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| − | |Way up in the north west of England, Westmorland forms a main part of Lake District National Park.
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| − | In the greater part hilly, much of Westmorland is unspoiled.
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| − | Copper was mined from the western mountains, slate and limestone were quarried, along with marble which is fashioned into chimney-pieces, ornaments etc.
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| − | William Wordsworth lived at Dove Cottage, Grasmere.
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| − | '''County town:''' Appleby
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| − | '''Other major towns:''' Kendal
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| − | '''[[Places_of_Worship:Westmoreland| Westmorland Places of Worship]]'''
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| − | '''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/regional-projects/ Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| − | | [[Image: EnglandWestmoreland.jpg|right|151px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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| − | ==Resources==
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| − | '''Primary Reference'''
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| − | *[http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/archives/recordoffices/knrec.asp '''Cumbria Record Office''']
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| − | *[http://cumbriafhs.com/cgi-bin/site/main.pl Cumbria FHS]
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| − | *[http://southwest-familyhistory.com/ South Westmorland FHS]
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| − | '''Countywide Interest'''
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| − | *[http://edenlinks.rootsweb.com/1gp/RECORDS/CC/CCINDEX.HTM Constables 1787 Census Index ]
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| − | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20050303042515/jennylittle.members.beeb.net/index.htm 1851 Census for Cumberland & Westmorland]
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| − | *[http://www.edenlinks.co.uk/EDENLINKS.HTM Eden Valley in Cumbria - Cumberland and Westmorland]
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| − | *[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Westmoreland/gazetteer.html General Information]
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| − | *[http://www.btinternet.com/~grigg/ Cumbrian Genealogy]
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| − | *[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/cumbria/index.html Cumbria/Cumberland/Westmorland Genealogy Links]
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| − | *[http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/projects/manorialrecords/index.htm Cumbrian Manorial Records] New
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| − | *[http://www.cultrans.com/ Cumberland and Westmorland Newspaper Transcriptions] New
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| − | *[http://www.northofthesands.org.uk/westmoreland/home Westmorland Papers]
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| − | *[http://www.btinternet.com/~grigg/1829All16042006.pdf Principal Inhabitants of Cumberland and Westmorland 1829 .PDF]
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| − | *[http://www.northpennineancestors.co.uk/Index.htm North Pennine Ancestors]
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| − | *[http://southwest-familyhistory.com/ South Westmorland Family History Society]
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| − | *[http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~enzedders/westmorland/ Westmorland Abstracts of Wills] New
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| − | *[http://edenlinks.rootsweb.com/1gp/RECORDS/WIN_TAX_NW.HTM North Westmorland Window Tax 1777]
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| − | '''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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| − | *[http://www.heversham.org/heversham_history_bingham_1.html Heversham] New
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| − | *[http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~enzedders/index.htm Kirkby Stephen]
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| − | *[http://www.mauldy.supanet.com/ Maulds Meaburn]
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| − | *[http://www.obliquity.com/family/parish/milnthorpe.html Milnthorpe Parish Records]
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| − | *[http://patterdalepatter.multiply.com/ Patterdale Patter]
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| − | *[http://www.obliquity.com/family/parish/witherslack.html Witherslack Parish Records]
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| − | '''Maps and Photographs'''
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| − | *[http://www.francisfrith.com/search/england/cumbria/ Frith Pictures]
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| − | *[http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/frames_home.html Images of Cumbria]
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| − | ==Register Office==
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| − | '''Kendal Register Office'''
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| − | County Offices<br>
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| − | Kendal<br>
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| − | Fax:01539 773565<br>
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| − | Email: kendal.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk<br>
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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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