CHESHIRE RESEARCH

CHESHIRE - ENGLAND (CHS)

Ancestry Search	BRIEF DETAILS OF CHESHIRE Cheshire stretches inland from the Irish Sea to the Pennine Hills. Chester the county town is an old Roman town on the Welsh border.
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ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES
We have listed details of some of the major archives and libraries in Cheshire. If you are visiting one of them and need a map simply click the link on the postcode.
Cheshire Record Office Duke Street, Chester CH1 1RL 01244 602574 E-Mail	UK CENSUS DATES 7 June 1841 30 March 1851 7 April 1861 2 April 1871  3 April 1881 5 April 1891	In 1974 Local Government re-organisation changed many historic county boundaries. This site consistently uses the pre 1974 boundaries.	Amazon.co.uk has a selection of books on the history of Cheshire Click here for a list.
For more information on libraries and their holdings visit the FAMILIA site.
REGISTRATION OFFICES
We have listed details of some of the main registration offices in Cheshire. If you are visiting one of them and need a map simply click the link on the postcode.
Cheshire East Park Green Macclesfield Cheshire SK11 6TW 01625 423463	Birkenhead Town Hall Mortimer Street Birkenhead Mersyside CH41 5EU 0151 647 7000	Cheshire West Goldsmith House Goss Street Chester Cheshire CH1 2BG 01244 602938	Halton Heath Road Runcorn Cheshire WA7 5TN 01928 576797 Fax 01928 573616
Cheshire Central Delamere House Chester Street Crewe CW1 2LL 01270 505106	Stockport Greenhale House Piccadilly Stockport Cheshire SK1 3DY 0161 474 3399	Trafford Town Hall Tatton Road Sale Cheshire M33 1ZF 0161 912 1212	Wallasey Town Hall Wallasey Mersyside L44 8ED 0151 691 8505

LOCAL SOCIETIES	SURNAME LISTS
Local Family History Societies provide a wide variety of publications and other material, for more details visit the sites below The Family History Society of Cheshire North Cheshire Family History Society South Cheshire Family History Society	Surname lists give details of individuals research interests. Have a look you may find a long lost cousin! Cheshire Surnames Directory
MAILING LISTS	LOOK UP EXCHANGES
Rootsweb host mailing lists covering every county in the UK. Any member of the list can post a message, which will be received by all the other members in either list mode (every individual message separately) or digest mode (a number of messages in one e-mail). Cheshire is covered by the following list(s). To join simply click the mode of your choice and send the message totally unaltered, disabling your signature. CHESHIRE List mode Digest mode If you want to know more about the lists scope or have difficulty subscribing Rootsweb will provide more details	Look up exchanges list reference works which volunteers are willing to search for specific entries. Cheshire Look-up Exchange Please remember that people who provide this service are not professional researchers, and cannot usually help with general enquiries. Make your requests as specific as possible.

PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHERS	USEFUL LINKS
IMPORTANT: None of the researchers listed has any commercial relationship with the owners of this site. A listing does not imply any form of recommendation and you should take any steps you consider necessary before entering in to a commercial arrangement. If you need professional help with your research you may like to contact one of the following: Paperchase	Genuki Cheshire Genealogy Links - Cheshire Genweb - Cheshire Gen Link UK - Cheshire Search Beat 1886 map of Cheshire Staffordshire & Shropshire

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