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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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Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries. | Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.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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A summary of these can be found [[Cheshire Changes|here]]. | A summary of these can be found [[Cheshire Changes|here]]. | ||
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| + | | [[Image: EnglandLancashire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]] | ||
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| − | '''Primary Reference | ||
*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/ '''Lancashire Record Office'''] | *[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/ '''Lancashire Record Office'''] | ||
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/members2/england/eng-lancs.php Lancashire Family History Societies] |
*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/ Lancashire Library and Information Service] | *[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/ Lancashire Library and Information Service] | ||
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*[http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ Lancashire BMD] | *[http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ Lancashire BMD] | ||
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*[http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/index.asp Lancashire Parish Portal] | *[http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/index.asp Lancashire Parish Portal] | ||
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*[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project] | *[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://aztecrose.tripod.com/lancashire/index.htm Lancashire Look-up Exchange] |
*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange] | *[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange] | ||
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'''Countywide Interest''' | '''Countywide Interest''' | ||
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*[http://www.aboutlancs.com/indgeneal.htm About Lancs - Lancashire Link List] | *[http://www.aboutlancs.com/indgeneal.htm About Lancs - Lancashire Link List] | ||
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*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/lancashiredeeds.html Lancashire Deeds 1667-1811] | *[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/lancashiredeeds.html Lancashire Deeds 1667-1811] | ||
| − | *[http://www.lantern.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire | + | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englan/ Lancashire GenWeb] |
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| + | *[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/lancashire/lan-cemad.htm Lancashire Genealogy:Cemeteries] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.lantern.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire Lantern - Lancashire Life and Times e-Resource Network] | ||
*[http://www.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List] | *[http://www.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List] | ||
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*[http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search] | *[http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search] | ||
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*[http://genchatfriends.proboards39.com/ Merseyside Genealogy & History Forum] | *[http://genchatfriends.proboards39.com/ Merseyside Genealogy & History Forum] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[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] | ||
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.mancuniensis.info/ The Salford Hundred Towships] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web - the Story of the Lancashire Cotton Industry] |
*[http://www.tamesidehistoryforum.org.uk/ Tameside History Forum - covers Ashton, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Hyde, Longendale, Mossley and Stalybridge] | *[http://www.tamesidehistoryforum.org.uk/ Tameside History Forum - covers Ashton, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Hyde, Longendale, Mossley and Stalybridge] | ||
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*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/record_society/record_society.htm The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire] | *[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/record_society/record_society.htm The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire] | ||
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest''' (Also see '''Liverpool''' and '''Manchester''' below) | '''Specific Town and Village Interest''' (Also see '''Liverpool''' and '''Manchester''' below) | ||
| − | *[http://www.pals.org.uk/pals_e.htm | + | *[http://www.pals.org.uk/pals_e.htm Accrington Pals -the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment] |
*[http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history/index.htm Local History of Ashton-under-Lyne] | *[http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history/index.htm Local History of Ashton-under-Lyne] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.parish-thethought.us/ashulM1.doc Ashton-under-Lyne Marriages 1594-1720] | ||
*[http://www.rhodesfamily.org.uk/yesterdays/index.html Historical Extracts from the Ashton-under-Lyne Reporter] | *[http://www.rhodesfamily.org.uk/yesterdays/index.html Historical Extracts from the Ashton-under-Lyne Reporter] | ||
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*[http://www.barrowford.org/index.html Barrowford and Pendle] | *[http://www.barrowford.org/index.html Barrowford and Pendle] | ||
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| + | *[http://bartonbanter.multiply.com/ Barton Banter] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.mancuniensis.info/BartonWesleyanChapel/BWCBFP.htm Barton Wesleyan Chapel Burials] | ||
*[http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=nav.257 Local History & Heritage Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council] | *[http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=nav.257 Local History & Heritage Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council] | ||
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~boltongenealogy/ Bolton] | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~boltongenealogy/ Bolton] | ||
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.boltonrevisited.org.uk/ Bolton Revisited] |
*[http://www.boothstown.com/ Boothstown] | *[http://www.boothstown.com/ Boothstown] | ||
*[http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/ The Briercliffe Society] | *[http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/ The Briercliffe Society] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.broadbottomvillage.com/ Broadbottom Village] | ||
*[http://uk.geocities.com/burnageheritage/ Burnage Heritage] | *[http://uk.geocities.com/burnageheritage/ Burnage Heritage] | ||
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*[http://burnleyinthegreatwar.info/ Burnley in the Great War] | *[http://burnleyinthegreatwar.info/ Burnley in the Great War] | ||
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*[http://www.croston-village.co.uk/main.html Crosten Village Genealogy page] | *[http://www.croston-village.co.uk/main.html Crosten Village Genealogy page] | ||
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/ Tony Foster's Pages on Darwen and Blackburn] | *[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/ Tony Foster's Pages on Darwen and Blackburn] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.tamesidehistoryforum.org.uk/members.htm Denton Local History Society] |
*[http://www.gisburn.org.uk/ Gisburn Village Genealogy and History] | *[http://www.gisburn.org.uk/ Gisburn Village Genealogy and History] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.great-harwood.org.uk Great Harwood ] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.greenhalgh-web.co.uk/index.htm Greenhalgh Village] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.stmatthewhighfield.org.uk/registers.html St Matthews, Highfield - Parish Registers] |
*[http://www.heskethbank.com/genealogy.html Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Genealogy and History page] | *[http://www.heskethbank.com/genealogy.html Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Genealogy and History page] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.certificates.fsnet.co.uk/homepage.htm Hurst] |
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| + | *[http://www.stchadskirkby.110mb.com/ St Chad's Church, Kirkby ~ Includes Memorial Inscriptions and Burial Records] | ||
*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/cronton.html Knowsley Local History Pages] | *[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/cronton.html Knowsley Local History Pages] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.lancasterfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Lancaster and Morcambe Family History] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Census and Parish Records] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.milnrow-village.freeserve.co.uk/ Milnrow Village Site] | ||
*[http://www.mossley.net/ Mossley] | *[http://www.mossley.net/ Mossley] | ||
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*[http://www.sabden.com/ Sabden Heritage] | *[http://www.sabden.com/ Sabden Heritage] | ||
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*[http://simister.shibbs.co.uk/ Simister in the Twenties & Thirties] | *[http://simister.shibbs.co.uk/ Simister in the Twenties & Thirties] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://southportworld.co.uk/stuff/towndirectory1825.php?opt=1825 Baines directory of Southport 1825] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.spekeliverpool.co.uk/ The Parish of Speke including All Saints Church Speke Burial Records up to 2000] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://summerseat.ourwardfamily.com/ Summerseat] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.sthelens-connect.net/forums/index.php?showforum=244 Local & Family History in St Helens] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://tamesidefamilyhistory.co.uk/ Tameside Family History] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ Todmorden and Walsden Genealogy] |
| + | *[http://www.trawdenonline.co.uk/tlife/history/history.html A Brief History of Trawden] | ||
| − | + | *[http://wardle2000.homestead.com/ Wardle 2000] | |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.wiganworld.co.uk Wigan site for Wiganers - Wigan's No 1 Website] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.wlct.org/Culture/Heritage/archives.htm Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust] |
| − | + | ==Manchester== | |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search] |
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history.html History & Heritage of the City and the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester ] | *[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history.html History & Heritage of the City and the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester ] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/manchest.htm Manchester] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/ Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society] |
*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/famhist.htm Manchester City Council: Libraries: Family History] | *[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/famhist.htm Manchester City Council: Libraries: Family History] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.manchester-family-history-research.co.uk/ Manchester Family History Research] | ||
*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/manchester-executions.html Manchester Executions] | *[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/manchester-executions.html Manchester Executions] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://uk.geocities.com/audreyhansca/MANCHESTER/ManMenu.html Manchester History Pages] |
*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history/victorian/mills.html Manchester's Victorian Textiles, Spinning & Weaving Mills in Manchester] | *[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history/victorian/mills.html Manchester's Victorian Textiles, Spinning & Weaving Mills in Manchester] | ||
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*[http://www.salfordroots.com/page8.html Salford Roots] | *[http://www.salfordroots.com/page8.html Salford Roots] | ||
| + | ==Liverpool== | ||
| − | + | *[http://web.mac.com/keithjtinkler/iWeb/Liverpool18thCentury/PollBooks.html 18th Century Poll Books] | |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Anfield Cemetery] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.stfaithsgreatcrosby.org.uk/Baptisms.pdf Great Crosby - St Faith's Church, Baptisms 1900-1999] |
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| + | *[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Indexes to Liverpool Registers] | ||
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area] | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/ Knowsley Local History, Its People & its Heritage] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/bapt.htm Links to Birth/Baptism Indices in the Liverpool Area] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/bur/lvcem.htm Links to Liverpool Cemeteries and Burial Sites] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.liverpoolhistoryprojects.co.uk/index.htm Liverpool History Projects] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool & SW Lancashire Family History Society] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://liverpool-ancestors.co.uk Liverpool Ancestors] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/liverpoolmurders.html Liverpool Murders] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/1832Pollbook/Pollbook1832.htm Liverpool Poll Book 1832] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_postcode_area Liverpool Postcode Areas] |
*[http://www.liverpool-schools.co.uk/ Liverpool Schools] | *[http://www.liverpool-schools.co.uk/ Liverpool Schools] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.tickfordmanagement.com/locations.html# Map of Liverpool Postcode Areas] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.old-liverpool.co.uk/ Old Liverpool - Snippets from Old Liverpool Newspapers and Other Sources] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk Old Mersey Times] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://liverpolitan.im/main/early_years.htm Ron's Liverpool Pages] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.scottiepress.org/main.htm Scottie Press Online - Covering the Scotland Road/Vauxhall Area of Liverpool] |
*[http://www.toxteth.net/index.htm Toxteth] | *[http://www.toxteth.net/index.htm Toxteth] | ||
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~toxtethparkcemetery/index.html Toxteth Park Cemetery] | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~toxtethparkcemetery/index.html Toxteth Park Cemetery] | ||
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.toxtethparkcemetery.co.uk/ Toxteth Park Cemetery Indexes] |
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| + | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engchs/WAL.html Walton Gaol - List of Inmates and Staff 1881] | ||
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| + | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wooltonchurchyard/ Woolton - St Peter's Church] | ||
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| + | '''Maps and Photographs''' | ||
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| + | *[http://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.flickr.com/photos/23416534@N05/ Photographs of Salford, Manchester and the Surrounding Area] | ||
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| + | *[http://southportworld.co.uk/photos/index.php Photos of Southport] | ||
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| + | ==Register Office== | ||
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online] |
| − | + | 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 [http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/lancashirerd.htm The Lancashire BMD Index] and use the local index reference number. | ||
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| − | + | '''Now centralised through the following office:'''<br> | |
| − | + | '''Lancashire Registration District'''<br> | |
| + | Certificate Services<br> | ||
| + | Quayside Court<br> | ||
| + | Chain Caul Way<br> | ||
| + | Preston<br> | ||
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| − | + | Tel 01772 326881<br> | |
| − | + | '''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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| − | + | '''Manchester''' Registrars offer a full range of certificates along with PDF application forms at | |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/contacts/apply.htm Certificate Information] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/index.htm Manchester Registration Service] |
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| − | + | ==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area== | |
| − | + | Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br> | |
| + | 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> | ||
| + | *[[Research Offers: Cemetery]] | ||
| + | *[[Research Offers: Photograph]] | ||
| + | *[[Research Offers: Probate]] | ||
| + | *[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]] | ||
| + | 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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| 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. |
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The county has undergone numerous boundary changes over the years. A summary of these can be found here.
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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:
- Research Offers: Cemetery
- Research Offers: Photograph
- Research Offers: Probate
- Research Offers: Record Office/Archive
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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