Balsham, Cambridgeshire Genealogy

England   Cambridgeshire   Cambridgeshire Parishes

Parish History
BALSHAM (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Linton, hundred of Radfield, county of Cambridge, 3 miles (N. E. by N.) from Linton.

Balsham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire. Sites that provide additional details on the history of this parish are:


 * Genuki.org.uk
 * Cambridge Churches
 * Cambridge History

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
Church of England: Balsham


 * Parish Registers begin in 1558
 * Bishop Transcripts in 1602

Non-Church of England denaominations identified in Balsham include:


 * Baptist
 * Independent/Congregational
 * Socitey of Friends/Quaker

&gt;Parish registers for Balsham, 1558-1876 are on FHL Film # 1040403 Items 9-18 at the Family History Library or through a Family History Center.

&gt;Bishop Transcripts for Balsham, 1602-1876 are on FHL Film # 1485267at the Family History Library or through a Family History Center. The original registers are deposited at the Cambridgeshire Record Office and the Society of Genealogists.

Census records


Poor Law Unions
Linton Poor Law Union, Cambridgeshire

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

Web sites
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