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Monday, 23 July 2018

New Cambridgeshire collections on Ancestry

New Cambridgeshire collections on Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk):

Cambridgeshire, England, Juror Books, 1828-1883
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=61430
Source: Cambridgeshire Juror Books 1828-1883, Cambridgeshire Archive Service, Cambridge, England.

Historical Context

This collection comprises records of those qualified to serve as a juror in the county of Cambridgeshire between the years 1828 and 1883. Qualifications were based on ownership of land or property and therefore excluded the majority of residents. Those who owned land or property over a certain value threshold may have been called upon to serve on the jury in quarter sessions, assizes or various other courts. The lists of qualifying residents were collected by churchwardens or parish constables and included details of the property that allowed the owner to be included.

This collection includes residents of Cambridgeshire as well as those living in the historic county of Huntingdonshire and historic region of the Isle of Ely, both of which now fall under the administration of Cambridgeshire.

What can I find in these records?

You may be able to find the following information (where available):

Name
Gender
Property Address
Occupation
Year of Residence


Cambridgeshire, England, Electoral Registers, Burgess Rolls and Poll Books, 1722-1966
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=61429

This database contains yearly registers listing names and residences of people in Cambridgeshire, who were eligible to vote in elections. These year-by-year registers can help place your ancestors in a particular place and possibly also reveal a bit about property they owned.

Chris

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Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Scottish Indexes adds mental health register and Sheriff Court entries

Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) has added an update to its Mental Health Records indexes at http://www.scottishindexes.com/mcsearch.aspx, bringing the database up to 16,130 entries. The update includes entries from the 'General Register of Lunatics in Asylums' (National Records of Scotland: MC7) from July 1863-May 1864.

Also added within the last few days are indexes to records from Ayr Sheriff Court (1837-1842).


(With thanks to Graham Maxwell)

Chris

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Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Fair City regains status

Just in case there's any doubt - my Paton ancestors came from the Fair CITY of Perth!!!

Congratulations to Perth, which regains its city status today for the first time since 1975. The news was announced in the UK's Parliament this morning - further details at www.thecourier.co.uk/News/Perthshire/article/21645/perth-regains-its-city-status.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter. The BBC also has the story at www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-17365611

Yay! :)

(With thanks to Perth and Kinross Archives @PFCArchives - in the Fair CITY of Perth!)

UPDATE: Congrats also to Chelmsford in England and St Asaph in Wales for the same achievement!

Chris


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