Standground, Huntingdonshire Genealogy

Parish History
Stanground is an Ancient Parish partly in Cambridge but mostly in Huntingdonshire. Farcet is also a chapelry within this parish. See also Stanground, Cambridgeshire.

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.

As this parish is mostly in Huntingdonshire, the parish records are listed there in the FHL Catalog. The Anglican parish church records are as follows:


 * Parish registers for Stanground: 1538-1876 | FHL Film Numbers 1040751, 1040752, 1040753, 1040754
 * Biship transcripts for Stanground: 1604-1858 | Film Numbers 1041712, 1041713
 * Parish registers for Facet: 1641-1876 | Film Number 1040984
 * Bishop transcripts for Facet: 1660-1857 | Film Number 1040923

Probate records
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
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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