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Soham Ancestor Cd's
Soham Ancestors
Volume 1.
Introduction.
This Cd has been compiled to assist you in your search for your
Ancestors in the Parish of Soham Cambridgeshire, which includes the
Hamlet of Barway. Every effort has been made to give the correct
information as seen in the original sources, however as with all
transcriptions and indexes there is a possibility of there being
errors, it is therefore recommended that the original sources are
consulted, which can be found in the Cambridge Record Office as regards
to the Marriage Database and the 1891 Census.
The
Chapel Book was kept in the Anglican Chapel in the Fordham
Road
Cemetery in Soham, we came across it in the local Council Offices and
is in poor condition. The book contains information on the Burials in
the Cemetery when it first opened in 1856 and ends in 1881, with the
exception of 1877 which is missing, the book would have been filled in
by the Officiating Minister at the time of the Burial, and gives the
Name, Age, Abode, Burial Date, Grave No, & Officiating Minister
of the Deceased. Quite a little gem of information.
1891
Census For Soham Cambridgeshire including the Hamlet of
Barway.
The Census is fully searchable using the Abode Viewers Search Facility,
Marriages
for St Andrews Church Soham 1559 – 1875, this database is
fully searchable, and all spellings of names are entered as seen in the
original Register for example, Fyson, Fison, take this into account
when searching for your name.
Quakers
of Cambridgeshire and The Isle of Ely, This is a very
interesting book that we have extracted the Cambridgeshire part from,
the full title of the book is, A Collection of the Sufferings of the
People called Quakers, and was published in 1753, but gives accounts as
far back as 1653, has many names from this area and details of what
became of them including their punishments because of their Faith, is
an absolutely fascinating read.
Cures
for Beasts, This is a little handwritten book of 1817 in
our
possession, it once belonged to a Local Live Stock Farmer, it is unique
and is a book of recipes of old fashioned Cures for all manner of
disorders in Cattle, Sheep and Horses, you can read how they cured
these things with local ingredients, some sound pretty hair raising .
To view this Cd you require Adobe Reader 6 or above.
Soham Ancestors Volume
II
Soham Parochial
Magazines
By Soham Roots.
Introduction
This
disc is a compilation of Scanned Images in pdf format of the Soham
Parochial Magazines in our Collection, they range from late Victorian
to early Edwardian, and are an absolute minefield of information on
Soham, including Barway. If you ever wondered what was happening or
what Soham was like in past times these give you a magnificent insight
into this, you can find your Ancestors were perhaps obtaining awards at
School or maybe Great Granny was organising a rummage sale, it is all
recorded in the pages of these Magazines along with Baptisms, Marriages
& Burials for St Andrews Church. Some of the topics they
include
are : Raising Funds for the Church Hall, Rummage Sale Accounts and
Dates, Sunday School Awards, Soham Grammar School Prize Lists, Church
Missionary Society, Jews Society, Zenana Missions, Missions to Seamen,
Soham Fen School, Soham National Girls School, Soham Boys School, The
Dorcas Society, Parish Council Meetings, Soham Clothing Guild, Parish
Officers, Soham Charities, Soham Feasts, Churchwarden
Accounts, Sohams Ancient History, School Treats, Barway
Church,
and much much more, there are over 550 pages of search
material
all containing Local People and events.
The years covered are :
1883, all Months apart from January & March, that are missing.
The Following Years are Complete,
1884, 1886, 1895, 1896, 1899, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906.
Also included are,
November 1914
June 1915
December 1918
February & April 1919.
Cd's Cost :
£12.99 each + £1.00 Postage & Packaging to UK Mainland. £3.00
Postage & Packaging Abroad.
To
purchase the Cd's please email sohamgen@hotmail.com .
Only
available in Microsoft Excel Format & Sent via Email only.
Please
be aware that some databases are quite large depending on the Surname
occurrences in the Registers, all Surname databases includes Birth,
Deaths & Marriages in St Andrews Church Soham from 1558 - 1875,
which also includes any occurrences of the Surname, i.e. Witnesses,
Fathers etc, they also include all Burials in Fordham Road Cemetery
Soham from 1856 - 2001, this includes Grave No, Age, Burial Date, and
any additional information, such as if they were Non - Conformist
Burials.
Please do not ask for paper copies of these Databases as
they are not available. The Databases include all spelling variants of
the Surname.
| Surname | £ price |
| Averley | £8.00 |
| Beazley | £8.00 |
| Hills this is a huge database, which includes Hills in the neighbouring Parishes, i.e Ely St Mary, Fordham, etc, also includes many extras such as the Hills in Soham Parochial Magazines. |
£20.00 |
| Horsely Very large Database . |
£15.00 |
| Jarvis | £8.00 |
| Lambert | £8.00 |
| Mann | £8.00 |
| Murfet Large Database |
£12.00 |
| Westrope | £5.00 |
More to Follow .......
