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In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, Huntingdon merged with Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely to form the new non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire.

Archives

Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies
Shire Hall
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 0AP UK
Telephone: 01223 699399
Email: county.records.cambridge@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

• Website
• Tracing your Family History: sources at Cambridgeshire Archives
• Original Parish Registers at Cambridgeshire Archives
• Original Parish Registers at Huntingdonshire Archives

Cambridgeshire Archives holds a wealth of unique historic records and other resources relating to Cambridgeshire, the former counties of Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely and their communities.

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Huntingdonshire Library and Archives
Princes Street
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE29 3PA UK
Telephone: 01480 372738
Email: hunts.archives@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Website

Libraries

Cambridge Libraries Directory including Huntingdonshire Council area.

Museums

• For a list of Huntingdonshire museums that are now in Cambridgeshire, go to List of museums in Cambridgeshire in Wikipedia.

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The Norris Museum
The Broadway
St. Ives
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE27 5BX UK
Telephone: 01480 497314
Email: info@norrismuseum.org.uk
Website

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 General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their 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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Search and order birth, marriage, or death certificates

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Huntingdon Registration Office
Huntingdon Library and Archives
Princes Street
Huntingdon PE29 3PA, UK

Telephone: 0345 045 1363
Website

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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 Huntingdonshire, see civil registration districts in Huntingdonshire between 1837 and 1974.

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