LANCASHIRE RESEARCH

LANCASHIRE - ENGLAND (LAN)

Ancestry Search	BRIEF DETAILS OF LANCASHIRE Lancashire is a large county in North West England stretching west from the Pennine Hills to the Irish Sea.
Locate First Online Electoral Roll Search	MAJOR TOWNS AND CITIES Blackburn Lancaster Liverpool Manchester Preston	Frith Photo Archive Search for Old Photos
UK Record Collections	BORDERING COUNTIES Cheshire Cumberland Westmorland Yorkshire	Missing Links Birth Adoption Register
RootsMap Surname Distribution Maps	INDUSTRIES Agriculture Cotton Fishing Import and Export Coal Mining	Old-Maps.co.uk Digital Historical Maps
	All phone numbers shown on this page are local. If you need advice on phoning from overseas click here	UK multiMAP Online Maps
GetMapping Ariel Photos

ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES
We have listed details of some of the major archives and libraries in Lancashire. If you are visiting one of them and need a map simply click the link on the postcode.
Cumbria Record Office and Local Studies Library 140 Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria LA14 1XW 01229 894363 E-Mail	Greater Manchester County Record Office 56 Marshall Street, Manchester M4 5FU 0161 832 5284 E-Mail	Lancashire County Library Corporation Street Street, Preston PR1 2UQ 01772 254868	Lancashire Record Office Bow Lane, Preston PR1 8ND 01772 263039 E-Mail
Liverpool Record Office William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EW 0151 207 3163	The Genealogical Services Directory 2000 This book has been an invaluable aid for the research necessary for this site. It is an ideal reference book for anyone researching in the UK.		Amazon.co.uk has a selection of books on the history of Lancashire 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 Lancashire. If you are visiting one of them and need a map simply click the link on the postcode.
Barrow in Furness 74 Abbey Road Barrow in Furness Cumbria LA14 5UB 01229 839598	Blackburn Jubilee Street Blackburn Lancashire BB1 1EP 01254 587521	Blackpool and Fylde South King Street Blackpool Lancashire FY1 4AX 01253 477177	Bolton Mere Hall Mere Hall Street Bolton Lancashire BL1 2QT 01204 525165
Burnley and Pendle 12 Nicholas Street Burnley Lancashire BB11 2AQ 01282 431166	Bury Town Hall Manchester Road Bury Lancashire BL9 0SW 0161 253 6026	Chorley 16 St Georges Street Chorley Lancashire PR7 2AA 01257 263143	Garstang Council Offices Garstang Lancashire PR3 1FU 01995 605156
Hyndburn and Rossendale The Mechanics Institute Willow Street Accrington Lancashire BB5 1LP 01254 871360	Knowsley District Council Offices High Street Prescot Merseyside L24 3LH 0151 443 5200	Lancaster 4 Queen Street Lancaster LA1 1RS 01524 65673	Liverpool 7 Brougham Terrace West Derby Road Liverpool L6 1AF 0151 225 4977
Manchester Cumberland House Spinning Field Off Deansgate Manchester M60 3BB 0161 234 7878	Oldham Metropolitan House Hobson Street Oldham Lancashire OL1 1PY 0161 678 0137	Preston and South Ribble Guildhall Offices Guildhall Street Preston Lancashire PR1 3PR 01772 263806	Ribble Valley Off Pimlico Road Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2BW 01200 425786
Rochdale Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale Lancashire OL16 1AB 01706 864783	Salford 'Kingslea' Barton Road Swinton Manchester M27 1WH 0161 793 0077	Sefton North Town Hall Corporation Street Southport Merseyside PR8 1DA 01704 533133	Sefton South Register Office Crosby Town Hall Great Georges Road Liverpool L22 1RB 0151 922 4040
St Helens Central Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1UJ 01744 23524	Tameside Town Hall King Street Dukinfield Cheshire SK16 4LA	Warrington Museum Street Warrington WA1 1JX 01925 442762	West Lancashire Greetby Buildings Derby Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2BS 01695 576009
Wigan and Leigh New Town Hall Library Street Wigan Lancashire WN1 1NN 01942 70511	The UK Census has been taken every 10 years since 1841 and is made public after 100 years. Many societies publish booklets giving details of the census in towns and villages in their area. Some can be purchased from Amazon, for details simply click the link on the year you want, alternatively you can contact the society direct.		UK CENSUS DATES 7 June 1841 30 March 1851 7 April 1861 2 April 1871 3 April 1881 5 April 1891

LOCAL SOCIETIES	SURNAME LISTS
Local Family History Societies provide a wide variety of publications and other material, for more details visit the sites below Cumbria FHS Furness FHS Lancashire FH & HS Lancashire Local History Federation Lancashire Parish Register Society Lancaster FHG Liverpool & SW Lancs FHS Manchester & Lancashire FHS North Meols FHS Ormskirk & District FHS C/O Ormskirk College, Hants Lane, Ormskirk. Lancashire L39 1PX The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire Ulverston Heritage Centre Family History Group	Surname lists give details of individuals research interests. Have a look you may find a long lost cousin! Liverpool and Area Surnames List Manchester & Lancashire FHS Surnames List North-East Lancashire Surnames List Ormskirk FHS Surnames List
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). Lancashire 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. LANCSGEN 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. Lancashire Lookup 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.

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