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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]. | ||
Cambridgeshire's historical record according to church registers--especially of the Church of England, is now well-covered with indexes and/or transcriptions galore. These resources cover the time period from 1538 to post-1910, mostly by the Camberidgeshire Family History Society (CFHS) on CDs and but also 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's historical record according to church registers--especially of the Church of England, is now well-covered with indexes and/or transcriptions galore. These resources cover the time period from 1538 to post-1910, mostly by the Camberidgeshire Family History Society (CFHS) on CDs and but also 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.] Here is a list by the event type''':''' | ||
'''Baptisms''' | '''Baptisms''' | ||
*Cambridgeshire Family History Society's online Index covers [https://www.cfhs.org.uk/searchsd.cfm 1801-1837 | *Cambridgeshire Family History Society's online Index covers [https://www.cfhs.org.uk/searchsd.cfm 1801-1837 baptisms] | ||
*157,016 Cambridgeshire entries are included in [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1351 England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906] at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as FamilySearch's ''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> | *157,016 Cambridgeshire entries are included in [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1351 England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906] at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as FamilySearch's ''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> | ||
*FamilySearch has transcribed and indexed approximately 70-75 percent of Cambridgeshire's baptisms | *[https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch ]has transcribed and indexed approximately 70-75 percent of Cambridgeshire's baptisms | ||
*In-house patrons of the Family History Library (in downtown Salt Lake City), and most of it's worldwide satelite branches called FamilyHistory Centers (FHCs) may view online the above mentioned Cambridgeshire Family History Society CDs of countywide baptisms. Check [https://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator? here for locating the nearest FH Center] to you and its open hours and contact details. | *In-house patrons of the Family History Library (in downtown Salt Lake City), and most of it's worldwide satelite branches called FamilyHistory Centers (FHCs) may view online the above mentioned Cambridgeshire Family History Society CDs of countywide baptisms. Check [https://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator? here for locating the nearest FH Center] to you and its open hours and contact details. | ||
*Know of but don't have access to the parish registers of the target parish[es] of interest? Purchase CDs for each parish, [https://www.cfhs.org.uk/searchbs.cfm at the CFHS website]. | *Know of but don't have access to the parish registers of the target parish[es] of interest? Purchase CDs for each parish, [https://www.cfhs.org.uk/searchbs.cfm at the CFHS website]. | ||