Difference between revisions of "Lancashire"

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==Links==
 
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/lancashire.html LIBRARY LINKS]
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online]
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*[http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ LANCASHIRE BMD]
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/lancs.html Local History Gateway Page]
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*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,233.0.html RootsChat Lancashire Board]
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*[http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/index.asp Lancashire Parish Portal]
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'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/General/Members/England.htm LANCASHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES]
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'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ lancashire On-line parish clerks's project]
 
*[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ lancashire On-line parish clerks's project]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/lancashire.html LIBRARY LINKS]
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'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/ Preston]
 
*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/ Preston]
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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://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/n-e-lanc.htm north east Lancashire surname list]
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'''Family and social history'''
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*[http://www.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List]
 
*[http://www.lancslist.com/lancslist Lancashire Surname List]
  
*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/birthsmarriagesdeaths/certificates/ Lancashire Certificates Online]
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/lancs/lancashire_workhouses.htm Lancashire Workhouses]
  
*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp Lancashire County Council: Environment Directorate: Old Maps]
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*[http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]
  
*[http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ LANCASHIRE BMD]
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*[http://www.cemsearch.co.uk/index.html CEMSEARCH-uk Your Lancashire Family History and Lancashire Family Tree Research]
  
*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/General/Members/England.htm LANCASHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES]  
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*[http://www.lantern.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire lantern - Lancashire life and times e-resource network]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/lancs.html Local History Gateway Page]
 
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/lancs/lancashire_workhouses.htm Lancashire Workhouses]
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'''Maps & Photographs'''
  
*[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexp.html LANCASHIRE ONLINE PARISH CLERKS]
 
  
*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,233.0.html RootsChat Lancashire Board]
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp Lancashire County Council: Environment Directorate: Old Maps]
  
 
*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ East Lancashire Photographs]  
 
*[http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ East Lancashire Photographs]  
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*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10lancs191/10lancs191gazL.htm TOWN and VILLAGE MAPS]
 
*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10lancs191/10lancs191gazL.htm TOWN and VILLAGE MAPS]
  
*[http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]
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*[http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information Online]
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'''Countywide interest'''
  
*[http://www.cemsearch.co.uk/index.html CEMSEARCH-uk Your Lancashire Family History and Lancashire Family Tree Research]
 
  
*[http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=nav.257 Local history & heritage Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council]
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*[http://www.lancashirevillages.com/ Lancashire Village Websites and rural Lancashire information links]
  
*[http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/index.asp Lancashire Parish Portal]
 
  
*[http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information Online]
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'''Specific Town Village interest''' (Also See '''Liverpool''' and '''Manchester''' , below)
  
*[http://www.lancashirevillages.com/ Lancashire Village Websites and rural Lancashire information links]
 
  
*[http://www.great-harwood.org.uk GREAT HARWOOD. Almost all there is to know about Great Harwood]
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*[http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=nav.257 Local history & heritage Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council]
  
*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/record_society/record_society.htm The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire]
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*[http://www.great-harwood.org.uk GREAT HARWOOD. Great Harwood]
  
 
*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/homepage.htm GENEALOGY IN DARWEN & BLACKBURN ENGLAND]
 
*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/homepage.htm GENEALOGY IN DARWEN & BLACKBURN ENGLAND]
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*[http://www.ourtreasures.org/ Bolton and Bury Treasures in Trust]
 
*[http://www.ourtreasures.org/ Bolton and Bury Treasures in Trust]
 
*[http://www.lantern.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire lantern - Lancashire life and times e-resource network]
 
 
*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/n-e-lanc.htm north east Lancashire surname list]
 
  
 
*[http://www.wlct.org/Culture/Heritage/archives.htm Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust]
 
*[http://www.wlct.org/Culture/Heritage/archives.htm Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust]
 
 
 
  
  
 
'''Manchester'''
 
'''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.salfordroots.com/page8.html Salford Roots]
 
*[http://www.salfordroots.com/page8.html Salford Roots]
 
 
 
 
  
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/liverpoolmurders.html Liverpool Murders]
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/liverpoolmurders.html Liverpool Murders]
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church]
 
*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church]

Revision as of 15:33, 7 May 2007

Wigan Market Place submitted by Northern Light



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.

To order a certificate you need to find the entry in the Lancs bmd index and use the local index reference number

Full details including the bmd index and link to certificate orders at: The Lancashire Registration District





Register Offices

Now centralised through the following office

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

Tel 01772 326881

Record Office Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.


Record Office Lookup Contacts

  • Manchester Parish Records. BMD's & Burials. Pat Hope


Cemetery Lookup Requests

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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts


Links


Local History Society



OPC



Archives



Family and social history



Maps & Photographs



Countywide interest



Specific Town Village interest (Also See Liverpool and Manchester , below)



Manchester


Liverpool


Royal Historical Society`s bibliography...use the full search facility, then

" place index " for a list of publications about the area you`re interested in.

E.g. entering `Bolton` brought up this wonderfully titled book.... 'No hard-brimmed hats or hat-pins please" : Bolton women cotton-workers and the game of rounders, 1911-39'






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