Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire FHS

This week our free resource is FT ANALYZER. This nifty tool is great for those of you with an electronic tree. Simply load your GEDCOM file and start analysing your tree in all sorts of new and interesting ways: See where your ancestors lived and moved … ift.tt/KtEOhPY

One of our transcribers recently came across this entry in the UPWELL marriage registers, relating to Richard Horner and Eliz. Mercy that states "paid 6s8d for mocking the Church" This relates to either Banns being published but no marriage subsequently… ift.tt/KtEOhPY

Well, we really didn't anticipate our little idea of setting up parish #familyhistorygroups to be so well received so thank you to everyone who has joined up so far! The more members each group has, the more useful they will be so please SHARE THIS POST… ift.tt/sQ7AKhL

KEMP(E) is our surname of the month for May. The first mention of the name KEMPE in our records is Francis KEMPE baptised 22 Jan 1557/8 at STAPLEFORD. Possibly he is the same Francis KEMPE who married Margaret Blossone in 1590 in Stapleford. They were … ift.tt/sQ7AKhL

In March? Why not head over to the library and listen to our talk happening today at 2pm! ift.tt/sQ7AKhL

And following on from our post yesterday is this very apt post from blog St Ives 100 years ago ift.tt/sQ7AKhL

Do you have someone in your family tree who was given the death penalty for a crime? Check out British Executions website (ift.tt/tAI02cE) for people executed including Walter Worthington, 57, who murdered his wife Sybil Emily Worthington, 2… ift.tt/Sako9sc

The Family History Federation doing an excellent job of promoting why you should join a local family history society! Whisper it, but the big family history sites don't have it all - and what they do have owes a lot to local family history societies! ift.tt/Sako9sc

Our parish in the spotlight for May is ST MARY THE LESS, CAMBRIDGE. In the Parish Register notes, which you can see on our transcription CD, it was noted in 1630: 1630 PLAGUE Died in that year 1630 of all desesses thoreout the hoole towne was 627 and o… ift.tt/Sako9sc

Are you a member of Peter Calver's Lost Cousins site? This week's newsletter has an excellent masterclass on Tracking Down pre-1837 baptisms and marriages with many hints on using resources you may not have thought of. The website is info@lostcousins.com ift.tt/36XoxzJ

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One week to go until the Coronation so I wondered if any of you are old enough to remember the last one? This is the first Coronation in my lifetime - and my mother's lifetime! My grandmother has seen 3 previous Coronations so I think I'll have a chat … ift.tt/ytKgl4o

If only all registers were as neatly written as the Ely one it would make our task of transcribing them so much easier! You can appreciate how mistakes are made, or why you cannot find your ancestors, by the state of the other one. ift.tt/3GrSMx0

Our Friday Freebie this week is CAPTURING CAMBRIDGE. If you have any ancestors who lived in Cambridge then Capturing Cambridge is a must-see for you. It lists streets and buildings in Cambridge, including those which are no longer there, tells stories a… ift.tt/3GrSMx0

A link has been posted on the Ancestry UK Discussion group for half price Ancestry subscriptions: ift.tt/pOKqECM I can't post the links directly to the offer on Ancestry as I am already an Ancestry member, but hopefully you can find the post fr… ift.tt/3GrSMx0

Don't forget to register for our talks next month! ift.tt/q5fSQLs

A few years ago, the Society looked at some of the Bishop's Transcript records to compare them with the transcribed parish register records . The following is a list of records not found in our database. Are any of them you ancestors? ift.tt/q5fSQLs

GIFFORD is the surname of the month for April. The earliest appearance of the name GIFFORD in the PR transcriptions is Rosse GIFFORD who is listed in the burial register of Cambridge All Saints on 19th April 1544. The variation GYFFORD(E) is concentrat… ift.tt/oOiplZJ