.html UKBMD: Registration Districts in Cambridgeshire].
+----
+{{Place|Cambridgeshire|Archives and Libraries}} {{England Archives and Libraries}}
-<br>Grammar School Walk<br>Huntingdon&nbsp;
+[[Category:Cambridgeshire, England]]
+[[Category:Counties of England]]
-PE29 3LF
-375842
-[mailto:county.records.hunts@cambridgeshire.gov.uk county.records.hunts@cambridgeshire.gov.uk] &nbsp;
-[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/visiting/crohuntingdon.htm http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/visiting/crohuntingdon.htm] &nbsp;