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|In the North West of England, its boundary to the west is the Irish Sea and to the east, the Pennines and Yorkshire.
  
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'''Lancashire'''  
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It takes its name from the city of Lancaster where the infamous Pendle Witches stood trial in 1612 at Lancaster Castle.
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Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.
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Children's author Beatrix Potter lived on the county's northern border at Hill Top Farm, near Sawrey, until her death in 1943.
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The county has undergone numerous boundary changes over the years.
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A summary of these can be found [[Cheshire Changes|here]].
  
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County town: Lancaster
 
  
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Other major towns: Liverpool, Manchester, Bolton
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'''County town:''' Lancaster
  
  
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In the North West of England, its boundaries to the west is the Irish Sea and to the East, the Pennines and Yorkshire. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster where the infamous Pendle Witches stood trail in 1612 at Lancaster Castle.
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'''Other major towns:''' Liverpool, Manchester, Bolton
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Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.
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Children's author Beatrix Potter lived on the county's northern border at Hill Top Farm, near Sawrey, until her death in 1943.
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Lancashire | Lancashire Places of Worship]]'''
  
  
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The county has undergone numerous changes over the years.
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'''[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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A summary of these can be found [[Cheshire Changes|here]].
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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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As part of the UKBMD volunteer project, the county of Lancashire has searchable bmd index direct links to online certificate ordering from the Lancs Registation District main office at Preston.
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*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/members2/england/eng-lancs.php Lancashire Family History Societies]
  
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To order a certificate you need to find the entry in the Lancs bmd index and use the local index reference number
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/ Lancashire Library and Information Service]
  
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Full details including the bmd index and link to certificate orders at: [http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/lancashirerd.htm  The Lancashire Registration District]
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*[http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ Lancashire BMD]
  
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*[http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/index.asp Lancashire Parish Portal]
  
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*[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project]
  
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*[http://aztecrose.tripod.com/lancashire/index.htm Lancashire Look-up Exchange]
  
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
  
  
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
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*[http://www.aboutlancs.com/indgeneal.htm About Lancs - Lancashire Link List]
  
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==Register Offices==
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*[http://www.cemsearch.co.uk/index.html Cemsearch - Burial Records and some other Databases]
  
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*[http://www.lancashirecensus.co.uk/census_online.htm Lancashire Census]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/lancashiredeeds.html Lancashire Deeds 1667-1811]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englan/ Lancashire GenWeb]
  
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Now centralised through the following office<br>
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*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/lancashire/lan-cemad.htm Lancashire Genealogy:Cemeteries]
  
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Lancashire Registration District<br>
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*[http://www.lantern.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire Lantern - Lancashire Life and Times e-Resource Network]
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Certificate Services<br>
 
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Quayside Court<br>
 
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Chain Caul Way<br>
 
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Preston<br>
 
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PR2 2ZP
 
  
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Tel 01772 326881
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*[http://www.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List]
  
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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.lancashirevillages.com/ Lancashire Village Websites and Rural Lancashire Information Links]
  
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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.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://genchatfriends.proboards39.com/ Merseyside Genealogy & History Forum]
  
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*[http://www.liverpoolhome.com/Merseyside_Cemeteries/merseyside_cemeteries.htm Merseyside Cemeteries]
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,233.0.html RootsChat Lancashire Board]
  
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*Manchester Parish Records. BMD's & Burials. [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=159 Pat Hope]
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/ The Salford Hundred Towships]
  
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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.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web - the Story of the Lancashire Cotton Industry]
  
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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.tamesidehistoryforum.org.uk/ Tameside History Forum - covers Ashton, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Hyde, Longendale, Mossley and Stalybridge]  
  
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*Wirral [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=289 Lovettpod (Helen)]
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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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*Stockport Library [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1143 Jemima Puddleduck]
 
  
  
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest''' (Also see '''Liverpool''' and '''Manchester''' below)
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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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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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.parish-thethought.us/ashulM1.doc Ashton-under-Lyne Marriages 1594-1720]  
  
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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.rhodesfamily.org.uk/yesterdays/index.html Historical Extracts from the Ashton-under-Lyne Reporter]
  
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*[http://www.bacuptimes.co.uk/ Bacuptimes - Bacup & Stackstead ]
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk Barnoldswick's Community Website]
  
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*Aigburth:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
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*[http://www.barrowford.org/index.html Barrowford and Pendle]
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*Allerton (references needed):[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*All Souls RC Cemetery:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=88 Patience of Pendle]
 
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*Anfield: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=289 Lovettpod (Helen)]
 
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*St. Lawrence, Longridge:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=497 Katkin Bluebell]
 
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*Garston:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*Hunts cross:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*Halewood:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*Little Marsden, St Paul's:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=88 Patience of Pendle]
 
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*Manchester Southern Cemetery:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1143 Jemima Puddleduck]
 
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*Mossley hill:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*Oldham area:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1143 Jemima Puddleduck]
 
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*Southport:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=848 Clematised]
 
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*Speke:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
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*Weaste Cemetery, Salford (references needed please) :[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=90 Chimleys-66 (Deb)]  '''or''' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=647 Jennebel]
 
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*Woolton:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1263 garstonite]
 
  
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*[http://bartonbanter.multiply.com/ Barton Banter]
  
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/BartonWesleyanChapel/BWCBFP.htm Barton Wesleyan Chapel Burials]
  
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==Links==
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*[http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=nav.257 Local History & Heritage Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council]
  
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/lancashire.html Library Links]
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*[http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=257 Cotton Town - History of Blackburn with Darwen]
  
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online]
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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.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ Lancashire BMD]
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*[http://www.boothstown.com/ Boothstown]
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/lancs.html Local History Gateway Page]
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*[http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/ The Briercliffe Society]
  
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*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,233.0.html RootsChat Lancashire Board]
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*[http://www.broadbottomvillage.com/ Broadbottom Village]
  
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*[http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/index.asp Lancashire Parish Portal]
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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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'''Local History Society'''
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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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*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/General/Members/England.htm Lancashire Family History Societies]  
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*[http://www.stmichaelsdalton.co.uk/ St Michael's and All Angels Church, Dalton]
  
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/ Tony Foster's Pages on Darwen and Blackburn]
  
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'''OPC'''
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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.lan-opc.org.uk/ Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project]
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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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'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.stmatthewhighfield.org.uk/registers.html St Matthews, Highfield - Parish Registers]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLancashire_(A-K).htm#PageTitle IGI Lancashire A-K]
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*[http://www.heskethbank.com/genealogy.html Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Genealogy and History page]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLancashire_(L-O).htm#PageTitle IGI Lancashire L-O]
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*[http://www.certificates.fsnet.co.uk/homepage.htm Hurst]  
  
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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.stchadskirkby.110mb.com/ St Chad's Church, Kirkby ~ Includes Memorial Inscriptions and Burial Records]
  
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/ Preston]
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/cronton.html Knowsley Local History Pages]
  
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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.lancasterfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Lancaster and Morcambe Family History]
  
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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.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Census and Parish Records]  
  
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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.milnrow-village.freeserve.co.uk/ Milnrow Village Site]  
  
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*[http://www.mossley.net/ Mossley]
  
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'''Family and social history'''
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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.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List]
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*[http://www.interment.net/data/eng/lancashire/rochdale/rochdale.htm Rochdale Cemetery]
  
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/lancs/lancashire_workhouses.htm Lancashire Workhouses]
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*[http://www.sabden.com/ Sabden Heritage]
  
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*[http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]
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*[http://simister.shibbs.co.uk/ Simister in the Twenties & Thirties]
  
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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://southportworld.co.uk/stuff/towndirectory1825.php?opt=1825 Baines directory of Southport 1825]  
  
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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.spekeliverpool.co.uk/ The Parish of Speke including All Saints Church Speke Burial Records up to 2000]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engchs/WAL.html Walton Gaol -list of inmates and staff 1881]
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*[http://summerseat.ourwardfamily.com/ Summerseat]
  
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*[http://www.sthelens-connect.net/forums/index.php?showforum=244 Local & Family History in St Helens]
  
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'''Maps & Photographs'''
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*[http://tamesidefamilyhistory.co.uk/ Tameside Family History]
  
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*[http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/ Liverpool images, views, photographs,]
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*[http://www.todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ Todmorden and Walsden Genealogy]  
  
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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.trawdenonline.co.uk/tlife/history/history.html A Brief History of Trawden]
  
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ East Lancashire Photographs]  
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*[http://wardle2000.homestead.com/ Wardle 2000]
  
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*[http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information Online]
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*[http://www.wiganworld.co.uk Wigan site for Wiganers - Wigan's No 1 Website]
  
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*[http://www.bwpics.co.uk/gallery/liverpool.html Photographs of Liverpool]
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*[http://www.wlct.org/Culture/Heritage/archives.htm Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust]
  
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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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==Manchester==
  
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*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]
  
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'''Countywide interest'''
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*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/ Greater Manchester County Record Office]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history.html History & Heritage of the City and the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester  ] 
  
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*[http://www.lancashirevillages.com/ Lancashire Village Websites and rural Lancashire information links]
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*[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/manchest.htm Manchester]
  
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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.mlfhs.org.uk/ Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society]  
  
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/famhist.htm Manchester City Council: Libraries: Family History]
  
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*[http://www.manchester-family-history-research.co.uk/ Manchester Family History Research]
  
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'''Specific Town Village interest''' (Also See '''Liverpool''' and '''Manchester''' , below)
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/manchester-executions.html Manchester Executions]
  
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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://users.bigpond.net.au/bunter/bury_data.htm Bury Genealogy pages]
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==Liverpool==
  
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*[http://www.croston-village.co.uk/main.html Crosten Village Genealogy page]
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*[http://web.mac.com/keithjtinkler/iWeb/Liverpool18thCentury/PollBooks.html 18th Century Poll Books]
  
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/ Tony Foster's Pages on Darwen and Blackburn]
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*[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Anfield Cemetery]
  
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*[http://www.gisburn.org.uk/ Gisburn Village Genealogy and History]
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*[http://www.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?]
  
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*[http://www.great-harwood.org.uk Great Harwood ]
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*[http://www.stfaithsgreatcrosby.org.uk/Baptisms.pdf Great Crosby - St Faith's Church, Baptisms 1900-1999]
  
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/homepage.htm Genealogy in Darwen & Blackburn]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Indexes to Liverpool Registers]
  
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*[http://www.heskethbank.com/genealogy.html Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Genealogy and History page]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area]
  
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*[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/stchadskirkby St Chad's Church, Kirkby] Includes Memorial Inscriptions and Burial Records
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/ Knowsley Local History, Its People & its Heritage]
  
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/cronton.html Knowsley Local History Pages]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/bapt.htm Links to Birth/Baptism Indices in the Liverpool Area]
  
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*[http://www.bbirch.plus.com/index.htm Birch Families of Oldham in the 19th Century]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/bur/lvcem.htm Links to Liverpool Cemeteries and Burial Sites]
  
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*[http://www.todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ Todmorden and Walsden Genealogy] Includes some Parish Records
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*[http://www.liverpoolhistoryprojects.co.uk/index.htm Liverpool History Projects]  
  
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*[http://www.wiganworld.co.uk Wigan site for Wiganers - Wigan's No 1 Website]
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool & SW Lancashire Family History Society]  
  
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*[http://www.interment.net/data/eng/lancashire/rochdale/rochdale.htm Internment.Net]
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*[http://liverpool-ancestors.co.uk Liverpool Ancestors]
  
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*[http://www.wlct.org/Culture/Heritage/archives.htm Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/liverpoolmurders.html Liverpool Murders]
  
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/1832Pollbook/Pollbook1832.htm Liverpool Poll Book 1832]
  
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'''Manchester'''
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_postcode_area Liverpool Postcode Areas]
  
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*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]
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*[http://www.liverpool-schools.co.uk/ Liverpool Schools]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history.html Manchester past and present]
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*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church]
  
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/audreyhansca/MANCHESTER/ManMenu.html Manchester History Pages]
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*[http://www.tickfordmanagement.com/locations.html# Map of Liverpool Postcode Areas]  
  
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*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/ Greater Manchester]
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*[http://www.old-liverpool.co.uk/ Old Liverpool - Snippets from Old Liverpool Newspapers and Other Sources]
  
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/famhist.htm Manchester City Council: Libraries: Family History]
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*[http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk Old Mersey Times]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/manchester-executions.html Manchester Executions]
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*[http://liverpolitan.im/main/early_years.htm Ron's Liverpool Pages]
  
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*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]  
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*[http://www.scottiepress.org/main.htm Scottie Press Online - Covering the Scotland Road/Vauxhall Area of Liverpool]
  
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*[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/manchest.htm Manchester]
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*[http://www.toxteth.net/index.htm Toxteth]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history/victorian/mills.html Manchester's Victorian Textiles, Spinning & Weaving Mills in Manchester]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~toxtethparkcemetery/index.html Toxteth Park Cemetery]
  
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*[http://services.salford.gov.uk/heritage-forum/index.asp Salford City Council Forum]
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*[http://www.toxtethparkcemetery.co.uk/ Toxteth Park Cemetery Indexes]
  
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*[http://www.salfordroots.com/page8.html Salford Roots]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engchs/WAL.html Walton Gaol - List of Inmates and Staff 1881]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wooltonchurchyard/ Woolton - St Peter's Church]
  
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'''Liverpool'''
 
  
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/streetnames/main.htm Liverpool streetnames] < ''not currently availible''
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpoolphotographers/ A Directory of 18th and 19th Century Liverpool Photographers]  
  
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool Genealogy Home Page]
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ East Lancashire Photographs]
  
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*[http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/ Liverpool]
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp Lancashire County Council: Environment Directorate: Old Maps]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/main.html Liverpool Newspapers Online]
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*[http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information Online]
  
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*[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Liverpool Cemetery]
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*[http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/ Liverpool Images, Views, Photographs]
  
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*[http://liverpool-ancestors.co.uk Liverpool Ancestors]
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*[http://images.manchester.gov.uk/ Manchester Local Image Collection]
  
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*[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/stchadskirkby St Chads- Kirkby]
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*[http://lanternimages.lancashire.gov.uk/ Photographs of Old Lancashire]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Index To Liverpool Registers]
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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/23416534@N05/ Photographs of Salford, Manchester and the Surrounding Area]
  
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*[http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk Old Mersey Times]
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*[http://southportworld.co.uk/photos/index.php Photos of Southport]
  
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*[http://www.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?]
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==Register Office==
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/marriages.html Births, Marriages and Obituaries published in the Liverpool Mercury]
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online]
  
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/1832Pollbook/Pollbook1832.htm Liverpool Poll Book 1832]
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As part of the UKBMD volunteer project, the county of Lancashire has a searchable BMD Index.
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To order a certificate you need to find the entry in the [http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/lancashirerd.htm The Lancashire BMD Index] and use the local index reference number.
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~toxtethparkcemetery/index.html Toxteth Park Cemetery]
 
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/liverpoolmurders.html Liverpool Murders]
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'''Now centralised through the following office:'''<br>
  
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*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church]
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'''Lancashire Registration District'''<br>
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Certificate Services<br>
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Quayside Court<br>
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Chain Caul Way<br>
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Preston<br>
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PR2 2ZP<br>
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~todmordenandwalsden/home.htm  Todmorden And Walsden Site]
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Tel 01772 326881<br>
  
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk Barnoldswick's Community Website]
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'''Please note for events within the Blackburn, Blackpool and Manchester districts you will need to use one of the following links'''<br>
  
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*[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web]
 
  
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*[http://www.milnrow-village.freeserve.co.uk/ Milnrow Village Site]
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'''Blackburn''' area copy certificate information can be found at [http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.13953 Copy Certificates]<br>
  
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*[http://www.carlscam.com/index.html War Memorial Site ]
 
  
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*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net FamilyHistoryOnline]
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'''Blackpool''' registrars have a useful FAQ section with links to copy certificate ordering information at [http://www.blackpool.gov.uk/Services/M-R/Registrars/FAQs/FAQs.htm?channel={F9A168C5-09F9-4C57-B8C6-DC5ED54F7867} Certificate FAQ Information]<br>
  
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*[http://www.stmatthewhighfield.org.uk/BurialRegs/index.html St Matthews Burials, Highfield]
 
  
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/BartonWesleyanChapel/BWCBFP.htm Barton Wesleyan Chapel Burials]
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'''Manchester''' Registrars offer a full range of certificates along with PDF application forms at
  
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*[http://www.cottontown.org Cottontown]
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/contacts/apply.htm Certificate Information]
  
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* [http://www.toxteth.net/index.htm Toxteth.net - excellent history of Toxteth Park, lots of photos, maps etc] Extracts from Liverpool Mercury Newspapers
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/index.htm Manchester Registration Service]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/marriages.html Liverpool Marriages and Obitituaries 1811-1908]
 
  
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*[http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/dataset.asp RHS Bibliography - search menu]
 
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Royal Historical Society`s bibliography...use the full search facility, then
 
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" place index " for a list of publications about the area you`re interested in.
 
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E.g. entering `Bolton` brought up this wonderfully titled book....
 
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'No hard-brimmed hats or hat-pins please" : Bolton women cotton-workers and the game of rounders, 1911-39'
 
  
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/ Knowsley Local History , Its People & its Heritage]
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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
  
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Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
  
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A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum]  or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
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*[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
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*[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
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*[[Research Offers: Probate]]
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*[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
  
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If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location,  please leave a message on our  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
  
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Latest revision as of 09:51, 16 May 2023

In the North West of England, its boundary to the west is the Irish Sea and to the east, the Pennines and Yorkshire.

It takes its name from the city of Lancaster where the infamous Pendle Witches stood trial in 1612 at Lancaster Castle.

Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.

Children's author Beatrix Potter lived on the county's northern border at Hill Top Farm, near Sawrey, until her death in 1943.

The county has undergone numerous boundary changes over the years.

A summary of these can be found here.


County town: Lancaster


Other major towns: Liverpool, Manchester, Bolton


Lancashire Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest (Also see Liverpool and Manchester below)

Manchester

Liverpool


Maps and Photographs

Register Office

As part of the UKBMD volunteer project, the county of Lancashire has a searchable BMD Index. To order a certificate you need to find the entry in the The Lancashire BMD Index and use the local index reference number.


Now centralised through the following office:

Lancashire Registration District
Certificate Services
Quayside Court
Chain Caul Way
Preston
PR2 2ZP

Tel 01772 326881

Please note for events within the Blackburn, Blackpool and Manchester districts you will need to use one of the following links


Blackburn area copy certificate information can be found at Copy Certificates


Blackpool registrars have a useful FAQ section with links to copy certificate ordering information at Certificate FAQ Information


Manchester Registrars offer a full range of certificates along with PDF application forms at


Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.



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