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


Ramsey, is a town a '''parish''' and a sub-district, in the district&nbsp;of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire. The town is at the terminus of the Ramsey railway, 10 miles N N E of Huntingdon;&nbsp;the post is office 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>
Ramsey, is a town a '''parish''' and a sub-district, in the district&nbsp;of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire. The town is at the terminus of the Ramsey railway, 10 miles N N E of Huntingdon;&nbsp;the post is office 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>


== Resources  ==
== Resources  ==

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Parish History[edit | edit source]

Ramsey, is a town a parish and a sub-district, in the district of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire. The town is at the terminus of the Ramsey railway, 10 miles N N E of Huntingdon; the post is office under Huntingdon, There are six dissenting chapels, Baptist, Particular Baptist, Primitive Methodist, Society of Friends, and Wesleyan Methodist.[1][2]

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]

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

Census records[edit | edit source]

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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.

Web sites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Wilson,John Marius Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-70)http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=890
  2. http://maps.familysearch.org/#search