Somersham, Huntingdonshire Genealogy
| Somersham, Huntingdonshire | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Hurstingstone |
| County | Huntingdonshire |
| Poor Law Union | St Ives |
| Registration District | St Ives |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1558 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1604 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | St Ives |
| Diocese | Pre-1837 - Lincoln; Post-1836 - Ely |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of Lincoln and of the Archdeacon in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon |
| Location of Archive | |
| Huntingdonshire Record Office | |
Guide to Somersham, Huntingdonshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Somersham (St. John the Baptist) is a parish in the union of St. Ives, the hundred of Hurstingstone, Huntingdonshire Somersham, 8¾ miles ENE from Huntingdon. The Baptists have a place of worship.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Somersham Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Huntingdonshire | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Huntingdonshire | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Find May Past-Huntingdonshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Extracted Church of England Parish Records-Huntingdonshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | ||||||
| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Huntingdonshire ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Huntingdonshire ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Non-Conformists (All other Religions)[edit | edit source]
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
St Ives Poor Law Union, Huntingdonshire
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Huntingdonshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
Somersham on GENUKI
References [edit | edit source]
- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848. Date accessed: 22 August 2013.
