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|In the North West of England, its boundary to the west is the Irish Sea and to the east, the Pennines and Yorkshire.
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[[Image:EnglandLancashire.jpg|left|161px|thumb|Lancashire County Map (source: Wikipedia)]]
 
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'''Lancashire'''
 
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County town: Lancaster
 
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Other major towns: Liverpool, Manchester, Bolton
 
  
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It takes its name from the city of Lancaster where the infamous Pendle Witches stood trial in 1612 at Lancaster Castle.
  
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In the North West of England, its boundaries to the west is the Irish Sea and to the East, the Pennines and Yorkshire. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster where the infamous Pendle Witches stood trial in 1612 at Lancaster Castle.
 
 
Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.
 
Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.
  
 
Children's author Beatrix Potter lived on the county's northern border at Hill Top Farm, near Sawrey, until her death in 1943.
 
Children's author Beatrix Potter lived on the county's northern border at Hill Top Farm, near Sawrey, until her death in 1943.
  
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The county has undergone numerous changes over the years.
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The county has undergone numerous boundary changes over the years.  
  
 
A summary of these can be found [[Cheshire Changes|here]].
 
A summary of these can be found [[Cheshire Changes|here]].
  
  
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As part of the UKBMD volunteer project, the county of Lancashire has searchable bmd index direct links to online certificate ordering from the Lancs Registation District main office at Preston.
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'''County town:''' Lancaster
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To order a certificate you need to find the entry in the Lancs bmd index and use the local index reference number
 
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Full details including the bmd index and link to certificate orders at: [http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/lancashirerd.htm  The Lancashire Registration District]
 
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==Register Offices==
 
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'''Now centralised through the following office'''<br>
 
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'''Lancashire Registration District'''<br>
 
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Certificate Services<br>
 
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Quayside Court<br>
 
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Chain Caul Way<br>
 
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Preston<br>
 
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Tel 01772 326881<br>
 
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'''Please note for events within the Blackburn, Blackpool and Manchester districts you will need to use one of the following links'''<br>
 
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'''Blackburn''' area copy certificate information can be found at [http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.13953 Copy Certificates]<br>
 
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'''Blackpool''' registrars have a useful FAQ section with links to copy certificate ordering information at [http://www.blackpool.gov.uk/Services/M-R/Registrars/FAQs/FAQs.htm?channel={F9A168C5-09F9-4C57-B8C6-DC5ED54F7867} Certificate FAQ Information]<br>
 
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'''Manchester''' Registrars offer a full range of certificates along with PDF application forms at
 
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/contacts/apply.htm Copy Certificate Information]
 
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/index.htm Manchester Registration Service Homepage]
 
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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
 
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
 
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
 
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
 
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*Manchester Parish Records. BMD's & Burials  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=159 Pat Hope]
 
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*Manchester Archives & Oldham [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1143 jemima puddleduck]
 
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*Manchester Archives [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=90 Chimleys-66 (Deb)]
 
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*Wirral [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=289 Lovettpod (Helen)]
 
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*Stockport Library [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1143 jemima puddleduck]
 
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
 
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
 
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
 
  
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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'''Other major towns:''' Liverpool, Manchester, Bolton
  
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*Aigburth [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*Allerton (references needed) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*All Souls RC Cemetery [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=88 Patience of Pendle]
 
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*Anfield [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=289 Lovettpod (Helen)]
 
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*St. Lawrence, Longridge [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=497 katkin bluebell]
 
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*Garston [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*Hunts cross [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*Halewood [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*Little Marsden, St Paul's [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=88 Patience of Pendle]
 
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*Mossley hill [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*Oldham area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1143 jemima puddleduck]
 
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*Southport [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=848 clematised]
 
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*Speke [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*Weaste Cemetery, Salford (references needed please)  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=90 Chimleys-66 (Deb)]  '''or''' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=647 Jennebel]
 
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*Woolton [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
  
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Lancashire | Lancashire Places of Worship]]'''
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==Photo Offers==
 
  
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
 
  
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*Southport and surrounding areas within a 5 to 10 mile radius [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=848 clematised]
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image: EnglandLancashire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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==Resources==
  
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'''Primary Reference'''
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==Links==
 
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'''Primary Reference Links'''
 
  
 
*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/ '''Lancashire Record Office''']
 
*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/ '''Lancashire Record Office''']
  
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/ GENUKI: Lancashire]
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*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/members2/england/eng-lancs.php Lancashire Family History Societies]
  
 
*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/ Lancashire Library and Information Service]
 
*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/ Lancashire Library and Information Service]
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online]
 
  
 
*[http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ Lancashire BMD]
 
*[http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ Lancashire BMD]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englan/ Lancashire GenWeb]
 
  
 
*[http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/index.asp Lancashire Parish Portal]
 
*[http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/index.asp Lancashire Parish Portal]
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*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/about/whatwedo.php Lancashire Family History Societies]
 
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool & SW Lancashire Family History Society]
 
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/lancs.html Local History Gateway Page]
 
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*[http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/ Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society]
 
  
 
*[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project]
 
*[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project]
  
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*[http://www.lancs-lookup.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Lancashire Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://aztecrose.tripod.com/lancashire/index.htm Lancashire Look-up Exchange]
  
 
*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
 
*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLancashire_(A-K).htm#PageTitle IGI Lancashire A-K]
 
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLancashire_(L-O).htm#PageTitle IGI Lancashire L-O]
 
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLancashire_(P-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Lancashire P-Z]
 
  
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/lancashiredeeds.html Lancashire Deeds 1667-1811]
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/lancashiredeeds.html Lancashire Deeds 1667-1811]
  
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*[http://www.lantern.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire lantern - Lancashire Life and Times e-Resource Network]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englan/ Lancashire GenWeb]
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*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/lancashire/lan-cemad.htm Lancashire Genealogy:Cemeteries]
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*[http://www.lantern.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire Lantern - Lancashire Life and Times e-Resource Network]
  
 
*[http://www.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List]
 
*[http://www.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List]
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*[http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]
 
*[http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/lancs/lancashire_workhouses.htm Lancashire Workhouses]
 
  
 
*[http://genchatfriends.proboards39.com/ Merseyside Genealogy & History Forum]
 
*[http://genchatfriends.proboards39.com/ Merseyside Genealogy & History Forum]
  
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/n-e-lanc.htm North East Lancashire surname list]
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*[http://www.liverpoolhome.com/Merseyside_Cemeteries/merseyside_cemeteries.htm Merseyside Cemeteries]
  
 
*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,233.0.html RootsChat Lancashire Board]
 
*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,233.0.html RootsChat Lancashire Board]
  
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*[http://www.parishthethought.us/ Parish the Thought - Some Online Parish Records]
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/ The Salford Hundred Towships]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/lancashiredeeds.html Some Lancashire Deeds 1602-1774]
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*[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web - the Story of the Lancashire Cotton Industry]
  
 
*[http://www.tamesidehistoryforum.org.uk/ Tameside History Forum - covers Ashton, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Hyde, Longendale, Mossley and Stalybridge]  
 
*[http://www.tamesidehistoryforum.org.uk/ Tameside History Forum - covers Ashton, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Hyde, Longendale, Mossley and Stalybridge]  
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*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/record_society/record_society.htm The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire]
 
*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/record_society/record_society.htm The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire]
  
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/ The Salford Hundred Towships] Covers the Parishes of Ashton under Lyne, Bolton, Bury, Deane, Eccles, Flixton, Manchester, Middlewich, Prestwich cum Oldham, Radcliffe Rochdale and Wigan
 
  
  
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest''' (Also see '''Liverpool''' and '''Manchester''' below)
  
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*[http://www.pals.org.uk/pals_e.htm Accrington Pals -the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment]
  
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*[http://www.pals.org.uk/pals_e.htm Accington Pals -the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment]
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*[http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history/index.htm Local History of Ashton-under-Lyne]
  
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*[http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history/index.htm Local History of Ashton-under-Lyne]
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*[http://www.parish-thethought.us/ashulM1.doc Ashton-under-Lyne Marriages 1594-1720]  
  
 
*[http://www.rhodesfamily.org.uk/yesterdays/index.html Historical Extracts from the Ashton-under-Lyne Reporter]
 
*[http://www.rhodesfamily.org.uk/yesterdays/index.html Historical Extracts from the Ashton-under-Lyne Reporter]
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*[http://www.barrowford.org/index.html Barrowford and Pendle]
 
*[http://www.barrowford.org/index.html Barrowford and Pendle]
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*[http://bartonbanter.multiply.com/ Barton Banter]
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/BartonWesleyanChapel/BWCBFP.htm Barton Wesleyan Chapel Burials]
  
 
*[http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=nav.257 Local History & Heritage Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council]
 
*[http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=nav.257 Local History & Heritage Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~boltongenealogy/ Bolton]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~boltongenealogy/ Bolton]
  
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*[http://www.ourtreasures.org/ Bolton and Bury Treasures in Trust]
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*[http://www.boltonrevisited.org.uk/ Bolton Revisited]
  
 
*[http://www.boothstown.com/ Boothstown]
 
*[http://www.boothstown.com/ Boothstown]
  
 
*[http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/ The Briercliffe Society]
 
*[http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/ The Briercliffe Society]
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*[http://www.broadbottomvillage.com/ Broadbottom Village]
  
 
*[http://uk.geocities.com/burnageheritage/ Burnage Heritage]
 
*[http://uk.geocities.com/burnageheritage/ Burnage Heritage]
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*[http://burnleyinthegreatwar.info/ Burnley in the Great War]
 
*[http://burnleyinthegreatwar.info/ Burnley in the Great War]
  
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*[http://users.bigpond.net.au/bunter/bury_data.htm Bury Genealogy pages]
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*[http://www.oldclitheroe.co.uk/ Old Clitheroe]  
  
 
*[http://www.croston-village.co.uk/main.html Crosten Village Genealogy page]
 
*[http://www.croston-village.co.uk/main.html Crosten Village Genealogy page]
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/ Tony Foster's Pages on Darwen and Blackburn]
 
*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/ Tony Foster's Pages on Darwen and Blackburn]
  
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*[http://members.aol.com/dentonhistorysoc/index2.htm Denton Local History Society]
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*[http://www.tamesidehistoryforum.org.uk/members.htm Denton Local History Society]
  
 
*[http://www.gisburn.org.uk/ Gisburn Village Genealogy and History]
 
*[http://www.gisburn.org.uk/ Gisburn Village Genealogy and History]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/baptisms/ausbap.htm Baptisms at St Austin's R.C. Church, Grassendale, Garston 1856-1882]
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*[http://www.great-harwood.org.uk Great Harwood ]
  
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*[http://www.great-harwood.org.uk Great Harwood ]
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*[http://www.greenhalgh-web.co.uk/index.htm Greenhalgh Village]
  
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/homepage.htm Genealogy in Darwen & Blackburn]
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*[http://www.stmatthewhighfield.org.uk/registers.html St Matthews, Highfield - Parish Registers]
  
 
*[http://www.heskethbank.com/genealogy.html Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Genealogy and History page]
 
*[http://www.heskethbank.com/genealogy.html Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Genealogy and History page]
  
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*[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/stchadskirkby St Chad's Church, Kirkby~Includes Memorial Inscriptions and Burial Records]
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*[http://www.certificates.fsnet.co.uk/homepage.htm Hurst]
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*[http://www.stchadskirkby.110mb.com/ St Chad's Church, Kirkby ~ Includes Memorial Inscriptions and Burial Records]
  
 
*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/cronton.html Knowsley Local History Pages]
 
*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/cronton.html Knowsley Local History Pages]
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*[http://www.lancasterfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Lancaster and Morcambe Family History]
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*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Census and Parish Records]
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*[http://www.milnrow-village.freeserve.co.uk/ Milnrow Village Site]
  
 
*[http://www.mossley.net/ Mossley]
 
*[http://www.mossley.net/ Mossley]
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*[http://www.sabden.com/ Sabden Heritage]
 
*[http://www.sabden.com/ Sabden Heritage]
  
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*[http://www.sthelens-connect.net/forums/index.php?showforum=244 Local & Family History in St Helens] includes photographs, maps and downloads of church records
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*[http://simister.shibbs.co.uk/ Simister in the Twenties & Thirties]
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*[http://southportworld.co.uk/stuff/towndirectory1825.php?opt=1825 Baines directory of Southport 1825]  
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*[http://www.spekeliverpool.co.uk/ The Parish of Speke including All Saints Church Speke Burial Records up to 2000]
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*[http://summerseat.ourwardfamily.com/ Summerseat]
  
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*[http://simister.shibbs.co.uk/ Simister in the Twenties & Thirties]
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*[http://www.sthelens-connect.net/forums/index.php?showforum=244 Local & Family History in St Helens]
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*[http://tamesidefamilyhistory.co.uk/ Tameside Family History]  
  
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*[http://members.aol.com/gayjoliver/Tameside.htm Tameside Local and Family History]
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*[http://www.todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ Todmorden and Walsden Genealogy]  
  
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*[http://www.todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ Todmorden and Walsden Genealogy] Includes some Parish Records
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*[http://www.trawdenonline.co.uk/tlife/history/history.html A Brief History of Trawden]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engchs/WAL.html Walton Gaol - List of Inmates and Staff 1881]
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*[http://wardle2000.homestead.com/ Wardle 2000]
  
 
*[http://www.wiganworld.co.uk Wigan site for Wiganers - Wigan's No 1 Website]
 
*[http://www.wiganworld.co.uk Wigan site for Wiganers - Wigan's No 1 Website]
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*[http://www.wlct.org/Culture/Heritage/archives.htm Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust]
 
*[http://www.wlct.org/Culture/Heritage/archives.htm Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust]
  
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*[http://spekec.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/Graveyard.htm All Saints Church Speke Burial Records up to 2000]
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==Manchester==
  
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*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]
  
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'''Maps & Photographs'''
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*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/ Greater Manchester County Record Office]
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history.html History & Heritage of the City and the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester  ] 
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*[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/manchest.htm Manchester]
  
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*[http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/ Liverpool Images, Views, Photographs]
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*[http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/ Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society]  
  
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp Lancashire County Council: Environment Directorate: Old Maps]
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/famhist.htm Manchester City Council: Libraries: Family History]
  
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*[http://lanternimages.lancashire.gov.uk/ Photographs of Old Lancashire]
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*[http://www.manchester-family-history-research.co.uk/ Manchester Family History Research]  
  
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ East Lancashire Photographs]  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/manchester-executions.html Manchester Executions]
  
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*[http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information Online]
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/audreyhansca/MANCHESTER/ManMenu.html Manchester History Pages]
  
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*[http://www.bwpics.co.uk/gallery/liverpool.html Photographs of Liverpool]
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history/victorian/mills.html Manchester's Victorian Textiles, Spinning & Weaving Mills in Manchester]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpoolphotographers/ A Directory of 18th and 19th Century Liverpool Photographers] Useful for dating old photos
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*[http://services.salford.gov.uk/heritage-forum/index.asp Salford City Council Forum]
  
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*[http://images.manchester.gov.uk/ Manchester Local Image Collection]
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*[http://www.salfordroots.com/page8.html Salford Roots]
  
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*[http://web.mac.com/keithjtinkler/iWeb/Liverpool18thCentury/PollBooks.html 18th Century Poll Books]
  
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*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]
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*[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Anfield Cemetery]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history.html History & Heritage of the City and the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester  ]
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*[http://www.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?]
  
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/audreyhansca/MANCHESTER/ManMenu.html Manchester History Pages]
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*[http://www.stfaithsgreatcrosby.org.uk/Baptisms.pdf Great Crosby - St Faith's Church, Baptisms 1900-1999]
  
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*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/ Greater Manchester County Record Office]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Indexes to Liverpool Registers]
  
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/famhist.htm Manchester City Council: Libraries: Family History]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/manchester-executions.html Manchester Executions]
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/ Knowsley Local History, Its People & its Heritage]
  
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*[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/manchest.htm Manchester]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/bapt.htm Links to Birth/Baptism Indices in the Liverpool Area]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history/victorian/mills.html Manchester's Victorian Textiles, Spinning & Weaving Mills in Manchester]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/bur/lvcem.htm Links to Liverpool Cemeteries and Burial Sites]
  
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*[http://services.salford.gov.uk/heritage-forum/index.asp Salford City Council Forum]
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*[http://www.liverpoolhistoryprojects.co.uk/index.htm Liverpool History Projects]  
  
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*[http://www.salfordroots.com/page8.html Salford Roots]
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool & SW Lancashire Family History Society]  
  
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*[http://liverpool-ancestors.co.uk Liverpool Ancestors]
  
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'''Liverpool'''
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*[http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/liverpoolmurders.html Liverpool Murders]
  
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*[http://allertoncemetery.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ Allerton Cemetery]
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/1832Pollbook/Pollbook1832.htm Liverpool Poll Book 1832]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Some Liverpool Parish Records]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_postcode_area Liverpool Postcode Areas]
  
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*[http://www.old-liverpool.co.uk/ Old Liverpool snippets and Miscellany]
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*[http://www.liverpool-schools.co.uk/ Liverpool Schools]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area]
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*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church]
  
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool Genealogy Home Page]
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*[http://www.tickfordmanagement.com/locations.html# Map of Liverpool Postcode Areas]  
  
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*[http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/ Liverpool]
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*[http://www.old-liverpool.co.uk/ Old Liverpool - Snippets from Old Liverpool Newspapers and Other Sources]
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*[http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk Old Mersey Times]
  
 
*[http://liverpolitan.im/main/early_years.htm Ron's Liverpool Pages]
 
*[http://liverpolitan.im/main/early_years.htm Ron's Liverpool Pages]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/main.html Liverpool Newspapers Online]
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*[http://www.scottiepress.org/main.htm Scottie Press Online - Covering the Scotland Road/Vauxhall Area of Liverpool]
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*[http://www.toxteth.net/index.htm Toxteth]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~toxtethparkcemetery/index.html Toxteth Park Cemetery]
  
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*[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Liverpool Cemetery]
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*[http://www.toxtethparkcemetery.co.uk/ Toxteth Park Cemetery Indexes]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engchs/WAL.html Walton Gaol - List of Inmates and Staff 1881]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wooltonchurchyard/ Woolton - St Peter's Church]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/bur/lvcem.htm Links to Liverpool Cemeteries and Burial Sites]
 
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/bapt.htm Links to Birth/Baptism Indices in the Liverpool Area]
 
  
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/baptisms/ausbap.htm Baptisms, St. Austin's RC Church, Grassendale, Garston, Liverpool, 1856-1882]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpoolphotographers/ A Directory of 18th and 19th Century Liverpool Photographers]  
  
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*[http://liverpool-ancestors.co.uk Liverpool Ancestors]
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ East Lancashire Photographs]
  
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*[http://www.liverpool-schools.co.uk/ Liverpool Schools]
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp Lancashire County Council: Environment Directorate: Old Maps]
  
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*[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/stchadskirkby St Chads- Kirkby]
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*[http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information Online]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Index To Liverpool Registers]
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*[http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/ Liverpool Images, Views, Photographs]
  
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*[http://www.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?]
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*[http://images.manchester.gov.uk/ Manchester Local Image Collection]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/marriages.html Births, Marriages and Obituaries published in the Liverpool Mercury]
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*[http://lanternimages.lancashire.gov.uk/ Photographs of Old Lancashire]
  
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/1832Pollbook/Pollbook1832.htm Liverpool Poll Book 1832]
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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/23416534@N05/ Photographs of Salford, Manchester and the Surrounding Area]
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*[http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk Old Mersey Times]
 
  
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*[http://www.toxteth.net/index.htm Toxteth]
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*[http://southportworld.co.uk/photos/index.php Photos of Southport]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~toxtethparkcemetery/index.html Toxteth Park Cemetery]
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==Register Office==
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/liverpoolmurders.html Liverpool Murders]
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online]
  
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*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church]
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As part of the UKBMD volunteer project, the county of Lancashire has a searchable BMD Index.
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To order a certificate you need to find the entry in the [http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/lancashirerd.htm  The Lancashire BMD Index] and use the local index reference number.
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~todmordenandwalsden/home.htm  Todmorden And Walsden Site]
 
  
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*[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web]
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'''Now centralised through the following office:'''<br>
  
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*[http://www.milnrow-village.freeserve.co.uk/ Milnrow Village Site]
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'''Lancashire Registration District'''<br>
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Certificate Services<br>
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Quayside Court<br>
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Chain Caul Way<br>
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Preston<br>
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PR2 2ZP<br>
  
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*[http://www.carlscam.com/index.html War Memorial Site ]
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Tel 01772 326881<br>
  
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*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net Family History Online]
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'''Please note for events within the Blackburn, Blackpool and Manchester districts you will need to use one of the following links'''<br>
  
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*[http://www.scottiepress.org/main.htm The Scotland Road/Vauxhall area of Liverpool]
 
  
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*[http://www.vauxhallsociety.org.uk/Liverpool.html The Vauxhall Area]
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'''Blackburn''' area copy certificate information can be found at [http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.13953 Copy Certificates]<br>
  
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*[http://www.stmatthewhighfield.org.uk/BurialRegs/index.html St Matthews Burials, Highfield]
 
  
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/BartonWesleyanChapel/BWCBFP.htm Barton Wesleyan Chapel Burials]
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'''Blackpool''' registrars have a useful FAQ section with links to copy certificate ordering information at [http://www.blackpool.gov.uk/Services/M-R/Registrars/FAQs/FAQs.htm?channel={F9A168C5-09F9-4C57-B8C6-DC5ED54F7867} Certificate FAQ Information]<br>
  
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*[http://www.cottontown.org Cottontown]
 
  
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* [http://www.toxteth.net/index.htm Toxteth.net - excellent history of Toxteth Park, lots of photos, maps etc] Extracts from Liverpool Mercury Newspapers
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'''Manchester''' Registrars offer a full range of certificates along with PDF application forms at
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/marriages.html Liverpool Marriages and Obitituaries 1811-1908]
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/contacts/apply.htm Certificate Information]
  
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*[http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/dataset.asp RHS Bibliography - search menu]
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/index.htm Manchester Registration Service]
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Royal Historical Society's bibliography...use the full search facility, then
 
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" place index " for a list of publications about the area you're interested in.
 
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E.g. entering 'Bolton' brought up this wonderfully titled book....
 
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'No hard-brimmed hats or hat-pins please" : Bolton women cotton-workers and the game of rounders, 1911-39'
 
  
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/ Knowsley Local History, Its People & its Heritage]
 
  
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_postcode_area Liverpool Postcode Areas]
 
  
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*[http://www.tickfordmanagement.com/locations.html# Map of Liverpool Postcode Areas]
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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
  
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*[http://web.mac.com/keithjtinkler/iWeb/Liverpool18thCentury/PollBooks.html 18th Century Poll Books]
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Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
  
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A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum]  or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
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*[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
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*[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
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*[[Research Offers: Probate]]
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*[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
  
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If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location,  please leave a message on our  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
  
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Latest revision as of 09:51, 16 May 2023

In the North West of England, its boundary to the west is the Irish Sea and to the east, the Pennines and Yorkshire.

It takes its name from the city of Lancaster where the infamous Pendle Witches stood trial in 1612 at Lancaster Castle.

Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.

Children's author Beatrix Potter lived on the county's northern border at Hill Top Farm, near Sawrey, until her death in 1943.

The county has undergone numerous boundary changes over the years.

A summary of these can be found here.


County town: Lancaster


Other major towns: Liverpool, Manchester, Bolton


Lancashire Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest (Also see Liverpool and Manchester below)

Manchester

Liverpool


Maps and Photographs

Register Office

As part of the UKBMD volunteer project, the county of Lancashire has a searchable BMD Index. To order a certificate you need to find the entry in the The Lancashire BMD Index and use the local index reference number.


Now centralised through the following office:

Lancashire Registration District
Certificate Services
Quayside Court
Chain Caul Way
Preston
PR2 2ZP

Tel 01772 326881

Please note for events within the Blackburn, Blackpool and Manchester districts you will need to use one of the following links


Blackburn area copy certificate information can be found at Copy Certificates


Blackpool registrars have a useful FAQ section with links to copy certificate ordering information at Certificate FAQ Information


Manchester Registrars offer a full range of certificates along with PDF application forms at


Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.



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