There are 9 old Registers for the parish of Holywell-cum-Needingworth, all available for viewing in Huntingdon Archives. I have been privileged to be able to examine these, photograph them, transcribe them, and now present them for viewing within this website. This is with the kind permission of both Holywell-cum-Needingworth Parochial Church Council, and Huntingdon Library and Archives. For interesting aspects of the Parish Registers and the transcription process, as well a list of registers by date and further details see here. For a list of non-genealogical items in the Parish Registers see here.

The 9 Parish Registers

From the table below, for each of the 9 documents, you can see both the photographed images and the transcriptions in PDF format. The reference shown is of the original documents in Huntingdon Archives.

  • Photographed images: You can examine these online and scroll through all the pages. Sometimes there is only one image per page of the original document, but most of the time there is more than one image per page. On some pages that are hard to read there are many images, so you can scroll through to find the one that gives you the best view, and even see a version that you can magnify.
  • PDF transcription documents: You can either browse these online, or download them and search through them. Each entry has a link which means that, if you click on the camera icon (and are online) you will see the photographs of the document open at the relevant page. Please do let me know any possible transcription errors that you notice and I will be able to improve the transcription in the next release. There will be errors and disputed transcriptions, and no warranty of accuracy is implied. The transcription reports are my copyright, but they are free for you to download in PDF format for personal use. How to make a comment
Type
Ref No
DatesCommentPhotographed
Images
Transcription PDF
Linked to Images
Composite HP44/1/1/11667-1746In free form, starting with Baptisms on page 7, then Marriages from page 35, and Burials from page 48.
The last year or two's entries have been added into pages 1-5.
For more details see here
Composite Registers 1667-1746Composite Registers 1667-1746
Composite HP44/1/1/21747-1812In free form, starting with everything for 1747 on page 1.
Then it has Baptisms from page 2, Marriages from page 31 (only to 1754), and Burials from page 39.
For more details see here
Composite Registers 1747-1812Composite Registers 1747-1812
Baptisms HP44/1/2/11813-1858On prepared forms.
For more details see here
Baptisms Register 1813-1858Baptisms Register 1813-1858
Baptisms HP44/1/2/21858-1912On prepared forms.
For more details see here
Baptisms Register 1858-1912Baptisms Register 1858-1912
Marriages HP44/1/3/11754-1812On prepared forms.
Includes some Banns for Marriages recorded in HP44/1/3/2.
For more details see here
Marriages Register 1754-1812Marriages Register 1754-1812
Marriages HP44/1/3/21813-1837On prepared forms.
Includes some Marriages for Banns recorded in HP44/1/3/1.
For more details see here
Marriages Register 1813-1837Marriages Register 1813-1837
Marriages HP44/1/3/31837-1963On prepared forms.
Those for less than 84 years ago are not published here, as anyone married 84 years ago aged 16 would have been born only 100 years ago.
For more details see here
Marriages Register 1837-1963Marriages Register 1837-1963
Composite HP44/1/3/41695-1706In free form, and many entries are replicated in HP44/1/1/1.
Includes Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Burials mixed together in date order.
At the end of the book are "Burials in Woollen" (1678-1681).
For more details see here
Composite Registers 1695-1706Composite Registers 1695-1706
Burials HP44/1/4/21813-1901On prepared forms.
For more details see here
Burials Register 1813-1901Burials Register 1813-1901

Note on transcription

The approach I have used to transcription is to record the essence of the entry, and not the exact wording. Thus if one entry said

On 20th October 1843 John Jones married Alice Smith by Banns

then the elements of this would be recorded exactly the same as for an entry that read for example (under a page heading of 1843)

Jhn Jones and Alice Smith were married VIIIr 20 (Banns).

In the PDF version both of these would be reconstructed as

On 20 Oct 1843 John Jones was Married by Banns to Alice Smith.

For more on interesting aspects of the Parish Registers and the transcription process see here.