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Description: | A collection of family and local history resources as follows:
1. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations County Record Office, Cambridge.
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2. Census returns
Census of England and Wales:
Huntingdon County 1901
Counties of Bedford, Cambridge and Huntingdon 1911
Counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 1951
Huntingdonshire 1841,1851,1891
Cambridgeshire 1961
? of Peterborough 1961
Huntingdon & Peterborough 1971
Cambridgeshire 1981
Cambridgeshire 1991
1881 National Census CD Rom
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3. Directories
3(a) County and Regional Directories
A variety of directories:
Kelly's, Robsons, Post Office, Pigot's, Burkett's
Intermittent years: 1830-1963
3(b) City and Town Directories
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3(c) Telephone Directories
1987 - current
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4. Electoral registers and polls books
4(a) Electoral Registers
Current only. Previous editions located at Record Office
4(b) Poll Books
Huntingdonshire Poll Books: 1807, 1818, 1826, 1830, 1837, 1857, 1859
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5. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1992
Microfiche
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6. Unpublished Indexes
Index to the Hunts Post newspaper
1885 to August 1889
1905 to February 1911
1912 to 1916, 1922
1935, 1939-45
1988-1991 approx.
Most acquisitions to 1991 recorded in card catalogue: author, title, subject index.
Since 1991 acquisitions recorded only on computer catalogue.
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7. Parish Registers
Transcripts for some Hunts parishes, contact the library for details.
Huntingdonshire Marriage Index 1601-1837 on microfiche
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8. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Cambs, Huntingdon & Pboro Life 1966-1985
Cambs Life Magazine 1986-1990
East Anglian Magazine 1946-1981
The Huntingdonian 1941-1979, and 1927-31
The Kimboltonian Magazine 1951-1988
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9. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
N/A
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10. Other material
Workhouse records for St Ives (1836-1913), Huntingdon (1838-1949) and St Neots (1913-1952) on microfiche
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11. Guides to Collections
Own in-house production. Photocopied as needed
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12. Local Record Offices
Huntingdonshire Record Office
Grammar School Walk
Huntingdon
PE29 3LF
Tel: 01480 375842
Fax: 01480 375842
Email: countyrecords.hunts@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
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Other information
-N.B. all questions relate to the above collection only
Chapman County Codes (BS 6879): CAM | Subjects: | Registration of birth Registration of death Population censuses Registration of marriage Local history Electoral registers Genealogy Parish records Poll books | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Telephone: | 0845 045 5225 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8513 | Go to resource |
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