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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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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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Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.
  
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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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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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The county has undergone numerous boundary changes over the years.  
  
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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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A summary of these can be found [[Cheshire Changes|here]].
  
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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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'''County town:''' Lancaster
  
  
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'''Other major towns:''' Liverpool, Manchester, Bolton
  
  
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Lancashire | Lancashire Places of Worship]]'''
  
  
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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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==Register Offices==
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/ '''Lancashire Record Office''']
  
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*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/members2/england/eng-lancs.php Lancashire Family History Societies]
  
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/ Lancashire Library and Information Service]
  
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*[http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ Lancashire BMD]
  
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Now centralised through the following office<br>
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*[http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/index.asp Lancashire Parish Portal]
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*[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project]
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*[http://aztecrose.tripod.com/lancashire/index.htm Lancashire Look-up Exchange]
  
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Lancashire Registration District<br>
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
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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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'''Countywide Interest'''
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PR2 2ZP
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*[http://www.aboutlancs.com/indgeneal.htm About Lancs - Lancashire Link List]
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*[http://www.cemsearch.co.uk/index.html Cemsearch - Burial Records and some other Databases]
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*[http://www.lancashirecensus.co.uk/census_online.htm Lancashire Census]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/lancashiredeeds.html Lancashire Deeds 1667-1811]
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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]
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*[http://www.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List]
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*[http://www.lancashirevillages.com/ Lancashire Village Websites and Rural Lancashire Information Links]
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*[http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]
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*[http://genchatfriends.proboards39.com/ Merseyside Genealogy & History Forum]
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*[http://www.liverpoolhome.com/Merseyside_Cemeteries/merseyside_cemeteries.htm Merseyside Cemeteries]
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*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,233.0.html RootsChat Lancashire Board]
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/ The Salford Hundred Towships]
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*[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web - the Story of the Lancashire Cotton Industry]
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*[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]
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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.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]
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*[http://www.rhodesfamily.org.uk/yesterdays/index.html Historical Extracts from the Ashton-under-Lyne Reporter]
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*[http://www.bacuptimes.co.uk/ Bacuptimes - Bacup & Stackstead ]
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk Barnoldswick's Community Website]
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*[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]
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*[http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=nav.257 Local History & Heritage Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council]
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*[http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=257 Cotton Town - History of Blackburn with Darwen]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~boltongenealogy/ Bolton]
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*[http://www.boltonrevisited.org.uk/ Bolton Revisited]
  
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Tel 01772 326881
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*[http://www.boothstown.com/ Boothstown]
  
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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/ The Briercliffe Society]
  
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.broadbottomvillage.com/ Broadbottom Village]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/burnageheritage/ Burnage Heritage]
  
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*[http://burnleyinthegreatwar.info/ Burnley in the Great War]
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.oldclitheroe.co.uk/ Old Clitheroe]
  
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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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*[http://www.croston-village.co.uk/main.html Crosten Village Genealogy page]
  
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*Manchester Archives & Oldham.[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1143 Jemima Puddleduck]
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*[http://www.stmichaelsdalton.co.uk/ St Michael's and All Angels Church, Dalton]
  
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*Manchester Archives [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=90 Chimleys-66 (Deb)]
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/ Tony Foster's Pages on Darwen and Blackburn]
  
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*Wirral [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=289 Lovettpod (Helen)]
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*[http://www.tamesidehistoryforum.org.uk/members.htm Denton Local History Society]
  
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*[http://www.gisburn.org.uk/ Gisburn Village Genealogy and History]
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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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://www.stmatthewhighfield.org.uk/registers.html St Matthews, Highfield - Parish Registers]
  
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==Links==
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*[http://www.heskethbank.com/genealogy.html Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Genealogy and History page]
  
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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]
  
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/lancashire.html LIBRARY LINKS]
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/cronton.html Knowsley Local History Pages]
  
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/ Preston]
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*[http://www.lancasterfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Lancaster and Morcambe Family History]
  
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*[http://www.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List]
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*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Census and Parish Records]  
  
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online]
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*[http://www.milnrow-village.freeserve.co.uk/ Milnrow Village Site]  
  
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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.mossley.net/ Mossley]
  
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*[http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ LANCASHIRE BMD]
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*[http://www.newton-le-willows.com/ Newton-le-Willows & Earlestown]
  
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*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/General/Members/England.htm LANCASHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES]  
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*[http://www.bbirch.plus.com/index.htm Birch Families of Oldham in the 19th Century]
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/lancs.html Local History Gateway Page]
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*[http://www.interment.net/data/eng/lancashire/rochdale/rochdale.htm Rochdale Cemetery]
  
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/lancs/lancashire_workhouses.htm Lancashire Workhouses]
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*[http://www.sabden.com/ Sabden Heritage]
  
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*[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexp.html LANCASHIRE ONLINE PARISH CLERKS]
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*[http://simister.shibbs.co.uk/ Simister in the Twenties & Thirties]
  
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*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,233.0.html RootsChat Lancashire Board]
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*[http://southportworld.co.uk/stuff/towndirectory1825.php?opt=1825 Baines directory of Southport 1825]  
  
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ East Lancashire Photographs]  
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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://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10lancs191/10lancs191gazL.htm TOWN and VILLAGE MAPS]
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*[http://summerseat.ourwardfamily.com/ Summerseat]
  
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*[http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]
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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://www.todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ Todmorden and Walsden Genealogy]
  
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*[http://www.trawdenonline.co.uk/tlife/history/history.html A Brief History of Trawden]
  
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*[http://wardle2000.homestead.com/ Wardle 2000]
  
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'''Manchester'''
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*[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]
  
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==Manchester==
  
 
*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]
 
*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history.html MANCHESTER PAST and PRESENT]   
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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.gmcro.co.uk/ Greater Manchester]
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*[http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/ Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society]  
  
 
*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/famhist.htm Manchester City Council: Libraries: Family History]
 
*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/famhist.htm Manchester City Council: Libraries: Family History]
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*[http://www.manchester-family-history-research.co.uk/ Manchester Family History Research]
  
 
*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/manchester-executions.html Manchester Executions]
 
*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/manchester-executions.html Manchester Executions]
  
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*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]  
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/audreyhansca/MANCHESTER/ManMenu.html Manchester History Pages]
  
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*[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/manchest.htm MANCHESTER]
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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://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history/victorian/mills.html Manchester's Victorian Textiles, Spinning & Weaving Mills in Manchester]
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*[http://services.salford.gov.uk/heritage-forum/index.asp Salford City Council Forum]
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*[http://www.salfordroots.com/page8.html Salford Roots]
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==Liverpool==
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*[http://web.mac.com/keithjtinkler/iWeb/Liverpool18thCentury/PollBooks.html 18th Century Poll Books]
  
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*[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Anfield Cemetery]
  
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*[http://www.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?]
  
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'''Liverpool'''
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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.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Indexes to Liverpool Registers]
  
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area]
  
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*[http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/streetnames/main.htm Liverpool streetnames]  
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/ Knowsley Local History, Its People & its Heritage]
  
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool Genealogy Home Page]
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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://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/ Liverpool]
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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/~liverpool/main.html Liverpool Newspapers Online]
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*[http://www.liverpoolhistoryprojects.co.uk/index.htm Liverpool History Projects]  
  
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*[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Liverpool Cemetery]
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool & SW Lancashire Family History Society]  
  
 
*[http://liverpool-ancestors.co.uk Liverpool Ancestors]
 
*[http://liverpool-ancestors.co.uk Liverpool Ancestors]
  
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*[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/stchadskirkby St Chads- Kirkby]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/liverpoolmurders.html Liverpool Murders]
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/1832Pollbook/Pollbook1832.htm Liverpool Poll Book 1832]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_postcode_area Liverpool Postcode Areas]
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*[http://www.liverpool-schools.co.uk/ Liverpool Schools]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Index To Liverpool Registers]
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*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church]
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*[http://www.tickfordmanagement.com/locations.html# Map of Liverpool Postcode Areas]
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*[http://www.old-liverpool.co.uk/ Old Liverpool - Snippets from Old Liverpool Newspapers and Other Sources]
  
 
*[http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk Old Mersey Times]
 
*[http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk Old Mersey Times]
  
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*[http://www.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?]
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*[http://liverpolitan.im/main/early_years.htm Ron's Liverpool Pages]
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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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/marriages.html Births, Marriages and Obituaries published in the Liverpool Mercury]
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*[http://www.toxteth.net/index.htm Toxteth]
  
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~toxtethparkcemetery/index.html Toxteth Park Cemetery]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~toxtethparkcemetery/index.html Toxteth Park Cemetery]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/liverpoolmurders.html Liverpool Murders]
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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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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpoolphotographers/ A Directory of 18th and 19th Century Liverpool Photographers]  
  
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*[http://www.interment.net/data/eng/lancashire/rochdale/rochdale.htm Internment.Net]
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ East Lancashire Photographs]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~todmordenandwalsden/home.htm  Todmorden And Walsden Site]
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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://services.salford.gov.uk/heritage-forum/index.asp Salford City Council Forum]
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*[http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information Online]
  
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*[http://www.cemsearch.co.uk/preston.html CEMSEARCH-uk Monumental Inscriptions]
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*[http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/ Liverpool Images, Views, Photographs]
  
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*[http://www.wiganworld.co.uk Wigan site for Wiganers - Wigan's No 1 Website]
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*[http://images.manchester.gov.uk/ Manchester Local Image Collection]
  
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk Barnoldswick's Community Website]
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*[http://lanternimages.lancashire.gov.uk/ Photographs of Old Lancashire]
  
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*[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web]
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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.salfordroots.com/page8.html Salford Roots]
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*[http://southportworld.co.uk/photos/index.php Photos of Southport]
  
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*[http://www.milnrow-village.freeserve.co.uk/ Milnrow Village Site]
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==Register Office==
  
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*[http://www.carlscam.com/index.html War Memorial Site ]
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online]
  
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*[http://www.bbirch.plus.com/index.htm Birch Families of Oldham in the 19th Century]
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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://www.familyhistoryonline.net FamilyHistoryOnline]
 
  
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*[http://www.boltonrevisited.org.uk/3.html Bolton Revisited - Family History - Message Board]
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'''Now centralised through the following office:'''<br>
  
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*[http://www.stmatthewhighfield.org.uk/BurialRegs/index.html St Matthews Burials, Highfield]
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'''Lancashire Registration District'''<br>
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Certificate Services<br>
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/BartonWesleyanChapel/BWCBFP.htm Barton Wesleyan Chapel Burials]
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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.cottontown.org Cottontown]
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Tel 01772 326881<br>
  
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*[http://www.ourtreasures.org/ Bolton and Bury Treasures in Trust]
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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.lantern.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire lantern - Lancashire life and times e-resource network]
 
  
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*[http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/dataset.asp RHS Bibliography - search menu]
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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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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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'''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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'No hard-brimmed hats or hat-pins please" : Bolton women cotton-workers and the game of rounders, 1911-39'
 
  
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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.wlct.org/Culture/Heritage/archives.htm Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust]
 
  
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*[http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=nav.257 Local history & heritage Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council]
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'''Manchester''' Registrars offer a full range of certificates along with PDF application forms at
  
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*[http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/index.asp Lancashire Parish Portal]
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/contacts/apply.htm Certificate Information]
  
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*[http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information Online]
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/index.htm Manchester Registration Service]
  
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*[http://www.lancashirevillages.com/ Lancashire Village Websites and rural Lancashire information links]
 
  
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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.

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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 Volunteers Needed thread.



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