The Melbourn History Group welcomes requests from people trying to trace ancestors who lived in Melbourn. However, we would like to emphasise that none of the Group are genealogical experts and do not have the resources of a certain TV programme that seem to find ancestors with great ease!
The web has a number of excellent genealogical websites such as findmypast.com or Ancestry.co.uk and we recommended that you first check these sites for information. You can also contact *Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies or **The Cambridgeshire Collection at Shire Hall who offer a research facility and will be able to research their archives more efficiently than we can.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/
If we receive a request, we refer firstly to the Melbourn History Book to see if much is known of a particular family and if time permits, we will visit Shire Hall Archives in Cambridge to look up the records.
All of the team are busy people with many other interests and such visits can only be undertaken as and when time permits. Expenses for such visits are kept to a minimum but we suggest a donation of £25 to cover transport and time spent in the archives, which can sometimes be lengthy”.
The History team are currently putting together the church records which we hope to make available on this site as soon as possible.
Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies
Box RES 1009
Shire Hall, Castle Hill
Cambridge, CB3 0AP
Tel: 01223 699399
Our opening times
Tuesday–Thursday: 09.00 – 17.15*
Friday: 09.00 – 16.15
Closed at lunchtimes: 12.45 – 13.45
Closed all day Monday.
* On Tuesdays, the office has extended opening until 21.00 by prior appointment only. Please contact them by 2.00 pm that afternoon to order any records you require for the evening.
A Research Service is available for anyone who is unable to visit in person.
The Cambridgeshire Collection
Cambridgeshire Libraries and Information Service
Room C305
Castle Court, Shire Hall
Cambridge, CB3 0AP
Tel: 0845 045 5225
Fax: 01223 718458
The Cambridgeshire Collection contains a comprehensive range of material relating to the former historic County of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely
Audio-visual resources – Local history CD-Roms and microfiche
Books and pamphlets – Local history directories, registers and dissertations
Current local history materials – Reports, maps and community information
Historic registers of electors – Census and voter details
Magazines – Journals and periodicals
Maps – Printed, published and electronic maps
Newspapers – Original print editions, microfiche and microfilm copies
Photographs and illustrations – Paintings, drawings, postcards, photographs, transparencies, negatives and filmstrips