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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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County town: Lancaster
 
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Other major towns: Liverpool, Manchester, Bolton
 
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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Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.
 
Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.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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'''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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*[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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==Register Offices==
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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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Now centralised through the following office<br>
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
  
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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
 
  
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Tel 01772 326881
 
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
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Manchester Registrars offer a full range of certificates along with PDF application forms at
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*[http://www.aboutlancs.com/indgeneal.htm About Lancs - Lancashire Link List]
  
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[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/contacts/apply.htm Copy Certificate Information]
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*[http://www.cemsearch.co.uk/index.html Cemsearch - Burial Records and some other Databases]
  
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[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/index.htm Manchester Registration Service Homepage]
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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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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/lancashire/lan-cemad.htm Lancashire Genealogy:Cemeteries]
  
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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.lantern.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire Lantern - Lancashire Life and Times e-Resource Network]
  
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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.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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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]
  
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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://genchatfriends.proboards39.com/ Merseyside Genealogy & History Forum]
  
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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.liverpoolhome.com/Merseyside_Cemeteries/merseyside_cemeteries.htm Merseyside Cemeteries]
  
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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.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,233.0.html RootsChat Lancashire Board]
  
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*Wirral [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=289 Lovettpod (Helen)]
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/ The Salford Hundred Towships]
  
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*Stockport Library [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1143 jemima puddleduck]
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*[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web - the Story of the Lancashire Cotton Industry]
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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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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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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'''Specific Town and Village Interest''' (Also see '''Liverpool''' and '''Manchester''' below)
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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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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*Aigburth [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
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*[http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history/index.htm Local History of Ashton-under-Lyne]
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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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==Links==
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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.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/ '''Lancashire Record Office''']
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*[http://www.bacuptimes.co.uk/ Bacuptimes - Bacup & Stackstead ]  
  
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/lancashire.html Library Links]
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk Barnoldswick's Community Website]
  
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online]
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*[http://www.barrowford.org/index.html Barrowford and Pendle]
  
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*[http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ Lancashire BMD]
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*[http://bartonbanter.multiply.com/ Barton Banter]
  
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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/BartonWesleyanChapel/BWCBFP.htm Barton Wesleyan Chapel Burials]
  
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*[http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/index.asp Lancashire Parish Portal]
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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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'''Local History Society'''
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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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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/lancs.html Local History Gateway Page]
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*[http://www.boothstown.com/ Boothstown]
  
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*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/General/Members/England.htm Lancashire Family History Societies]  
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*[http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/ The Briercliffe Society]
  
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*[http://www.broadbottomvillage.com/ Broadbottom Village]
  
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'''OPC'''
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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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*[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project]
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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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'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.stmichaelsdalton.co.uk/ St Michael's and All Angels Church, Dalton]
  
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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://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/ Tony Foster's Pages on Darwen and Blackburn]
  
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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.tamesidehistoryforum.org.uk/members.htm Denton Local History Society]
  
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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.gisburn.org.uk/ Gisburn Village Genealogy and History]
  
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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.great-harwood.org.uk Great Harwood ]
  
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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.greenhalgh-web.co.uk/index.htm Greenhalgh Village]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Some Liverpool Parish Records]
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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/~hibernia/baptisms/ausbap.htm Baptisms at St Austin's R.C. Church, Grassendale, Garston 1856-1882]
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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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'''Family and Social History'''
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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://history.knowsley.gov.uk/cronton.html Knowsley Local History Pages]
  
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*[http://www.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List]
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*[http://www.lancasterfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Lancaster and Morcambe Family History]
  
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/lancs/lancashire_workhouses.htm Lancashire Workhouses]
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*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Census and Parish Records]  
  
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*[http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]
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*[http://www.milnrow-village.freeserve.co.uk/ Milnrow Village Site]  
  
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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.mossley.net/ Mossley]
  
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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.newton-le-willows.com/ Newton-le-Willows & Earlestown]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engchs/WAL.html Walton Gaol -list of inmates and staff 1881]
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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.interment.net/data/eng/lancashire/rochdale/rochdale.htm Rochdale Cemetery]
  
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'''Maps & Photographs'''
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*[http://www.sabden.com/ Sabden Heritage]
  
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*[http://simister.shibbs.co.uk/ Simister in the Twenties & Thirties]
  
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*[http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/ Liverpool images, views, photographs]
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*[http://southportworld.co.uk/stuff/towndirectory1825.php?opt=1825 Baines directory of Southport 1825]  
  
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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.spekeliverpool.co.uk/ The Parish of Speke including All Saints Church Speke Burial Records up to 2000]
  
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*[http://lanternimages.lancashire.gov.uk/ Photographs of Old Lancashire]
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*[http://summerseat.ourwardfamily.com/ Summerseat]
  
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ East Lancashire 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://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information Online]
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*[http://tamesidefamilyhistory.co.uk/ Tameside Family History]  
  
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*[http://www.bwpics.co.uk/gallery/liverpool.html Photographs of Liverpool]
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*[http://www.todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ Todmorden and Walsden Genealogy]  
  
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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.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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*[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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*[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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'''Specific Town/Village Interest''' (Also see '''Liverpool''' and '''Manchester''' below)
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*[http://www.manchester-family-history-research.co.uk/ Manchester Family History Research]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/manchester-executions.html Manchester Executions]
  
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk Barnoldswick's Community Website]
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/audreyhansca/MANCHESTER/ManMenu.html Manchester History Pages]
  
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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.manchester2002-uk.com/history/victorian/mills.html Manchester's Victorian Textiles, Spinning & Weaving Mills in Manchester]
  
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*[http://www.boltonrevisited.org.uk/3.html Bolton Revisited - Family History - Message Board]
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*[http://services.salford.gov.uk/heritage-forum/index.asp Salford City Council Forum]
  
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*[http://www.ourtreasures.org/ Bolton and Bury Treasures in Trust]
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*[http://www.salfordroots.com/page8.html Salford Roots]
  
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*[http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/ The Briercliffe Society]
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==Liverpool==
  
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*[http://users.bigpond.net.au/bunter/bury_data.htm Bury Genealogy pages]
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*[http://web.mac.com/keithjtinkler/iWeb/Liverpool18thCentury/PollBooks.html 18th Century Poll Books]
  
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*[http://www.croston-village.co.uk/main.html Crosten Village Genealogy page]
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*[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Anfield Cemetery]
  
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/ Tony Foster's Pages on Darwen and Blackburn]
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*[http://www.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?]
  
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*[http://www.gisburn.org.uk/ Gisburn Village Genealogy and History]
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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.great-harwood.org.uk Great Harwood ]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Indexes to Liverpool Registers]
  
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/homepage.htm Genealogy in Darwen & Blackburn]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area]
  
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*[http://www.heskethbank.com/genealogy.html Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Genealogy and History page]
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/ Knowsley Local History, Its People & its Heritage]
  
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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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/bapt.htm Links to Birth/Baptism Indices in the Liverpool Area]
  
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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/bur/lvcem.htm Links to Liverpool Cemeteries and Burial Sites]
  
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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.liverpoolhistoryprojects.co.uk/index.htm Liverpool History Projects]  
  
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*[http://www.interment.net/data/eng/lancashire/rochdale/rochdale.htm Rochdale Cemetery]
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool & SW Lancashire Family History Society]  
  
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*[http://www.sthelens-connect.net/forums/index.php?showforum=244 Local & Family History in St Helens] name interests, photographs, downloads of church records, etc.
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*[http://liverpool-ancestors.co.uk Liverpool Ancestors]
  
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*[http://www.todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ Todmorden and Walsden Genealogy] Includes some Parish Records
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*[http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/liverpoolmurders.html Liverpool Murders]
  
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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/1832Pollbook/Pollbook1832.htm Liverpool Poll Book 1832]
  
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*[http://www.wlct.org/Culture/Heritage/archives.htm Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_postcode_area Liverpool Postcode Areas]
  
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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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*[http://www.liverpool-schools.co.uk/ Liverpool Schools]
  
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'''Manchester'''
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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.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]
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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.manchester2002-uk.com/history.html Manchester past and present]
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*[http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk Old Mersey Times]
  
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/audreyhansca/MANCHESTER/ManMenu.html Manchester History Pages]
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*[http://liverpolitan.im/main/early_years.htm Ron's Liverpool Pages]
  
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*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/ Greater Manchester]
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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.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/famhist.htm Manchester City Council: Libraries: Family History]
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*[http://www.toxteth.net/index.htm Toxteth]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/manchester-executions.html Manchester Executions]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~toxtethparkcemetery/index.html Toxteth Park Cemetery]
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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://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 snippets and Miscellany]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area]
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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://liverpolitan.im/main/early_years.htm Ron's Liverpool Pages]
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*[http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information Online]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/main.html Liverpool Newspapers Online]
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*[http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/ Liverpool Images, Views, Photographs]
  
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*[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Liverpool Cemetery]
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*[http://images.manchester.gov.uk/ Manchester Local Image Collection]
  
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*[http://liverpool-ancestors.co.uk Liverpool Ancestors]
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*[http://lanternimages.lancashire.gov.uk/ Photographs of Old Lancashire]
  
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*[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/stchadskirkby St Chads- Kirkby]
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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.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Index To Liverpool Registers]
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*[http://southportworld.co.uk/photos/index.php Photos of Southport]
  
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*[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://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online]
  
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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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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.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/1832Pollbook/Pollbook1832.htm Liverpool Poll Book 1832]
 
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~toxtethparkcemetery/index.html Toxteth Park Cemetery]
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'''Now centralised through the following office:'''<br>
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/liverpoolmurders.html Liverpool Murders]
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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.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church]
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Tel 01772 326881<br>
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~todmordenandwalsden/home.htm  Todmorden And Walsden Site]
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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 Family History Online]
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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.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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'''Manchester''' Registrars offer a full range of certificates along with PDF application forms at
  
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*[http://www.stmatthewhighfield.org.uk/BurialRegs/index.html St Matthews Burials, Highfield]
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/contacts/apply.htm Certificate Information]
  
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/BartonWesleyanChapel/BWCBFP.htm Barton Wesleyan Chapel Burials]
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/index.htm Manchester Registration Service]
  
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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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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/marriages.html Liverpool Marriages and Obitituaries 1811-1908]
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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
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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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'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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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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