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=== Parish Registers  ===
=== Parish Registers  ===


Original Parish Registers at the [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/Misc/ChurchRecords/CAMOriginalParishRegisters.html Cambridge County Record Office]
Original Parish Registers at the [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/Misc/ChurchRecords/CAMOriginalParishRegisters.html Cambridge County Record Office].


'''Baptisms'''
Cambridgeshire's historical record according to church registers--especially of the Church of England, is well covered with indexes and/or transcriptions galore. These records are from 1538 to post-1910 mostly by the Camberidgeshire Family History Society (CFHS) on CDs and by other compilers. The society's CDs may be purchased by going to the [https://www.cfhs.org.uk/shoplist.cfm?type=&title=Parish+registers&search=+Search+++ CFHS website.]


Cambridgeshire Family History Society Indexes covering 1801-1837 for [http://www.cfhs.org.uk/BaptismIndex/ baptisms]
'''Baptisms'''


157,016 Cambridgeshire entries are included in [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1351 England &amp; Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906] at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as ''British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed.'' [http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ Coverage].<ref>[http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,'] ''Genoot,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>  
*Cambridgeshire Family History Society Indexes covering [https://www.cfhs.org.uk/searchsd.cfm 1801-1837 for baptisms]
*157,016 Cambridgeshire entries are included in [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1351 England &amp; Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906] at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as FamilySearch's&nbsp;''British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed.'' [http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ Coverage].<ref>[http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,'] ''Genoot,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref><br>


'''Marriages'''
'''Marriages'''  
 
All marriages have been either indexed, or transcribed by the following groups:
 
CFHS (Cambridgeshire Family History Society) has transcribed these from 1538 to post-1900 and you can access these at no cost via most FamilySearch Centers in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and in the UK.
 
FindMyPast.co.uk has published online the famous Boyd's Marriage Index, 1538-1837


46 Cambridgeshire parishes are indexed in [http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/ Joiner's Marriage Index] (£). [http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Cambridgeshire/ Coverage].<ref>[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/ 'Coverage of the Joiner Marriage Index'], ''The Joiner Marriage Index,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>  
46 Cambridgeshire parishes are indexed in [http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/ Joiner's Marriage Index] (£). [http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Cambridgeshire/ Coverage].<ref>[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/ 'Coverage of the Joiner Marriage Index'], ''The Joiner Marriage Index,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>  


29,162 Cambridgeshire entries are included in [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1352 England &amp; Wales Marriages, 1538-1940] at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as ''British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed.'' [http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ Coverage].<ref>[http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,'] ''Genoot,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>
29,162 Cambridgeshire entries are included in [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1352 England &amp; Wales Marriages, 1538-1940] at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as ''British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed.'' [http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ Coverage].<ref>[http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,'] ''Genoot,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>  


*[http://www.archive.org/details/cambridgeshirepa01phil Cambridgeshire Parish Registers, Marriages (Volume 1)] - Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913, ed An edition of 150 copies printed: Parishes included are Cambridge, St. Edwards:1558-1812, Fen Drayton: 1580-1812, Knapwell: 1598-1812  
*[http://www.archive.org/details/cambridgeshirepa01phil Cambridgeshire Parish Registers, Marriages (Volume 1)] - Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913, ed An edition of 150 copies printed: Parishes included are Cambridge, St. Edwards:1558-1812, Fen Drayton: 1580-1812, Knapwell: 1598-1812  
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*[http://www.archive.org/details/cambridgeshirepa07phil Cambridgeshire parish registers. Marriages (Volume 7)] - Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913, ed An edition of 150 copies printed: Parishes inclued are Cambridge, St. Andrew the Less: 1599-1837, Cambridge, St. Bendict: 1539-1837, Chesterton: 1564-1837, Cambridge, St. Edward: 1813-1837
*[http://www.archive.org/details/cambridgeshirepa07phil Cambridgeshire parish registers. Marriages (Volume 7)] - Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913, ed An edition of 150 copies printed: Parishes inclued are Cambridge, St. Andrew the Less: 1599-1837, Cambridge, St. Bendict: 1539-1837, Chesterton: 1564-1837, Cambridge, St. Edward: 1813-1837


'''Burials'''
'''Burials'''  


Cambridgeshire Family History Society Indexes covering 1801-1837 for [http://www.cfhs.org.uk/BurialIndex/ burials]
Cambridgeshire Family History Society Indexes covering 1801-1837 for [http://www.cfhs.org.uk/BurialIndex/ burials]  


Burials from 187 Cambridgeshire places (228,386 entries) are included in the [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records National Burial Index] (£). [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/national-burial-index-coverage-counties.action?countyCode=CAM Coverage].<ref>[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/national-burial-index-coverage-counties.action 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage'], ''Find My Past,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>  
Burials from 187 Cambridgeshire places (228,386 entries) are included in the [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records National Burial Index] (£). [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/national-burial-index-coverage-counties.action?countyCode=CAM Coverage].<ref>[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/national-burial-index-coverage-counties.action 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage'], ''Find My Past,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>  


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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/ParishIndex.html Towns and Parishes]: Individual parish and circuit records  
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/ParishIndex.html Towns and Parishes]: Individual parish and circuit records  
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engcam/method.htm GenWeb Cambridgeshire]  
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engcam/method.htm GenWeb Cambridgeshire]
 
*"''The Ely Methodists 1774 - 1932''" Copyright © Eileen Jakes 1988 - ISBN 0 9513457 0 2 [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/Misc/ChurchRecords/ElyMethodists.html online]
*"''The Ely Methodists 1774 - 1932''" Copyright © Eileen Jakes 1988 - ISBN 0 9513457 0 2 [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/Misc/ChurchRecords/ElyMethodists.html online]


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