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Welcome to the Cambridgeshire EnglandGenWeb Project. This website is part of the BritishIslesGenWeb Project and is provided as a resource for individuals researching their English ancestors who originated in this county. Questions or Comments about the Cambridgeshire website should be directed to Martin Edwards.
Information about people, places, events, topics, etc., relevant to Cambridgeshire Genealogy and History can be found on these pages simply and easily alernatively use the site map.
Available Links. These pages contain a wealth of information pertinent to all facets of English research in this county.
In addition there were several thousand emigrants from Cambridgeshire and a page of links to sites which may help with Cambridgeshire Emigrants has also been provided.
To see a Cambridgeshire Pre-1974 map click here.
The Cambridgeshire pages are built from general information about Cambridgeshire and links to pages related to the area. The Ancient County of Cambridgeshire covers both Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely.
Besides the information about people, places, events, topics, etc., relevant to Cambridgeshire Genealogy and History other information can be found.
Some Cambridgeshire Societies are described here with their respective links.
The Cambridgeshire Lookup Exchange offers look ups based on various documents to be found on their webpage.
There was a Cambridgeshire Research Interests Surname List maintained by Robin Drayton that was replaced on August 1st 2001 by a new Searchable Cambridgeshire Surnames Interests Database provided by Graham Januay.
Tip: Always use the CHAPMAN codes when referring to English counties.
Click here to see a listing of all England Mail Lists hosted by RootsWeb.
For This County
To subscribe to the following mail list, please send a new email to the address listed below. Type the word SUBSCRIBE in the message body - no other text. You will receive a welcome message from the listowner with list instructions. To post to this list, address your mail to the list name without the -REQUEST part! Enjoy!
ENGLISH-FENS-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the area of the Fenlands which overlaps the counties of Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, South Lincolnshire, North-west Norfolk, West Suffolk and North-west Essex.
ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Cambridgeshire.
Many queries have been generated about professional help. Within the Cambridgeshire area there are various researchers who can help.
Meet the Maintainer - a few words about me.
Life in the Fens
A collection of newspaper cuttings collected by Constance Louisa Porter, a spinster, who lived at Highfield House in Hillrow who was the daughter of Roberts Knights Porter and Emily Usan Cockle. She died in 1938. which have been reproduced here page by page.
The years are not sequential, if they appear at all. If you have relatives mentioned you may need to calculate the year.
Have you a roll or memorial to add.
If you are a new researcher to Cambridgeshire, please take a few minutes and visit the Genuki-Cambridgeshire pages. These pages contain a wealth of information pertinent to all facets of English research in this county to be found on the Internet.
For a limited time only listings of Cambridgeshire Strays are being made available for various types of person by kind permission of the Cambridgeshire Family History Society.
Please feel free to post your query or surname to our Cambridgeshire Query BBS system. NOTE: Your query must reference Cambridgeshire or else it will be removed.
If you have a genealogical event related to Cambridgeshire that you wish to announce or you want to know about genealogical events pertinent to Cambridgeshire then consult the Cambridgeshire Genealogy Calendar
Last Updated on: 4 June 2005 For comments about this webpage, please email Martin Edwards. ©1999-2005. EnglandGenWeb and WorldGenWeb Project.