Huntingdonshire Record Finder

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Record Finder Table for Huntingdonshire

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Order of Records

The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.

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Vital Events

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Birth date and place	Civil Registration Church Records Census	Cemeteries Obituaries Military Records (England)
Marriage place and date	Civil Registration Church Records	Obituaries Genealogies (England) Newspapers (England) Cemeteries Biography (England) Nobility (England) Periodicals
Death date, place, and burial	Civil Registration Church Records Obituaries Cemeteries Newspapers (England)	Probate Records Court Records (England) Land and Property Records (England) Military Records (England)

Maiden Names and Family Members

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Maiden name	Civil Registration Church Records	Obituaries Cemeteries Newspapers (England)
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members	Census Church Records Civil Registration	Obituaries Probate Records Newspapers. (England)
Living relatives	Directories Civil Registration	Newspapers (England) Societies Social media, Facebook, etc.

Immigration and Country of Origin

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Immigration date	See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.	Emigration and Immigration (England) Church Records
City or Country of foreign birth	Census Emigration and Immigration (England) Naturalization and Citizenship (England)

Residences and Locations

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Residence	Census Civil Registration Church Records	Directories Land and Property (England) Probate Records Taxation (England)

Personal Details and Affiliations

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Noble families	Heraldry (England) Nobility (England)
Occupation	Census Church Records Civil Registration Occupations (England)	Obituaries Probate Records Court Records (England) Taxation (England) Military Records (England)
Religion	Church Records	Obituaries Cemeteries Genealogies (England) Biography (England)
Social activities	Social Life and Customs (England)	Newspapers (England)
Physical description	Military Records (England)	Court Records (England)