Electoral registers
There are no current electoral registers held in the Fenland Collection. These can be viewed at Fenland Hall, March (Fenland District Council offices).
Historical registers are available for Wisbech and surrounding villages 1969 – 2001 (with some gaps).
Poll Books
Cambridgeshire Poll Books for 1780, 1802, 1831 and 1832.
Census
1841 - 1901 on microfilm and microfiche for Isle of Ely and some West Norfolk parishes.
Parish registers
The Fenland Collection holds a significant number of transcripts of Fenland parish registers on CD-Rom. These have been produced by the Cambridgeshire Family History Society and Fenland Family History Society.
Also available:
- Cambridgeshire Baptism Index 1801 – 1837
- Cambridgeshire Burial Index 1801 – 1837
- Cambridgeshire Baptism Index (all dates)
- Cambridgeshire Marriage Index (all dates)
- Cambridgeshire Burial Index (all dates) - IGI (International Genealogical Index) 1992 version on microfiche (the most current version of this resource is available online at www.familysearch.org)
Memorial Inscriptions
There is a comprehensive collection of memorial inscriptions from parochial and church cemeteries in Fenland. These have been produced on CD-Rom by the Fenland Family History Society.
Visitors are advised to book in advance to use the microfilm reader/printer and family history computer at Wisbech Library to avoid disappointment. See contact details on this page.
Ancestry.com
Cambridgeshire Libraries has a subscription to the library edition of Ancestry which gives FREE access to an extensive range of genealogical data, including census from 1841 – 1901.
N.B. This can only be used within a library so visitors are advised to book in advance to use a computer.
Click here to access Ancestry.com from within Cambridgeshire Libraries, Library Access Points and Community Access Points.