Latest versions uploaded: 29 Nov 2015
The files contain over 600 Muncy Family “events” in Cambridgeshire from 1538 to about 1700. Please read the notes below before downloading file(s):
- Cabridgeshire Muncy Event Data – Apple Numbers Format (Macintosh)
- Cambridgeshire Muncy Event Data – XLSX Format (MS Excel-Windows/Mac)
- Cambridgeshire Muncy Event Data – CSV format (spreadsheet and database imports)
Notes on Cambridgeshire Event Data
The Cambridge Event Data has been collected from three sources: Cambridgeshire parish register indices, parish record transcripts that have been purchased, and information included in the FreeReg online database (http://freereg2.freereg.org.uk). When possible these three sources have been consolidated and confirmed with each other. However, there are sometimes differences. A record in the index may not be found in the register listing (if available) or in the FreeReg database. Events in the register transcripts may not be in the FreeReg database, and vice versa. Whenever possible, I have reconciled information when I’m sure of the data.
I have tried to consolidate the events for individuals when possible. For example, if I know the christening and burial dates are for the same person, I have recorded those event dates into one line.
Identical data in three files for your use:
- XLSX file for use with Microsoft Excel
- CSV file for importing into spreadsheet or database programs
- Numbers file format for use with the Apple Mac Numbers spreadsheet
Whatever format you use, I urge you to make a copy of the file you download (lock it if possible), and use the copy.
The files contain over 600 “events” in Cambridgeshire from 1538 to 1700. (There are a few records that go from 1700-1794 that are related to a Francis Muncy family at that time in Little Wilbraham. I kept those records in the group thinking there may be a relationship with the Francis Muncy of Ipswich for future study — but you can ignore those records at this point.)
There are a few parishes for which index information was available to me, but the information was not available on the FreeReg database or I did not have access to transcripts of that parish (either not transcribed or I have not purchased.) The most obvious examples of this situation are some of the Cambridge (city) parishes.
The fields included in this data include:
- Last Name – PLEASE IGNORE THIS!
- First Name
- Year (of event)
- Location (village/town/parish)
- Christening date
- Marriage date
- Burial date
- Notes
The “Year” field contains the date of the event – christening, marriage or death. The actual date of the event is contained in the christening, marriage and burial fields
By sorting the various fields, you can get some very useful information. One helpful way to sort is to sort by YEAR and LOCATION. For example, this would show you all of the Muncy events that occurred in Waterbeach between 1628 through 1710. Or you could sort by LOCATION and then YEAR to show the events for each year and the location of that event. You can sort any field, but sorting on last name and notes fields won’t be helpful. DON’T SORT THE LAST NAME FIELD. They are ALL Muncys, despite the spelling and sorting the last name field won’t give you any useful information.
This data sheet was developed using the Apple Numbers program and exported to CSV and XLSX files. The Numbers application has some very useful sorting functions that were perfect for this application. I’m sure these functions are used in Excel, but I’m not in a position to advise how best to organize your sorts in Excel since I don’t use it. If you don’t have Excel and need a compatible Windows product, you might consider the freeware Libre Office.
Steve Muncy, November 28, 2015