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From: John Rouse <>
Subject: Re: [ENG-CAMB] Censuses, Royston area
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:57:15 +0000
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Wendy,

I can't remember if it was Archive CD books or Stepping Stones, but they
told me that Royston registration district was lumped with Hertfordshire
and not included in the Cambridge CDs. They didn't know when the
Hertfordshire CDs would be coming out.

John

In message <$0J7vNA+$OKAJw2$@polygon.demon.co.uk>, Wendy Doyle
<> writes
>Hi John
>
>I'm not sure what you mean by the "Cambridge censuses"
>
>I do know however that the transcriptions produced by Cambridge FHS
>cover all of the ancient counties of Cambridgeshire & the Isle of Ely,
>including bits which have moved in and out of the county at various
>times.
>
>If a parish is split like Upwell or Outwell we try to include it all.
>
>
>However I am still waiting for a reply after 3 months, from the
>commercial organisation which produces census images. I told them that
>they were following the PRO lists, and not the county boundaries, but
>they don't seem interested.
>
>Thus you may find that something that claims to be Cambridgeshire, in
>fact misses a large chunk in the south west of the county - and you
>should find this with Hertfordshire, more in the west - Beds and Hunts;
>and so on.
>
>
>Not much help I know - I'll chase that reply again!
>
>
>In message <YFHsqBATnpJAdxw$@timewarp.demon.co.uk>, John Rouse
><> writes
>>The Cambridge censuses don't seem to include the Royston registration
>>district, even those bits that were always in Cambridgeshire.
>>
>>Could someone please tell me which census images are available on CD
>>that cover the Royston registration area?
>>
>>John
>

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John Rouse

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