Cambridge St Mary the Great, Cambridgeshire Genealogy

England Cambridgeshire  Cambridgeshire Parishes

Guide to Cambridge St Mary the Great, Cambridgeshire family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Cambridge, St Mary the Great. A parish in Cambridge and one of the 14 parishes in Cambridge. The church of St. Mary the Great is the University church; was built in 1478-1519; has a conspicuous tower of 1593-1608.

Civil Registration
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
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Census records
Information on these records is available on the Wiki page for Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cambridgeshire 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Cambridge St Mary the Great on GENUKI