The Unions
of parishes, established by the Poor Law Commissioners under the 1835
Act of Parliament, became registration districts with the introduction
of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths in 1837, so
superseding the medieval division of the county and even breaking
with the ancient county boundaries. Only the Chesterton, Cambridge,
Ely, North Witchford and Whittlesey Registration Districts lay wholly
within the county; the district of Caxton contained parts of Huntingdonshire,
the district of Linton contained parts of Essex, the district of Newmarket
parts of Suufolk and the district of Wisbech parts of Norfolk.
Finally,
several parishes on the western edge were assigned to the Huntingdonshire
Registration District of St Ives, and others on the southern edge
to the Hertfordshire Registration District of Royston.
These points
need to be borne in mind, in particular by users of civil registration
and Poor Law records.
GENUKI
via Brett Langston has provided details of Registration
Districts 1837-1930.
Certificates
of birth, death and marriage can be obtained from the Superintendent
Registrars at the following District Register Offices:
If ordering
from a District Office, please note the following:
(a)
the cost of a certificate can be found on the Cambridgeshire County
Council website under Certificate
Applications
(b)
the St Catherine's Index references are of no value;
(c)
for marriage certificates, the precise place of marriage must
be given;
(d)
Civil Registration in England and Wales began on July 1st 1837.
Details
of Births, Marriages and Death information is available on a Cambridgeshire
County Council webpage.