Ho folks, We've just returned from a great 3.5 week trip to the UK. I was in the Huntingdon Record Office for 2 partial days during our final week there, and found out some interesting things, also assisted with help from a friend at Eaton Socon. I have many ancestors from in and around Eaton Socon, and if you've been there, or looked at a map, you can see how much interaction there must have been between Eaton Socon (historically Beds, now Hunts) and St Neots/Eynesbury in Hunts. So, I was eager to see what the Record office had on the unfilmed Parish Registers for Eynesbury and St Neots. What I found was quite good news. First, the St Neots register has all been transcribed for baptisms and marriages, checked, and is getting typed up for publication quite soon! Finally. Eynsbury is not so far along as yet, but has been transcribed, although not checked. I'm ordering pages of the transcription copied and sent to me anyway. Hey, its a start. I'll have some pages I did write out myself at the office for you soon. So, for those of you who had ancestors in the border area of Beds/Hunts, like me, you may get answers. That's why I'm sending this to both lists. The very helpful staff person at the office did note that its easy to get transcribers, but hard to get checkers. Wish I lived there. I'd work day and night to get it done. :) I do have a nice B&B to recommend at Eaton Socon for anyone interested. Its reasonable, and about halfway between Bedford and Huntingdon. Jim Bundy

Hi Jim: I am so jealous. Wish I could have gone with your to St. Neots. My Thomas Palmer who married Mary Preston and had children including William Palmer (his son) Three of William Palmers children were born there. This Thomas Palmer whose father was Thomas from Brampton married Elizabeth Burneby in Pytchley Northampton. (I have some wills, but I cannot find out the father of Mary Preston. Recently a researcher check on this line and back a ways, the wifes Name Elizabeth Burton goes back in the ALEXANDER THE GREAT. (Don't know that I want to be connected to him....but it is interesting, if I could only find Mary Preston's line. Good luck Regards Nina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bundy" <jbundy48@comcast.net> To: <ENG-HUNTINGDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 5:26 PM Subject: Resources at the Huntingdon Record Office > Ho folks, > We've just returned from a great 3.5 week trip to the UK. I was in the > Huntingdon Record Office for 2 partial days during our final week > there, and found out some interesting things, also assisted with help > from a friend at Eaton Socon. > > I have many ancestors from in and around Eaton Socon, and if you've > been there, or looked at a map, you can see how much interaction there > must have been between Eaton Socon (historically Beds, now Hunts) and > St Neots/Eynesbury in Hunts. So, I was eager to see what the Record > office had on the unfilmed Parish Registers for Eynesbury and St > Neots. What I found was quite good news. First, the St Neots register > has all been transcribed for baptisms and marriages, checked, and is > getting typed up for publication quite soon! Finally. Eynsbury is not > so far along as yet, but has been transcribed, although not checked. > I'm ordering pages of the transcription copied and sent to me anyway. > Hey, its a start. I'll have some pages I did write out myself at the > office for you soon. So, for those of you who had ancestors in the > border area of Beds/Hunts, like me, you may get answers. That's why > I'm sending this to both lists. The very helpful staff person at the > office did note that its easy to get transcribers, but hard to get > checkers. Wish I lived there. I'd work day and night to get it done. > :) > > I do have a nice B&B to recommend at Eaton Socon for anyone > interested. Its reasonable, and about halfway between Bedford and > Huntingdon. > > Jim Bundy >