Hi Richard, The following information is from the Genuki website - http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/ Even though it's a relatively small county, it's going to feel very big if you don't have clues to a more specific birthplace :O)...... Church Records The list of surviving Huntingdonshire parish registers and their availability, appears as part of "Church Records" detail on each parish page. A copy of the list of Huntingdonshire Parish Registers, which are in the Library of the Society of Genealogists, are now on-line. (here is the url for this webpage: http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/huntingdonshire.html) Ted Wildy's UK Marriage witness index entries for Huntingdonshire [ ftp ]. The Huntingdonshire Methodist Circuit have deposited many local Methodist records, including the Baptism registers of the St. Ives section of the Huntingdonshire Wesleyan Methodist Mission Circuit 1837 - 1980 (acc. 4643 part) with the Huntingdon Record Office. This collection includes minute books for a variety of local Methodist Churches, including those at Alconbury, Earith, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, Ramsey Heights, St. Ives and Warboys. Huntingdonshire HFS have published a series of Marriage Indexs these cover the periods 1601-1700, 1700-1754 and 1754-1837. The sets are available from the Society's Publications List. Records of the Quakers in Huntingdonshire are available. The Huntingdonshire FHS have published Quaker births registered in Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire 1631 to 1837 (Fiche set D-53), and also Quaker Marriages in Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire 1657-1837 (fiche set (D-54). The sets are available from the Society's Publications List. The Strict Baptist Historical Society offers a number of records to those whose ancestors were members of this Nonconformist sect. Graham Ward has listed a summary of Baptist Ministers in Huntingdonshire 1811 to 1831. Hope this helps! Sally >From: "richandsheila" <richandsheila@iapbb.net> >To: ENG-HUNTINGDON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: James BARKER >Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:14:21 -0000 > >My name is Richard Fox and I am new to the list. > >I have just found my gggrandfather James BARKER on the 1861 Census in >London. This gives him as born about 1798 in 'Huntingdonshire'. > >Can any kind lister please tell me where copies of the Parish registers are >available for inspection. >Any guidance as to what is available to me that could reduce the search >area. > >Regards, > >Richard Fox. >North Somerset. >
Hi Richard Have you found James in either the 1871 or, more likely, the 1851 censuses which might give a more precise birthplace? Time spent finding him in 1851 may more than make up for time spent looking for a needle in a haystack, with no guarantee that you will have found the right James in the parish registers - and some are only available at Huntingdon Record Office. Do you have any details of his marriage, which might give an indication of his home parish, particularly he married in Hunts rather than London? Did he have children, and if so were they all born in London, or hopefully in Hunts? Hope this is useful Regards David >From: "sally roberts" <sallyroberts55@hotmail.com> >To: ENG-HUNTINGDON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: James BARKER >Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:40:55 +0000 > >Hi Richard, > >The following information is from the Genuki website - >http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/ > >Even though it's a relatively small county, it's going to feel very big if >you don't have clues to a more specific birthplace :O)...... > >Church Records >The list of surviving Huntingdonshire parish registers and their >availability, appears as part of "Church Records" detail on each parish >page. A copy of the list of Huntingdonshire Parish Registers, which are in >the Library of the Society of Genealogists, are now on-line. (here is the >url for this webpage: http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/huntingdonshire.html) > >Ted Wildy's UK Marriage witness index entries for Huntingdonshire [ ftp ]. > >The Huntingdonshire Methodist Circuit have deposited many local Methodist >records, including the Baptism registers of the St. Ives section of the >Huntingdonshire Wesleyan Methodist Mission Circuit 1837 - 1980 (acc. 4643 >part) with the Huntingdon Record Office. This collection includes minute >books for a variety of local Methodist Churches, including those at >Alconbury, Earith, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, Ramsey Heights, St. Ives and >Warboys. > >Huntingdonshire HFS have published a series of Marriage Indexs these cover >the periods 1601-1700, 1700-1754 and 1754-1837. The sets are available from >the Society's Publications List. >Records of the Quakers in Huntingdonshire are available. The >Huntingdonshire FHS have published Quaker births registered in >Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire 1631 to 1837 (Fiche set D-53), and also >Quaker Marriages in Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire 1657-1837 (fiche set >(D-54). The sets are available from the Society's Publications List. > >The Strict Baptist Historical Society offers a number of records to those >whose ancestors were members of this Nonconformist sect. Graham Ward has >listed a summary of Baptist Ministers in Huntingdonshire 1811 to 1831. > >Hope this helps! >Sally > > >>From: "richandsheila" <richandsheila@iapbb.net> >>To: ENG-HUNTINGDON-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: James BARKER >>Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:14:21 -0000 >> >>My name is Richard Fox and I am new to the list. >> >>I have just found my gggrandfather James BARKER on the 1861 Census in >>London. This gives him as born about 1798 in 'Huntingdonshire'. >> >>Can any kind lister please tell me where copies of the Parish registers >>are available for inspection. >>Any guidance as to what is available to me that could reduce the search >>area. >> >>Regards, >> >>Richard Fox. >>North Somerset. >> > >