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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Huntingdonshire => Topic started by: kithra on Saturday 26 April 14 15:34 BST (UK)
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Can anyone tell me if there are any Huntingdonshire Parish Records available either online or on CD? I already have those for BMDs for Upwood, St. Peter's Church Parish Registers 1700-1950 (http://s249111472.websitehome.co.uk/History/Parish%20Registers.htm (http://s249111472.websitehome.co.uk/History/Parish%20Registers.htm)).
What I'm searching for are any from pre-1841 (the first real census), but I'm not asking for a "LookUp" as I'm not sure exactly what area I need to check. And, I think I might need to check all of the parishes in Huntingdonshire prior to that date! So, really, I think that having a library I can refer to as I need to is the best way to go.
I've searched Google, and I also belong to Ancestry, but I can't afford to take out any more subscriptions. So my preference would be to buy CDs, but online would also be very helpful.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Hi there
Here might be a good place to start....
http://www.genfair.co.uk/search.php?search=Huntingdonshire&category=&product_county=&county=HUN&sid=&order=score&Submit=Search&Submit=go
Sarah :)
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Many thanks, I'll take a look there tomorrow. I can't check it today as I'm about to Skype my cousin in Spain, so no time left for now. And, I'll log in again tomorrow as well in case there are any more ideas.
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Hunts is not well represented on the IGI at www.familysearch.org as the LDS was refused permission to film many parish registers. The BVRI, which covers some parishes not on the IGI, can now be found on Ancestry as England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 and England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 but there are still many gaps. Transcripts available from Hunts FHS can be found at http://www.huntsfhs.org.uk/Pubs.html . Hunts FHS Marriage Index covers the whole of the county but there is no comparable baptism index. You'll find that after the IGI, the BVRI and Hunts FHS transcripts there are still many parishes where you can only access baptisms by consulting the parish registers at Huntingdon Archives, or by paying for their research service if you can't get to Huntingdon.
Despite being small, Hunts isn't the easiest county to research
David
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http://freereg.rootsweb.com/
has some Huntingdonshire transcriptions, so it might be worth a look.
And if Upwood is of any interest to you, there are transcripts here:
http://s249111472.websitehome.co.uk/History/Parish%20Registers.htm
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Thanks, David,
I did check the IGI, and also the publications at Hunts FHS. It’s such a shame that LDS wasn’t allowed to do the transcriptions. I’ve checked Ancestry using many different ways of searching, and come up with nothing. However, I’ll check again to see if anything new has turned up. I also had an email correspondence with an Archivist at Hunts FHS who kindly looked at his records for me. Again, there was nothing found.
And thanks, Galium. I already noted the Upwood records in my original post. I also checked out the FreeReg site quite a while ago.
I do so hate having a brick wall, and no siblings of the person I’m looking for, which can sometimes turn up information. As a last resort I’ve just written to some of the newspapers in the area I’m researching in the hopes that someone might have some useful information. If they do I’ll post it here in case it helps somebody else.
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I know it was just a general query on what's available, but why not try a posting on the Huntingdonshire board with names and dates? You'd be surprised at how many brick walls get demolished when the poster doesn't know the area they need to check.
You could also check Huntingdon Archives online catalogue at http://calm.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/CalmView/How.aspx
Is this the Sinclair from Upton family that you posted about a year ago? You never did get back to us!
David
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Hi David,
Yes, I'm still trying to find that Sinclair info, and sorry for not getting back to you about a year ago. Life suddenly got very complicated for a while back then and it just went out of my mind.
I still don't know if the Sinclairs were really in Upwood prior to 1788 so I thought that maybe a search of all the local parish records might turn up something.
And thanks for the Calm link, I'd already found that one and there's nothing there I'm afraid. But it's a very interesting site when it comes to some of the other names in my tree.
I'm starting to think that there are no longer any web links that I haven't already tried, LOL. However, I'm still grateful for any that are posted, just in case they're new to me.
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As David mentioned, a year ago I was trying to find my Sinclair ancestors:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=643443.msg4903259#msg4903259 (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=643443.msg4903259#msg4903259)
And you told me about a William Sinclair burried in Yaxley (near Upwood) in 1808, which you suggested I research.
While looking for records (which I found) to do with my grandmother's brother Arthur Sinclair (1899-1969) I also did some checking with my half-sister. She told me that, after the war (WW1), their other brother, Harry Sinclair (1896-1933) went to work in the brickyards in Yaxley. So maybe there's a connection. She also suggested that Norfolk might be a good lead, so I've a lot more researching to do now.
This time, if I do find anything, I'll let you all know.
Liz
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Yaxley is well represented on www.freereg.org.uk but the burial of Wm Sinclair is the only entry for that surname.
Bev
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Many thanks, Bev. I have that link in my bookmarks and I'll take a look later today. I'll also see if I can find any parish records for Yaxley.
Liz
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Nearly all the parish records for Yaxley are on Freereg (I know because I transcribed them :) )
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That must have been a very long job Bev. I've used FreeReg for checking out other names, but not for Yaxley before. Previously I even checked from 1700 to 1800 +/- 10 years under Birth, Marriages, and Deaths for all the places in Huntingdonshire, and used Soundex. I think I'm going to get a CD with all the records that are available for Huntingdonshire. I looked at those from the other links below that people were so kind as to post. But it will have to wait until I can afford it :)
Liz
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Same here :)
I have lots of ancestors in Warboys and the lack of online records is very frustrating.
I live abroad so can't pop round to the records centre.
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I have a few ancestors in Warboys too. Mostly Gowler relations and, with that surname, so much easier to research. Like you I'm not able to get to record centers, in my case because I'm housebound. I did try a letter to some of the local newspapers re: Sinclair, but had no response at all. I do wish all the records from Huntingdonshire were online but it seems to be one of those counties where not a lot of permissions for that were given. I live in hope it will happen someday soon :)
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I've got a transcript of the Eynesbury Parish Records from the 1500s onward -- if it'll help.
Glenn
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Many thanks, that’s an extremely kind offer and I’d like to take you up on it. I’m looking for anyone with the surname Sinclair up to the first real census in 1841.
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Hi. Went through Banns, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials looking for SINC* but found no occurrences.
Glenn
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Hello Kithra, do so hope this is what you are looking for.
1901 census long drove holme fen hunts
joseph sinclair married, male, 32 born 1869, upwood, foreman on farm
harriet wife, born 1871 warboys.
polly dau, 1895 ramsey.
arthur son, 1899 holme
harry son, 1897 holme
harry carter, lodger, single, 18 born 1883 holme
1911 family at holme fen, with addition of charles squires, boarder,42 1869 at chatteris cambs, now I know where to start looking for your family,I will help you all I can, no worries about C/Ds.
Margaret.
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Bapts at holme,on the Fenland Ark, a church on a boat, to which it called at stations, at stokes bridge,
johnsons point, it was in use from approx 1880s for about tens years, it was the idea of Rev Brooke
of holme c/e, to go out into the fens , as it was very remote, in winter people could not venture, into holme village for services.apparently Arthur Sinclair was bapt on the F/A and was born 11.11.1899, son of jo/harriet, also ethel may sinclair, was born 27.4.1900, dau, of jo/harriet.
married at holme c/e 26.7.1922
harry sinclair, 25, carman,of holme, son of joseph,=barbara grandison,21, sp of holme, and dau of william.
bapt children of this couple were harriet margaret26.6.1923 and rita marlene, 1932.Margaret.
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Hi Glenn. Very many thanks for taking a look and I’m sorry to have wasted your time as you couldn’t find any.
Hi Margaret. Thanks, I have all of those. It’s Sinclairs prior to 1800 that I’ve been unable to trace, apart from a few in the “Upwood and the Raveleys” parish records, and even then I’ve no idea where they originally came from. I haven’t’ been able to find out where Arthur’s wife Barbara Grandison came from either. But I do know, from my half-sister, that after Harry died in 1933 she went back to Edinburgh, Scotland. So it seems she had Scottish ancestry.