Society of Genealogists - England: Cambridgeshire Resources

Cambridgeshire

Shelf Mark: CA

For an explanation of this information, please consult the Introduction and the list of Abbreviations. Recent additions to the Society's Library are listed in the Genealogists' Magazine. The staff of the Society are able to make limited searches in these County Sources for a standard fee. Shelf marks used in the library are given in square brackets at the very end of each title.

County-wide sources:

General Registers

County wide sources for Christenings, Marriages and Burials for Cambridgeshire include:

County sources at the Society of Genealogists: Cambridgeshire [&] Huntingdonshire parish registers, nonconformist registers, marriage licences, by Taylor, Neville. London: SoG, 2000 [ML enquiry counter] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop.

National index of parish registers, vol. 7, part 2: Cambridgeshire, compiled by Wilcox, Anthony & edited by Webb, Cliff. London: SoG, 2001. [TB/PR] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop.

Genealogical sources in Cambridgeshire: A summary list, by Farrar, Michael. 2nd edn. [CA/G 20]

Summary catalogue of parish registers at Cambridge Record Office: Cambridgeshire registers, vol. 4 [Typescript.] [CA/R 225]

Boyd’s marriage index 1538-c.1837 [Typescript], by Boyd, Percival et al. [UK/REG] Most of this marriage index is also available on the The Origins Network website.

International Genealogical Index & addendum [CD-ROM] [Apply to staff] & available on-line at FamilySearch

British Vital Records Index [CD-ROM] [Apply to staff]

National Burial Index. 2nd edn. [CD-ROM] [Apply to staff]

Out of area collection 1, 1975-76, compiled by Lodey, Marion J [UK/REG]

Parish registers of Cambridgeshire: stray names [Manuscript.] [Box 6/folder 2]

RG 7 Fleet marriage register indexes [parishes, brides & grooms] [SP/REG]

East Anglian marriages mainly before 1700 series 1 [Typescript.], by Hutchinson, J R [SF/R 285]

East Anglian marriages before 1812 series 2 [Typescript.], by Hutchinson, J R [SF/R 286]

Cambridgeshire baptism index [1801-37] [CD-ROM], compiled by Cambridgeshire FHS. 3rd edn. [CD-ROM cabinet (CA/REG)]. Also on microfiche [CA/REG/85994/1-42]

Cambridgeshire Marriage index, 1626-75, compiled by Cambridgeshire FHS (comp) [CA/R 191-194]

Cambridgeshire marriage index [CD-ROM], compiled by Cambridgeshire FHS. 3rd edn. [CD-ROM cabinet (CA/REG)]

Cambridgeshire burial index [1801-37] [CD-ROM], compiled by Cambridgeshire FHS. 3rd edn. [CD-ROM cabinet (CA/REG)]. Also in book form [CA/R 205]

Marriage & Obituary notices (Lynn Advertiser - Norfolk), 1848, 1851, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1890, 1900, compiled by Simons, Janice [NF/R 70]

Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire persons appearing in (1) the General Registry of births once kept at Dr. Williams' library & (2) the Wesleyan Methodists Metropolitan registry [Typescript.], by Uffindell, Vicky & Norman (trans.) [CA/R 157]

Quaker digest of births for Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire 1631-1837 [Microfiche.], transcribed by Stephenson, M [QU/REG/103736/1-4]

Quaker digest of marriages [for Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire] 1657-1837 [Microfiche], transcribed by Stephenson, M [QU/REG/103737/1-2]

Quaker digest registers of births, marriages & burials - Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Quarterly Meeting : Z 1631-1837 & 1645-1841, M 1658-1836 & 1657-1791, B 1657-1837 & 1657-1840 [Microfilm.] [Mf 3363]

The Royston Crow: ZMD(I) 1876-99, transcribed by Royston & District FHS [HT/R 74]

Marriage Licences

Marriage licences: abstracts & indexes in the Library of the Society of Genealogists. London: Society of Genealogists, 1991. 4th edn. [ML enquiry counter] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop.

Faculty Office marriage licences index 1701-1850 [Typescript.], by Society of Genealogists [ML/FO] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop or search it on-line at The Origins Network

Vicar-General marriage licences surname index 1694-1850 [Typescript.], by Society of Genealogists [ML/VG] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop or search it on-line at The Origins Network

Ely episcopal records: a calendar & concise view of the Episcopal records preserved in the muniment room of the Palace of Ely ... [including marriage act books 1391-1497 & 1562-82], compiled by Gibbons, A [CA/G 12]

Ely marriage licences 1582-99: The Northern Genealogist, vol. 1, edited by Gibbons, A [PER/NOR]

Ely marriage bonds found in Peterborough Diocesan records 1698-1699/1700, by Harrison, M C: Journal of the Cambridgeshire FHS, vol. 3, no. 3, August 1981 [CA/PER]

16th century marriages (1538-1600), edited by Bernau, Charles A [Store A (UK/REG)]

Marriage licences of the Consistory Court at Norwich, 1563-88: index [Typescript.], compiled by Rye, Walter [ML/NOR]

Index of the marriage licence bonds 1715-34 for Norfolk, Suffolk & Cambridgeshire preserved in the Norfolk Record Office: Norfolk Historical Aids 27-28 (2 vols.), by Hawes, Timothy [NF/PER]

Monumental Inscriptions

County wide sources for tombstone inscriptions (MIs) include:

Cambridgeshire epitaphs & inscriptions [Photocopy.], transcribed by Clifford, M E L [CA/M 12]

The Monumental brasses of Cambridgeshire: Monumental Brass Society county series, vol. 4, by Lack, William et al. [CA/M 18]

Monumental Inscriptions & coats of arms from Cambridgeshire, chiefly as recorded by John Layer about 1632 & William Cole between 1742 & 1782, edited by Palmer, W M [CA/M 11]

Out of area collection 1, 1975-76, compiled by Lodey, Marion J [UK/REG]

Censuses

In addition to free access from within the library to census returns and indexes on various subscription web sites, the Society holds many locally produced indexes. The latter are essential where an Internet index has mis-transcribed a name which you are looking for and for surviving pre-1841 censuses and census substitutes.

Search the on-line catalogue for the following Subject phrase:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE - CENSUSES

Click on the green Go button and then on the subject term for the required census.

Directories & Poll Books

The Society’s collection is of national importance and includes county and local directories of residents and businesses and poll books and other lists of voters in parliamentary and local elections. Details, correct as of 1995, are published in:

Directories & poll books, including almanacs & electoral rolls, in the Library of the Society of Genealogists, ed. by Newington-Irving, N J N. Society of Genealogists, 1995. 6th edn. [ML enquiry counters] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop.

Or search the on-line catalogue for the following Subject phrase:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE - DIRECTORIES

or CAMBRIDGESHIRE - POLL BOOKS

Click on the green Go button and then on the subject term required.

Periodicals

SOGCAT On-line Catalogue

The Society holds the journals of most English-speaking family history societies world-wide, the publications of county record societies and many national and local history societies past and present.

Search the on-line catalogue for the Title required

Wills

The Library contains film copies of indexes to wills proved 1858-1930 and indexes, calendars and many abstracts of wills proved by individual church courts before 1858. Details, correct as of 1996, are published in:

Will indexes & other probate material in the library of the Society of Genealogists, by Newington-Irving, N J N. London: SoG, 1996 [WILLS/GEN] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop.

Other major sources include:

An index to the wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1750-1800, ed. by Camp, Anthony J [WILLS/PCC] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop or search it on-line at The Origins Network. An index to all PCC wills 1384-1858 is available on-line at National Archives.

Estate Duty will indexes 1796-1857 (IR 27/1-323) [Microfilm] [Wills film cabinets] The Death Duty registers 1796-1903 are also on-line at findmypast.com

An index to the Bank of England will extracts 1807-45, by Society of Genealogists [WILLS/GEN] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop or search it on-line at The Origins Network

For the most up-to-date list of will material in the library, do a Subject search on the on-line catalogue for the name of the church court eg. Biggleswade Peculiar Court

Or if you do not know the name of the church court:

Search the on-line catalogue for the following Subject phrase:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE - GENERAL:WILLS

Click on the green Go button and then on the subject term required.

Parishes

A-F

SOGCAT On-line Catalogue

The Society has material on the following and other places in the county of Cambridgeshire. For details please click on the link to the on-line catalogue and do a Subject search for the place name.

G-P

SOGCAT On-line Catalogue

The Society has material on the following and other places in the county of Cambridgeshire. For details please click on the link to the on-line catalogue and do a Subject search for the place name.

R-Z

SOGCAT On-line Catalogue

The Society has material on the following and other places in the county of Cambridgeshire. For details please click on the link to the on-line catalogue and do a Subject search for the place name.

Visit the GENUKI pages for Cambridgeshire