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:The Norris Museum is the Museum of Huntingdonshire. It tells the story of this historic county from the earliest times to the present day. The Museum was founded by Herbert Norris, a St. Ivian, who left his lifetime's collection of Huntingdonshire relics to the town when he died in 1931. | :The Norris Museum is the Museum of Huntingdonshire. It tells the story of this historic county from the earliest times to the present day. The Museum was founded by Herbert Norris, a St. Ivian, who left his lifetime's collection of Huntingdonshire relics to the town when he died in 1931. | ||
==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. | |||
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[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'''] | |||
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[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> | |||
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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]. | |||
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