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Suffolk and Huntingdonshire seem to be in a black hole when it comes to viewing Parish Register Images.
Can anyone recommend a site that has these images?
Stilton and Sudbury in particular.

Cambridgeshire as well. AFAIK, original images are not available anywhere yet but I would be delighted to be proven wrong as I have family in that area on both sides.

That was actually my last family history field trip before Covid struck - a solo trip in the motorhome across to Bury St Edmunds and Kings Lynn.

Lost Cousins yesterday reports that Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire registers are being scanned by Ancestry -- visit the newsletter for more detail.

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And also from Lost Cousins on 13th April, Suffolk parish registers to go online: https://www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2/apr23news.htm

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Helen,
Nice to hear, look forward to looking through them, especially Stilton. I have a CD of their transcriptions, but need to see them with my own eyes, trusting soul thet I am

I am currently researching throughout Devon, and the amount of registers available on FMP is a refreshing change.
Next step is Catholic registers, which are still few and far between.

Useful learning point here - I already had a thorough review of my Cambridgeshire records earmarked for the autumn, and checked their website only last month for any information on image availability. There’s nothing, and “latest news from the archives” takes you to a story from 2019!

It seems they are joining the growing band of organisations that have spurned keeping traditional websites up to date, and mainly use Facebook postings to communicate with users.

“If you can’t beat them, join them”, so I guess I’ll have to park my long-standing Facebook aversion and start dipping my toe in...

Mark1834 wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023 09:31

“If you can’t beat them, join them”, so I guess I’ll have to park my long-standing Facebook aversion and start dipping my toe in...

Like you, I have an aversion to Facebook (Twitter and Instagram too), but I'm also thinking about creating a Facebook account (filled with as little personal data as possible).

And what there is doesn't have to be accurate...

I had seen this on Cambridgeshire Archives FB page recently and am thrilled. I have ancestors in Cambridgeshire and only recently learned I have collaterals in Huntingdonshire, for which I've been depending on some transcriptions at FMP. So excited I'll finally get to see my great-grandmother's baptism register entry at Waterbeach in April 1875. Buying it from Canada would mean getting up early enough to place a call + the cost of an overseas call on top of the cost of the imaging. I've put it off for several years in the hopes the registers would be digitized and appear on either Ancestry or FMP...it seems my patience will be rewarded!

Good to know Suffolk images will also be online in the next couple of years as well. So far I haven't found anyone there, but my recent Huntingdonshire discovery has made me realize that we really never know where our research will take us!

ColeValleyGirl wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023 07:53

Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire registers scanned

Last October I speculated, based on job advertisements, that Ancestry was planning to put Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire parish registers online – and I am glad to say that confirmation came this week with a Facebook post from Cambridgeshire Archives which revealed at all 3506 registers (for both counties) have now been scanned.

My guess is that the first tranche will go online in early 2024, though it’s possible that they’ll allow the registers to be browsed later this year. Either way, it’s great to know that parish registers for so many new counties are going to become available online over the next couple of years!

From Lost Cousins yesterday.

Gowermick wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023 08:06

... I am currently researching throughout Devon, and the amount of registers available on FMP is a refreshing change. ...

You may find these links of interest if you haven't found them already.

https://www.archives.swheritage.org.uk/ ... af7a14.pdf - published some time ago, this explains the background to where some Devon PRs are to be found online, as not all were / are online for one reason or another. I joined the Devon FHS to get access to some of the PRs that weren't / aren't on FMP, because several non-FMPs were in the NE of the county, where I had an interest.

https://www.archives.swheritage.org.uk/ ... -registers is the full list of PRs known to the RO.

https://www.archives.swheritage.org.uk/ ... rch-guides is also useful. (I ended up using the Protestation Returns in a limited way recording them with the Census fact!)