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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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'''Lancashire'''  
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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Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.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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The county has undergone numerous boundary changes over the years.
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A summary of these can be found [[Cheshire Changes|here]].
  
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County town: Lancaster
 
  
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Other major towns: Liverpool, Manchester, Bolton
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'''County town:''' Lancaster
  
  
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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 trail in 1612 at Lancaster Castle.
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'''Other major towns:''' Liverpool, Manchester, Bolton
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Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.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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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Lancashire | Lancashire Places of Worship]]'''
  
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The county has undergone numerous changes over the years.
 
  
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A summary of these can be found [[Cheshire Changes|here]].
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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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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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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/ '''Lancashire Record Office''']
  
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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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*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/members2/england/eng-lancs.php Lancashire Family History Societies]
  
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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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*[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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*[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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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
  
  
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
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==Register Offices==
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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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Now centralised through the following office<br>
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englan/ Lancashire GenWeb]
  
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Lancashire Registration District<br>
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*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/lancashire/lan-cemad.htm Lancashire Genealogy:Cemeteries]
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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
 
  
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Tel 01772 326881
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*[http://www.lantern.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire Lantern - Lancashire Life and Times e-Resource Network]
  
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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List]
  
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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.lancashirevillages.com/ Lancashire Village Websites and Rural Lancashire Information Links]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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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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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.liverpoolhome.com/Merseyside_Cemeteries/merseyside_cemeteries.htm Merseyside Cemeteries]
  
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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.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,233.0.html RootsChat Lancashire Board]
  
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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.mancuniensis.info/ The Salford Hundred Towships]
  
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*Manchester Archives [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=90 Chimleys-66 (Deb)]
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*[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web - the Story of the Lancashire Cotton Industry]
  
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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/ Tameside History Forum - covers Ashton, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Hyde, Longendale, Mossley and Stalybridge]  
  
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*Stockport Library [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1143 Jemima Puddleduck]
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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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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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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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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history/index.htm Local History of Ashton-under-Lyne]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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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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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.bacuptimes.co.uk/ Bacuptimes - Bacup & Stackstead ]
  
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*Aigburth:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk Barnoldswick's Community Website]
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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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*Manchester Southern Cemetery:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1143 Jemima Puddleduck]
 
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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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*[http://www.barrowford.org/index.html Barrowford and Pendle]
  
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*[http://bartonbanter.multiply.com/ Barton Banter]
  
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==Links==
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/BartonWesleyanChapel/BWCBFP.htm Barton Wesleyan Chapel Burials]
  
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/lancashire.html Library Links]
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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.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online]
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*[http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=257 Cotton Town - History of Blackburn with Darwen]
  
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*[http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ Lancashire BMD]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~boltongenealogy/ Bolton]
  
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*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,233.0.html RootsChat Lancashire Board]
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*[http://www.boltonrevisited.org.uk/ Bolton Revisited]
  
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*[http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/index.asp Lancashire Parish Portal]
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*[http://www.boothstown.com/ Boothstown]
  
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*[http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/ The Briercliffe Society]
  
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'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.broadbottomvillage.com/ Broadbottom Village]
  
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/burnageheritage/ Burnage Heritage]
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/lancs.html Local History Gateway Page]
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*[http://burnleyinthegreatwar.info/ Burnley in the Great War]
  
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*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/General/Members/England.htm Lancashire Family History Societies]  
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*[http://www.oldclitheroe.co.uk/ Old Clitheroe]  
  
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*[http://www.croston-village.co.uk/main.html Crosten Village Genealogy page]
  
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'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.stmichaelsdalton.co.uk/ St Michael's and All Angels Church, Dalton]
  
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/ Tony Foster's Pages on Darwen and Blackburn]
  
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*[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project]
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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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'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.great-harwood.org.uk Great Harwood ]
  
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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://www.greenhalgh-web.co.uk/index.htm Greenhalgh Village]
  
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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://www.stmatthewhighfield.org.uk/registers.html St Matthews, Highfield - Parish Registers]
  
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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.heskethbank.com/genealogy.html Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Genealogy and History page]
  
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/ Preston]
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*[http://www.certificates.fsnet.co.uk/homepage.htm Hurst]  
  
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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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*[http://www.stchadskirkby.110mb.com/ St Chad's Church, Kirkby ~ Includes Memorial Inscriptions and Burial Records]
  
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/n-e-lanc.htm North east Lancashire surname list]
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/cronton.html Knowsley Local History Pages]
  
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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.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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'''Family and social history'''
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*[http://www.milnrow-village.freeserve.co.uk/ Milnrow Village Site]
  
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*[http://www.mossley.net/ Mossley]
  
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*[http://www.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List]
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*[http://www.newton-le-willows.com/ Newton-le-Willows & Earlestown]
  
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/lancs/lancashire_workhouses.htm Lancashire Workhouses]
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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.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]
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*[http://www.interment.net/data/eng/lancashire/rochdale/rochdale.htm Rochdale Cemetery]
  
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*[http://www.cemsearch.co.uk/index.html CEMSEARCH-uk Your Lancashire Family History and Lancashire Family Tree Research]
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*[http://www.sabden.com/ Sabden Heritage]
  
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*[http://www.lantern.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire lantern - Lancashire life and times e-resource network]
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*[http://simister.shibbs.co.uk/ Simister in the Twenties & Thirties]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engchs/WAL.html Walton Gaol -list of inmates and staff 1881]
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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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'''Maps & Photographs'''
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*[http://summerseat.ourwardfamily.com/ Summerseat]
  
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*[http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/ Liverpool images, views, photographs,]
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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://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp Lancashire County Council: Environment Directorate: Old Maps]
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*[http://tamesidefamilyhistory.co.uk/ Tameside Family History]  
  
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ East Lancashire Photographs]  
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*[http://www.todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ Todmorden and Walsden Genealogy]  
  
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*[http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information Online]
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*[http://www.trawdenonline.co.uk/tlife/history/history.html A Brief History of Trawden]
  
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*[http://www.bwpics.co.uk/gallery/liverpool.html Photographs of Liverpool]
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*[http://wardle2000.homestead.com/ Wardle 2000]
  
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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://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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'''Countywide interest'''
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==Manchester==
  
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*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]
  
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*[http://www.lancashirevillages.com/ Lancashire Village Websites and rural Lancashire information links]
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*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/ Greater Manchester County Record Office]
  
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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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*[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.lancslist.com/ Lancashire surnames interest list]
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*[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/manchest.htm Manchester]
  
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'''Specific Town Village interest''' (Also See '''Liverpool''' and '''Manchester''' , below)
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*[http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/ Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society]
  
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/famhist.htm Manchester City Council: Libraries: Family History]
  
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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.manchester-family-history-research.co.uk/ Manchester Family History Research]  
  
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*[http://www.boltonrevisited.org.uk/3.html Bolton Revisited - Family History - Message Board]
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/manchester-executions.html Manchester Executions]
  
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*[http://www.ourtreasures.org/ Bolton and Bury Treasures in Trust]
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/audreyhansca/MANCHESTER/ManMenu.html Manchester History Pages]
  
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*[http://users.bigpond.net.au/bunter/bury_data.htm Bury Genealogy pages]
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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.croston-village.co.uk/main.html Crosten Village Genealogy page]
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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://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/ Tony Foster's Pages on Darwen and Blackburn]
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*[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Anfield Cemetery]
  
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*[http://www.gisburn.org.uk/ Gisburn Village Genealogy and History]
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*[http://www.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?]
  
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*[http://www.great-harwood.org.uk Great Harwood ]
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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://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/homepage.htm Genealogy in Darwen & Blackburn]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Indexes to Liverpool Registers]
  
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*[http://www.heskethbank.com/genealogy.html Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Genealogy and History page]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area]
  
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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://history.knowsley.gov.uk/ Knowsley Local History, Its People & its Heritage]
  
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/cronton.html Knowsley Local History Pages]
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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.bbirch.plus.com/index.htm Birch Families of Oldham in the 19th Century]
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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://www.todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ Todmorden and Walsden Genealogy] Includes some Parish Records
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*[http://www.liverpoolhistoryprojects.co.uk/index.htm Liverpool History Projects]  
  
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*[http://www.wiganworld.co.uk Wigan site for Wiganers - Wigan's No 1 Website]
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool & SW Lancashire Family History Society]  
  
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*[http://www.interment.net/data/eng/lancashire/rochdale/rochdale.htm Internment.Net]
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*[http://liverpool-ancestors.co.uk Liverpool Ancestors]
  
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*[http://www.wlct.org/Culture/Heritage/archives.htm Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust]
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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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'''Manchester'''
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_postcode_area Liverpool Postcode Areas]
  
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*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]
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*[http://www.liverpool-schools.co.uk/ Liverpool Schools]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history.html Manchester past and present]
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*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church]
  
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/audreyhansca/MANCHESTER/ManMenu.html Manchester History Pages]
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*[http://www.tickfordmanagement.com/locations.html# Map of Liverpool Postcode Areas]  
  
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*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/ Greater Manchester]
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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.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/famhist.htm Manchester City Council: Libraries: Family History]
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*[http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk Old Mersey Times]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/manchester-executions.html Manchester Executions]
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*[http://liverpolitan.im/main/early_years.htm Ron's Liverpool Pages]
  
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*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]  
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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.victoriacross.org.uk/manchest.htm Manchester]
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*[http://www.toxteth.net/index.htm Toxteth]
  
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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/~toxtethparkcemetery/index.html Toxteth Park Cemetery]
  
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*[http://services.salford.gov.uk/heritage-forum/index.asp Salford City Council Forum]
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*[http://www.toxtethparkcemetery.co.uk/ Toxteth Park Cemetery Indexes]
  
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*[http://www.salfordroots.com/page8.html Salford Roots]
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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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'''Liverpool'''
 
  
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*[http://www.old-liverpool.co.uk/ Old Liverpool]Old liverpool snippets and Miscellany
 
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/streetnames/main.htm Liverpool streetnames] < ''not currently availible''
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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.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool Genealogy Home Page]
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ East Lancashire Photographs]
  
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*[http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/ Liverpool]
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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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/main.html Liverpool Newspapers Online]
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*[http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information Online]
  
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*[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Liverpool Cemetery]
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*[http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/ Liverpool Images, Views, Photographs]
  
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*[http://liverpool-ancestors.co.uk Liverpool Ancestors]
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*[http://images.manchester.gov.uk/ Manchester Local Image Collection]
  
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*[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/stchadskirkby St Chads- Kirkby]
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*[http://lanternimages.lancashire.gov.uk/ Photographs of Old Lancashire]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Index To Liverpool Registers]
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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://southportworld.co.uk/photos/index.php Photos of Southport]
  
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*[http://www.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?]
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==Register Office==
  
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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.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online]
  
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/1832Pollbook/Pollbook1832.htm Liverpool Poll Book 1832]
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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/~toxtethparkcemetery/index.html Toxteth Park Cemetery]
 
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/liverpoolmurders.html Liverpool Murders]
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'''Now centralised through the following office:'''<br>
  
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*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church]
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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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~todmordenandwalsden/home.htm  Todmorden And Walsden Site]
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Tel 01772 326881<br>
  
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk Barnoldswick's Community Website]
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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.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web]
 
  
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*[http://www.milnrow-village.freeserve.co.uk/ Milnrow Village Site]
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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.carlscam.com/index.html War Memorial Site ]
 
  
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*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net FamilyHistoryOnline]
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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.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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'''Manchester''' Registrars offer a full range of certificates along with PDF application forms at
  
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*[http://www.cottontown.org Cottontown]
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/contacts/apply.htm Certificate Information]
  
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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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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/index.htm Manchester Registration Service]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/marriages.html Liverpool Marriages and Obitituaries 1811-1908]
 
  
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*[http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/dataset.asp RHS Bibliography - search menu]
 
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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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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
  
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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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