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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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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Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.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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'''[[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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*[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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*[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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*[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]
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*[http://www.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List]
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*[http://www.lancashirevillages.com/ Lancashire Village Websites and Rural Lancashire Information Links]
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*[http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]
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*[http://genchatfriends.proboards39.com/ Merseyside Genealogy & History Forum]
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*[http://www.liverpoolhome.com/Merseyside_Cemeteries/merseyside_cemeteries.htm Merseyside Cemeteries]
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*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,233.0.html RootsChat Lancashire Board]
  
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==Registry Offices==
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/ The Salford Hundred Towships]
  
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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.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web - the Story of the Lancashire Cotton Industry]
  
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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.tamesidehistoryforum.org.uk/ Tameside History Forum - covers Ashton, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Hyde, Longendale, Mossley and Stalybridge]
  
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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]<br>
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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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Now centralised through the following office
 
  
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Lancashire Registration District<br>
 
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Certificate Services<br>
 
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Quayside Court<br>
 
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Chain Caul Way<br>
 
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Preston<br>
 
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PR2 2ZP
 
  
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Tel 01772 326881
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest''' (Also see '''Liverpool''' and '''Manchester''' below)
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*[http://www.pals.org.uk/pals_e.htm Accrington Pals -the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment]
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*[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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*[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.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]
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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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*[http://www.boltonrevisited.org.uk/ Bolton Revisited]
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*[http://www.boothstown.com/ Boothstown]
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*[http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/ The Briercliffe Society]
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*[http://www.broadbottomvillage.com/ Broadbottom Village]
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/burnageheritage/ Burnage Heritage]
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*[http://burnleyinthegreatwar.info/ Burnley in the Great War]
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*[http://www.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.stmichaelsdalton.co.uk/ St Michael's and All Angels Church, Dalton]
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/ Tony Foster's Pages on Darwen and Blackburn]
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*[http://www.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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*[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.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]
  
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*[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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==Record Office and Cemetery Lookup Contacts==
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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]
  
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*[http://www.mossley.net/ Mossley]
  
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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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==Links==
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*[http://www.interment.net/data/eng/lancashire/rochdale/rochdale.htm Rochdale Cemetery]
  
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/lancashire.html LIBRARY LINKS]
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*[http://www.sabden.com/ Sabden Heritage]
  
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/ Preston]
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*[http://simister.shibbs.co.uk/ Simister in the Twenties & Thirties]
  
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*[http://www.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List]
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*[http://southportworld.co.uk/stuff/towndirectory1825.php?opt=1825 Baines directory of Southport 1825]  
  
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates 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.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ LANCASHIRE BMD]
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*[http://summerseat.ourwardfamily.com/ Summerseat]
  
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*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/General/Members/England.htm LANCASHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES]  
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*[http://www.sthelens-connect.net/forums/index.php?showforum=244 Local & Family History in St Helens]  
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/lancs.html Local History Gateway Page]
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*[http://tamesidefamilyhistory.co.uk/ Tameside Family History]  
  
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/lancs/lancashire_workhouses.htm Lancashire Workhouses]
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*[http://www.todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ Todmorden and Walsden Genealogy]  
  
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*[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexp.html LANCASHIRE ONLINE PARISH CLERKS]
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*[http://www.trawdenonline.co.uk/tlife/history/history.html A Brief History of Trawden]
  
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*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,233.0.html RootsChat Lancashire Board]
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*[http://wardle2000.homestead.com/ Wardle 2000]
  
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ East Lancashire Photographs]  
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*[http://www.wiganworld.co.uk Wigan site for Wiganers - Wigan's No 1 Website]
  
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*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10lancs191/10lancs191gazL.htm TOWN and VILLAGE MAPS]
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*[http://www.wlct.org/Culture/Heritage/archives.htm Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust]
  
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*[http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]
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==Manchester==
  
 
*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]
 
*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history.html MANCHESTER PAST and PRESENT]   
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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.gmcro.co.uk/ Greater Manchester]
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*[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/manchest.htm Manchester]
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*[http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/ Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society]
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/famhist.htm Manchester City Council: Libraries: Family History]
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*[http://www.manchester-family-history-research.co.uk/ Manchester Family History Research]
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/manchester-executions.html Manchester Executions]
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/audreyhansca/MANCHESTER/ManMenu.html Manchester History Pages]
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history/victorian/mills.html Manchester's Victorian Textiles, Spinning & Weaving Mills in Manchester]
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*[http://services.salford.gov.uk/heritage-forum/index.asp Salford City Council Forum]
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*[http://www.salfordroots.com/page8.html Salford Roots]
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==Liverpool==
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*[http://web.mac.com/keithjtinkler/iWeb/Liverpool18thCentury/PollBooks.html 18th Century Poll Books]
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*[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Anfield Cemetery]
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*[http://www.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?]
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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.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]
  
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*[http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/streetnames/main.htm Liverpool streetnames]  
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/ Knowsley Local History, Its People & its Heritage]
  
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool Genealogy Home Page]
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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://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/ Liverpool]
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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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/main.html Liverpool Newspapers Online]
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*[http://www.liverpoolhistoryprojects.co.uk/index.htm Liverpool History Projects]  
  
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*[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Liverpool Cemetery]
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*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool & SW Lancashire Family History Society]  
  
 
*[http://liverpool-ancestors.co.uk Liverpool Ancestors]
 
*[http://liverpool-ancestors.co.uk Liverpool Ancestors]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Index To Liverpool Registers]
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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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*[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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*[http://www.old-liverpool.co.uk/ Old Liverpool - Snippets from Old Liverpool Newspapers and Other Sources]
  
 
*[http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk Old Mersey Times]
 
*[http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk Old Mersey Times]
  
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*[http://www.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?]
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*[http://liverpolitan.im/main/early_years.htm Ron's Liverpool Pages]
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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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/marriages.html Births, Marriages and Obituaries published in the Liverpool Mercury]
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*[http://www.toxteth.net/index.htm Toxteth]
  
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~toxtethparkcemetery/index.html Toxteth Park Cemetery]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~toxtethparkcemetery/index.html Toxteth Park Cemetery]
  
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*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church]
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*[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://www.interment.net/data/eng/lancashire/rochdale/rochdale.htm Internment.Net]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpoolphotographers/ A Directory of 18th and 19th Century Liverpool Photographers]  
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~todmordenandwalsden/home.htm  Todmorden And Walsden Site]
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ East Lancashire Photographs]
  
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*[http://services.salford.gov.uk/heritage-forum/index.asp Salford City Council Forum]
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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.cemsearch.co.uk/preston.html CEMSEARCH-uk Monumental Inscriptions]
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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.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/ Liverpool Images, Views, Photographs]
  
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*[http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk Burial Records Search]  
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*[http://images.manchester.gov.uk/ Manchester Local Image Collection]
  
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*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk Barnoldswick's Community Website]
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*[http://lanternimages.lancashire.gov.uk/ Photographs of Old Lancashire]
  
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*[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web]
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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.salfordroots.com/page8.html Salford Roots]
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*[http://southportworld.co.uk/photos/index.php Photos of Southport]
  
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/famhist.htm Manchester City Council: Libraries: Family History]
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==Register Office==
  
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*[http://www.milnrow-village.freeserve.co.uk/ Milnrow Village Site]
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online]
  
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*[http://www.carlscam.com/index.html War Memorial Site ]
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As part of the UKBMD volunteer project, the county of Lancashire has a searchable BMD Index.
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To order a certificate you need to find the entry in the [http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/lancashirerd.htm  The Lancashire BMD Index] and use the local index reference number.
  
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*[http://www.bbirch.plus.com/index.htm Birch Families of Oldham in the 19th Century]
 
  
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*[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/manchester-executions.html Manchester Executions]
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'''Now centralised through the following office:'''<br>
  
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*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net FamilyHistoryOnline]
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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.boltonrevisited.org.uk/3.html Bolton Revisited - Family History - Message Board]
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Tel 01772 326881<br>
  
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*[http://www.stmatthewhighfield.org.uk/BurialRegs/index.html St Matthews Burials, Highfield]
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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.mancuniensis.info/BartonWesleyanChapel/BWCBFP.htm Barton Wesleyan Chapel Burials]
 
  
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*[http://www.cottontown.org Cottontown]
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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.ourtreasures.org/ Bolton and Bury Treasures in Trust]
 
  
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*[http://www.lantern.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire lantern - Lancashire life and times e-resource network]
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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.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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'''Manchester''' Registrars offer a full range of certificates along with PDF application forms at
  
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/contacts/apply.htm Certificate Information]
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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://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/n-e-lanc.htm north east Lancashire surname list]
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/registrars/index.htm Manchester Registration Service]
  
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*[http://www.wlct.org/Culture/Heritage/archives.htm Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust]
 
  
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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.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/index.asp Lancashire Parish Portal]
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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
  
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*[http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information Online]
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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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*[http://www.lancashirevillages.com/ Lancashire Village Websites and rural Lancashire information links]
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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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*[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/manchest.htm MANCHESTER]
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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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*[http://www.great-harwood.org.uk GREAT HARWOOD. Almost all there is to know about Great Harwood]
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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.

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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