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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Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.
 
Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.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<br>
 
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Tel 01772 326881<br>
 
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'''Please note for events within the Blackburn, Blackpool and Manchester districts you will need to use one of the following links'''<br>
 
  
  
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Blackburn area copy certificate information can be found at [http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.13953 Copy Certificates]<br>
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
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*[http://www.aboutlancs.com/indgeneal.htm About Lancs - Lancashire Link List]
  
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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.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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Manchester Registrars offer a full range of certificates along with PDF application forms at
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*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/lancashiredeeds.html Lancashire Deeds 1667-1811]
  
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[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/contacts/apply.htm Copy Certificate Information]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englan/ Lancashire GenWeb]
  
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[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/index.htm Manchester Registration Service Homepage]
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*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/lancashire/lan-cemad.htm Lancashire Genealogy:Cemeteries]
  
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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.lantern.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire Lantern - Lancashire Life and Times e-Resource Network]
  
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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.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List]
  
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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.lancashirevillages.com/ Lancashire Village Websites and Rural Lancashire Information Links]
  
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*[http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://genchatfriends.proboards39.com/ Merseyside Genealogy & History Forum]
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*Manchester Parish Records. BMD's & Burials  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=159 Pat Hope]
 
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*Manchester Archives & Oldham [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1143 jemima puddleduck]
 
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*Manchester Archives [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=90 Chimleys-66 (Deb)]
 
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*Wirral [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=289 Lovettpod (Helen)]
 
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*Stockport Library [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1143 jemima puddleduck]
 
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
 
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
 
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
 
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
 
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*Aigburth [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*Allerton (references needed) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*All Souls RC Cemetery [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=88 Patience of Pendle]
 
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*Anfield [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=289 Lovettpod (Helen)]
 
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*St. Lawrence, Longridge [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=497 katkin bluebell]
 
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*Garston [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*Hunts cross [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*Halewood [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*Little Marsden, St Paul's [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=88 Patience of Pendle]
 
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*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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==Photo Offers==
 
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
 
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==Links==
 
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/ '''Lancashire Record Office''']
 
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/ GENUKI: Lancashire]
 
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/ Lancashire Library and Information Service]
 
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online]
 
  
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*[http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ Lancashire BMD]
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*[http://www.liverpoolhome.com/Merseyside_Cemeteries/merseyside_cemeteries.htm Merseyside Cemeteries]
  
 
*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,233.0.html RootsChat Lancashire Board]
 
*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,233.0.html RootsChat Lancashire Board]
  
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*[http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/index.asp Lancashire Parish Portal]
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/ The Salford Hundred Towships]
  
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*[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web - the Story of the Lancashire Cotton Industry]
  
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'''Local History Society'''
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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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*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/about/whatwedo.php Lancashire Family History Societies]
 
  
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool & SW Lancashire Family History Society]
 
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/lancs.html Local History Gateway Page]
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'''Specific Town and 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.pals.org.uk/pals_e.htm Accrington Pals -the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment]
  
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*[http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history/index.htm Local History of Ashton-under-Lyne]
  
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*[http://www.parish-thethought.us/ashulM1.doc Ashton-under-Lyne Marriages 1594-1720]
  
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*[http://www.rhodesfamily.org.uk/yesterdays/index.html Historical Extracts from the Ashton-under-Lyne Reporter]
  
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'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.bacuptimes.co.uk/ Bacuptimes - Bacup & Stackstead ]
  
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk Barnoldswick's Community Website]
  
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*[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project]
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*[http://www.barrowford.org/index.html Barrowford and Pendle]
  
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*[http://www.lancs-lookup.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Lancashire Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://bartonbanter.multiply.com/ Barton Banter]
  
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/BartonWesleyanChapel/BWCBFP.htm Barton Wesleyan Chapel Burials]
  
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*[http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=nav.257 Local History & Heritage Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council]
  
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*[http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=257 Cotton Town - History of Blackburn with Darwen]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~boltongenealogy/ Bolton]
  
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'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.boltonrevisited.org.uk/ Bolton Revisited]
  
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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.boothstown.com/ Boothstown]
  
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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.briercliffesociety.co.uk/ The Briercliffe 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.broadbottomvillage.com/ Broadbottom Village]
  
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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://uk.geocities.com/burnageheritage/ Burnage Heritage]
  
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/n-e-lanc.htm North East Lancashire surname list]
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*[http://burnleyinthegreatwar.info/ Burnley in the Great War]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Some Liverpool Parish Records]
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*[http://www.oldclitheroe.co.uk/ Old Clitheroe]  
  
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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.croston-village.co.uk/main.html Crosten Village Genealogy page]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/lancashiredeeds.html Some Lancashire Deeds 1602-1774]
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*[http://www.stmichaelsdalton.co.uk/ St Michael's and All Angels Church, Dalton]
  
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*[http://www.parishthethought.us/ Parish the Thought - Some Online Parish Records]
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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/~hibernia/bapt.htm Links to Birth/Baptism Indices in the Liverpool Area]
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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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*[http://www.great-harwood.org.uk Great Harwood ]
  
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*[http://www.greenhalgh-web.co.uk/index.htm Greenhalgh Village]
  
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'''Family and Social History'''
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*[http://www.stmatthewhighfield.org.uk/registers.html St Matthews, Highfield - Parish Registers]
  
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*[http://www.heskethbank.com/genealogy.html Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Genealogy and History page]
  
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*[http://www.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List]
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*[http://www.certificates.fsnet.co.uk/homepage.htm Hurst]  
  
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/lancs/lancashire_workhouses.htm Lancashire Workhouses]
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*[http://www.stchadskirkby.110mb.com/ St Chad's Church, Kirkby ~ Includes Memorial Inscriptions and Burial Records]
  
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*[http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/cronton.html Knowsley Local History Pages]
  
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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.lancasterfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Lancaster and Morcambe Family History]
  
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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.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Census and Parish Records]  
  
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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.milnrow-village.freeserve.co.uk/ Milnrow Village Site]  
  
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*[http://www.mossley.net/ Mossley]
  
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'''Maps & Photographs'''
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*[http://www.newton-le-willows.com/ Newton-le-Willows & Earlestown]
  
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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.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/ Liverpool Images, Views, Photographs]
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*[http://www.interment.net/data/eng/lancashire/rochdale/rochdale.htm Rochdale Cemetery]
  
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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.sabden.com/ Sabden Heritage]
  
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*[http://lanternimages.lancashire.gov.uk/ Photographs of Old Lancashire]
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*[http://simister.shibbs.co.uk/ Simister in the Twenties & Thirties]
  
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ East Lancashire Photographs]  
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*[http://southportworld.co.uk/stuff/towndirectory1825.php?opt=1825 Baines directory of Southport 1825]  
  
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*[http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information Online]
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*[http://www.spekeliverpool.co.uk/ The Parish of Speke including All Saints Church Speke Burial Records up to 2000]
  
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*[http://www.bwpics.co.uk/gallery/liverpool.html Photographs of Liverpool]
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*[http://summerseat.ourwardfamily.com/ Summerseat]
  
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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.sthelens-connect.net/forums/index.php?showforum=244 Local & Family History in St Helens]  
  
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*[http://images.manchester.gov.uk/ Manchester Local Image Collection]
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*[http://tamesidefamilyhistory.co.uk/ Tameside Family History]  
  
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*[http://www.todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ Todmorden and Walsden Genealogy]
  
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*[http://www.trawdenonline.co.uk/tlife/history/history.html A Brief History of Trawden]
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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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.lancashirevillages.com/ Lancashire Village Websites and Rural Lancashire Information Links]
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*[http://www.wlct.org/Culture/Heritage/archives.htm Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust]
  
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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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==Manchester==
  
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*[http://www.lancslist.com/ Lancashire Surnames Interest List]
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*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]
  
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*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/ Greater Manchester County Record Office]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history.html History & Heritage of the City and the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester  ] 
  
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'''Specific Town/Village Interest''' (Also see '''Liverpool''' and '''Manchester''' below)
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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.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk Barnoldswick's Community Website]
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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://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/ The Briercliffe Society]
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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://burnleyinthegreatwar.info/ Burnley in the Great War]
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*[http://services.salford.gov.uk/heritage-forum/index.asp Salford City Council Forum]
  
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*[http://users.bigpond.net.au/bunter/bury_data.htm Bury Genealogy pages]
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*[http://www.salfordroots.com/page8.html Salford Roots]
  
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*[http://www.croston-village.co.uk/main.html Crosten Village Genealogy page]
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==Liverpool==
  
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/ Tony Foster's Pages on Darwen and Blackburn]
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*[http://web.mac.com/keithjtinkler/iWeb/Liverpool18thCentury/PollBooks.html 18th Century Poll Books]
  
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*[http://www.gisburn.org.uk/ Gisburn Village Genealogy and History]
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*[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Anfield Cemetery]
  
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*[http://www.great-harwood.org.uk Great Harwood ]
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*[http://www.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?]
  
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/homepage.htm Genealogy in Darwen & Blackburn]
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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.heskethbank.com/genealogy.html Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Genealogy and History page]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Indexes to Liverpool Registers]
  
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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/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area]
  
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/cronton.html Knowsley Local History Pages]
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/ Knowsley Local History, Its People & its Heritage]
  
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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/bapt.htm Links to Birth/Baptism Indices in the Liverpool Area]
  
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*[http://www.interment.net/data/eng/lancashire/rochdale/rochdale.htm Rochdale Cemetery]
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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.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://www.liverpoolhistoryprojects.co.uk/index.htm Liverpool History Projects]  
  
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*[http://www.todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ Todmorden and Walsden Genealogy] Includes some Parish Records
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool & SW Lancashire Family History Society]  
  
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*[http://www.wiganworld.co.uk Wigan site for Wiganers - Wigan's No 1 Website]
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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://spekec.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/Graveyard.htm All Saints Church Speke Burial Records up to 2000]
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/1832Pollbook/Pollbook1832.htm Liverpool Poll Book 1832]
  
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_postcode_area Liverpool Postcode Areas]
  
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*[http://www.liverpool-schools.co.uk/ Liverpool Schools]
  
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*[http://www.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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'''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.old-merseytimes.co.uk Old Mersey Times]
  
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*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]
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*[http://liverpolitan.im/main/early_years.htm Ron's Liverpool Pages]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history.html Manchester past and present]
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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://uk.geocities.com/audreyhansca/MANCHESTER/ManMenu.html Manchester History Pages]
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*[http://www.toxteth.net/index.htm Toxteth]
  
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*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/ Greater Manchester]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~toxtethparkcemetery/index.html Toxteth Park Cemetery]
  
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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.toxtethparkcemetery.co.uk/ Toxteth Park Cemetery Indexes]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/manchester-executions.html Manchester Executions]
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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.victoriacross.org.uk/manchest.htm Manchester]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wooltonchurchyard/ Woolton - St Peter's Church]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history/victorian/mills.html Manchester's Victorian Textiles, Spinning & Weaving Mills in Manchester]
 
  
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*[http://services.salford.gov.uk/heritage-forum/index.asp Salford City Council Forum]
 
  
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*[http://www.salfordroots.com/page8.html Salford Roots]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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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.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ East Lancashire Photographs]
  
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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://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information Online]
  
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*[http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/ Liverpool Images, Views, Photographs]
  
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*[http://images.manchester.gov.uk/ Manchester Local Image Collection]
  
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*[http://lanternimages.lancashire.gov.uk/ Photographs of Old Lancashire]
  
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*[http://www.old-liverpool.co.uk/ Old Liverpool snippets and Miscellany]
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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/23416534@N05/ Photographs of Salford, Manchester and the Surrounding Area]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area]
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*[http://southportworld.co.uk/photos/index.php Photos of Southport]
  
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool Genealogy Home Page]
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==Register Office==
  
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*[http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/ Liverpool]
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online]
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*[http://liverpolitan.im/main/early_years.htm Ron's Liverpool Pages]
 
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/main.html Liverpool Newspapers Online]
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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://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Liverpool Cemetery]
 
  
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*[http://liverpool-ancestors.co.uk Liverpool Ancestors]
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'''Now centralised through the following office:'''<br>
  
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*[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/stchadskirkby St Chads- Kirkby]
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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.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Index To Liverpool Registers]
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Tel 01772 326881<br>
  
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*[http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk Old Mersey Times]
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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.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?]
 
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/marriages.html Births, Marriages and Obituaries published in the Liverpool Mercury]
 
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*[http://www.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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*[http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/liverpoolmurders.html Liverpool Murders]
 
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*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church]
 
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~todmordenandwalsden/home.htm  Todmorden And Walsden Site]
 
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*[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web]
 
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*[http://www.milnrow-village.freeserve.co.uk/ Milnrow Village Site]
 
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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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*[http://www.scottiepress.org/main.htm The Scotland Road/Vauxhall area of Liverpool]
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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.vauxhallsociety.org.uk/Liverpool.html The Vauxhall Area]
 
  
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*[http://www.stmatthewhighfield.org.uk/BurialRegs/index.html St Matthews Burials, Highfield]
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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.mancuniensis.info/BartonWesleyanChapel/BWCBFP.htm Barton Wesleyan Chapel Burials]
 
  
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*[http://www.cottontown.org Cottontown]
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'''Manchester''' Registrars offer a full range of certificates along with PDF application forms at
  
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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/contacts/apply.htm Certificate Information]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/marriages.html Liverpool Marriages and Obitituaries 1811-1908]
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/index.htm Manchester Registration Service]
  
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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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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_postcode_area Liverpool Postcode Areas]
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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
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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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