Lancaster library's directory

Links

• Census Finder - Free Census Records Online - A Directory of free online census records including the UK and Ireland.
• AncestryLibrary.com - Genealogy, Family Trees and Family History Records online - The most comprehensive collection of online records including the full index to Births, Marriages & Deaths and all available UK Census records. Part of the Lancashire Libraries Online Reference Library. This archive is ONLY available on the Peoples Network computers within library branches, a current Library membership is required to login.
• Family History For All - Lancashire County Libraries guide to family history sources available at lancashire libraries and the lancashire record office and on the internet.
• Genealogist, The - Search Online Census, Birth, Marriage, Deaths, Parish Records, Non-conformist Records, Pre 1837 Birth Records, Land Records, Military Records and Directories.
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

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• AncestryLibrary.com - Genealogy, Family Trees and Family History Records online - The most comprehensive collection of online records including the full index to Births, Marriages & Deaths and all available UK Census records. Part of the Lancashire Libraries Online Reference Library. This archive is ONLY available on the Peoples Network computers within library branches, a current Library membership is required to login.
• Community History in Lancashire - The Guide to the Lancashire Local Studies and Family History Collections
• People Finder - Lancaster library's directory of internet resources for finding living people.
• So you want to trace the history of your family? - Lancashire Libraries guide to getting started.
• 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers - part of the Lancashire Libraries Online Reference Library. Access outside Libraries will require a current Library membership to login.
• 1911 Census.org.uk - General Information on all the censuses and details of the 1911 Census. The next census that will be available to the public will be the eagerly awaited 1911 census. In recent years, census information has been closed, certainly for family history purposes, for 100 years which is why the latest generally available to the public is that taken in 1901. The National Archives were planning to make the 1911 census available in January 2012 but a ruling by the Information Commissioner in December 2006 means that the National Archives have been forced to make the information available now.
• 19th Century British Library Newspapers - part of the Lancashire Libraries Online Reference Library. Access outside Libraries will require a current Library membership to login.
• About Boyd's - null
• About Genealogy - The Family Tree and Genealogy Research Guide - A collection of introductory guides and articles about all aspects of family histry, full of links to online sources.
• Adoption, Search & Reunion - This website, set up by the British Association for Adoption and Fostering, provides information for adopted people, birth relatives and also adoptive parents in England and Wales.It also provides information for agencies, professionals and volunteers who provide services for adopted people and their birth and adoptive relatives. The information available on this website applies to adoptions that were made before the 30th December 2005. One of the sources on the site is a database which may help you find where adoption records are located.
• AGRA: The Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives - Help finding a researcher.
• ancestorsonboard.com: A journey of discovery - ancestorsonboard.com: A journey of discovery
• Ancestry World Tree - - The Ancestry World Tree contains nearly 400 million names in family trees submitted by our users. The Ancestry World Tree is the largest collection of its kind on the Internet.
• Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees and Family History Records online
• AncestryLibrary.com - null
• ARCHON Directory & Research Guides - The ARCHON Directory includes contact details for record repositories in the United Kingdom and also for institutions elsewhere in the world which have substantial collections of manuscripts noted under the indexes to the National Register of Archives.
• BBC - History - Family History - BBC - History - Family History
• Behind the Name - the Etymology and History of Surnames - Behind the Name - the Etymology and History of Surnames
• BMDshare.com - null
• British Genealogy - This site hosts a range of web-based discussion forums.
• British History Online - British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.
• British Surnames and Surname Profiles - Meaning and Etymology, Geographical Distribution and Ethnic Breakdown of British Surnames.
• British War Memorial Project - null
• Cemeteries Information - Lancaster City Council - Information on visits to cemeteries in the lancaster area, cemetery records and contacting the cemetaries department.
• Census Finder - Free Census Records Online - A Directory of free online census records including the UK and Ireland.
• Certificates in Lancashire - Where to obtain copy certificates for Births, Marriages and Deaths in Lancashire.
• COFEPOW - Children of Far East Prisoners of War - null
• Collect Britain - This website showcases thousands of items from the British Library. You can browse our collections, tours and exhibitions, or search the site in many different ways. Register or log-in to enjoy more features.
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Search the records of servicemen and women who died in two world wars.
• Convicts at Lancaster & Convict Transportation Database - Lists all the people tried and sentenced at Lancaster Assize about whom we have some definite evidence. The people mentioned were tried at the Castle and sentenced to various punishments, including fines, imprisonment, Transportation to Australia as well as those who were sentenced to death. Please note that often a sentence of death was recorded but not carried out. Transportation to America: we have a limited amount of information on people sent to America in the years prior to Independance. We would love to know more!
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - null
• Easy Genealogy Forms - Easy Genealogy Forms provides downloaded templates (both Windows and MacOS) for family trees, etc.
• Ellis Island - Free Port of New York Passenger Records Search
• Every Generation online - Home page - Every Generation online - Home page
• Familia - Family history in public libraries - A Guide to family history resources in public libraries in Britain and Ireland from the MLA
• Family History For All - Lancashire County Libraries guide to family history sources available at lancashire libraries and the lancashire record office and on the internet.
• Family History Group, Lancaster - The Lancaster Family History Group Home Page
• Family Relatives.com - Familyrelatives.com adds a unique and free social networking features to link members and family historians together. The free features allow members to create an online profile, connect with friends, send messages and add comments to existing records. Members can comment on each others submissions.
• Family Tree Magazine - Free Downloadable Forms, Free Genealogy - Family Tree Magazine has created forms that can help you access and organize your family history information. All our research forms are available in two formats: text and portable document format (PDF). The text versions give you the basic form structure in files you can open in your word-processing software. You can print, edit or even type your information right in the file. The PDF versions are read-only files with snazzier designs—they're suitable for displaying or sharing your research with others.
• FamilyHistoryOnline - FamilyHistoryOnline - searchable databases for family history & genealogy in England, Wales & Australia
• FamilyRecords.gov.uk - This site, provided by the FamilyRecords.gov.uk consortium, will help you find the government records and other sources you need for your family history research.
• FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service - null
• Federation Family History Societies - The Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) is an educational charity formed in 1974 and granted charitable status in 1982. Over the years, membership has grown to over 200 societies throughout the world, including national, regional and one-name groups.
• Fianna guide to Irish Genealogy - This site icludes many transcriptions and links to other sites.
• Finding Genealogy on the Internet - null
• Findmypast.com | Family Tree, Family History, Find Your Past, UK - Findmypast.com | Family Tree, Family History, Find Your Past, UK
• First Ten Steps In Family History - Tips from the General Register Office on getting started with your research.
• FRC records - null
• FreeBMD Home Page - null
• Genealogist, The - Search Online Census, Birth, Marriage, Deaths, Parish Records, Non-conformist Records, Pre 1837 Birth Records, Land Records, Military Records and Directories.
• Genealogy Office Templates from Microsoft - Free Templates from Microsoft Office Online
• General Register Office
• General Register Office (GRO) - General Register Office (GRO) - Official information on births, marriages and deaths
• General Register Office (GRO) - Official information on births, marriages and deaths - General Register Office (GRO) - Official information on births, marriages and deaths
• Genes Reunited - Search for your ancestors in 500 million names in family trees, census, birth, marriages, death and military records. It's the quickest way to discover your family history!
• Genmaps - A free collection of historical maps.
• GENUKI Gazetteer - The GENUKI Gazetteer covers the whole of England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and the Isle of Man.
• GENUKI Home page - null
• GENUKI: Church database - Locate a parish and adjacent churches with map display and parish details.
• GlobalGenealogy.com Inc. - Global Genealogy & History Book & Map Store - GlobalGenealogy.com Inc.
• Good Web Guide - Genealogy site - null
• Guild of One-Name Studies - Guild of One-Name Studies
• Historical Directories - Historical Directories is a digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. It contains high quality reproductions of comparatively rare books, essential tools for research into local and genealogical history.
• HISTPOP.ORG - Home - Histpop (The Online Historical Population Reports Project) contains all published census reports for England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, for the period 1801-1937 and all the published registration reports for England, Wales and Scotland, without exception for the period 1837-1920. Please note that the information is statistical - the site only contains a very small number of reproductions of original census enumerators' books for illustrative purposes.
• Imperial War Museum London - Family History Research - null
• India Office Family History Search - for mainly British and European people in India c.1600-1949
• Investigating your family tree - Records held by the General Register Office - How and where to obtain a birth certificate, a marriage certificate, a civil partnership certificate or a death certificate. Please note that although we can make available to you a great many records that will help you trace your family tree, we do not do everything a genealogist might.
• Irish AncestorsON - Free information to help you get started in Family History.
• Irish Family History Foundation ON - Irish Family History Foundation - Online Searching of Irish ancestral and genealogy records (Births, Deaths, Marriages) for Ireland. Welcome to the Irish Family History Foundation Online Genealogy Databases for Ireland The index can be searched for free, but credit must be purchased to view individual records.
• Irish Family History Research - Trace Your Ancestors Online - 100's of Genealogy Resources - Irish Family History Research - Trace Your Ancestors Online - 100s of Genealogy Resources which may be accessed for an annual subscription.
• Irish Genealogy - Central Signposting Index - We are delighted to bring you an exciting new database which may help you trace that elusive Irish ancestor.
• Irish Origins ancestor records and Ireland maps - Irish Genealogy Search. WELCOME TO IRISH ORIGINS - Specialists in Irish Genealogy. This is a Pay per view/Subscription site
• JewishGen - The Home of Jewish Genealogy
• Just Starting to trace your family tree? - Family Tree Magazine's guide to getting started.
• Lancashire Births Marriages & Deaths - Register Offices in the county of Lancashire, England, hold records of local births, marriages & deaths back to the start of civil registration in 1837. The county's Family History Societies are collaborating with local Registration Services to make indexes to these records freely searchable via the Internet.
• Lancashire Family History and Local History - Lancashire Family History and Local History
• Lancashire Lantern - The Lancashire Life and Times E-Resource network allows you to search in any or all of the following databases - Community Information,Image Archive, Lancashire Pioneers, Lancashire Poetry Index, Local Studies Resources - Includes Newspaper, Armed Forces and Obituary indexes - which are provided and maintained by the Reference Departments within Lancashire County Library.
• Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project - Welcome to the Home Page for the OnLine Parish Clerks project for the County of Lancashire. This site aims to extract and preserve the records from the various parishes and to provide online access to that data, FREE of charge, along with other data of value to family and local historians conducting research in the County of Lancashire.
• Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project - Welcome to the Home Page for the OnLine Parish Clerks project for the County of Lancashire. This site aims to extract and preserve the records from the various parishes and to provide online access to that data, FREE of charge, along with other data of value to family and local historians conducting research in the County of Lancashire.
• Lancashire Record Office - Introduction - Lancashire Record Office (LRO) looks after historic documents relating to the county from about 1115 to the present day.Anyone can use the Record Office. We are open to the public and you can consult any of the records free of charge. You don't have to visit the Record Office to make use of its resources.
• Lancashire Records Office | Finding Folk - Lists the Record Office holdings of Anglican, Roman Catholic and Non-Conformist parish registers, bishop's transcripts and all copies thereof. It also information on our holdings of probate records, marriage bonds, cemetery records and census records.
• Lancashire Will Search - to aid one in finding a will of a person who died in Lancashire, England from the time period of the mid sixteenth century to the early nineteenth century.
• Lancaster Historic Maps - The following maps have been scanned from the Lancaster University Library Map Collection.
• Last Name Meanings Dictionary - Last Name Meanings Dictionary
• List of civil parishes in Lancashire - Wikipedia, - List of civil parishes in Lancashire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Liverpool Echo Geneology information can be found in newspapers - Liverpool Echo.co.uk - Lifestyles - Features - Geneology information can be found in newspapers
• Lost Cousins Putting Relatives In Touch - null
• LRO: Find a Researchers - The people whose names are included on this list may be available to undertake paid research in the Lancashire Record Office. Arrangements must be made directly with the record agents themselves and not through the Lancashire Record Office. Record Office staff cannot recommend particular agents nor enter into any negotiations concerning them.
• LRO: Police Records - Lancashire Records Office: Police Records
• Manchester and Lancashire FHS - the Family History Society
• Mariners - Researching the mariners and ships of the merchant marine and the world's navies.
• Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England - Explore photos, recordings and documents, research your family history and even add the story of how you came to England. The Tracing Your Roots gallery will help and guide you through the many different ways you can find out when and how your family first came to England and where they settled. Collected together here for the first time are documents, photographs, sound and film clips selected by curators and researchers at archives and museums all over England. These incredible fragments of history are presented by specialist writers and historians and available for you to download.
• National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911 - The household returns and ancillary records for the censuses of Ireland of 1901 and 1911, which are in the custody of the National Archives of Ireland, represent an extremely valuable part of the Irish national heritage.We have now begun to digitize and make these available online.The first phase of the Irish census project (County Dublin 1911) was launched December 3, 2007.
• National Trust Names - Welcome to the National Trust Names. website which presents the findings of a project based at University College London (UCL) that is investigating the distribution of surnames in Great Britain, both current and historic. It allows users to search the databases that we have created, and to trace the geography and history of their family names.
• North West Archives - Links to Museums, Libraries & Archive repositories in the North West.
• Occupations on the Census
• Old Maps of Lancashire - We currently have 8 full county maps of Lancashire for online viewing. In addition we now have several town maps c.1890 based on the 1:2500 OS first editions and some based on the 1:10,560 first editions of 1845, plus one Tithe Map.
• Palaeography from the National Archives - Palaeography is the study of old handwriting. This web tutorial will help you learn to read the handwriting found in documents written in English between 1500 and 1800.
• Parishes of Old Lancashire - Map of the Parishes of Old Lancashire
• Probate Offices Guide
• Probate Service - Wills and Administration - The Principal Probate Registry holds seachable records of wills proven and letters of administration from 1858 onwards.
• Pub History Society
• Public Record Office - null
• Registration Districts in England and Wales - An alphabetical list of all the registration districts in England and Wales between 1st July 1837 and 31st March 1974. The same districts were also used to compile the decennial census for the years 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901. Click on a district name to see the places and dates covered.
• Registration Districts in Lancashire
• Roll of Honour - This site is dedicated to those men and women who fell fighting for their country. Recorded here are various war memorials within a variety of counties, it is fully intended to complete as many war memorials in the United Kingdom as possible. The counties and the war memorials completed for each are listed on a separate page. Photographs have been taken of the majority of the memorials, details of the men included and their photographs where possible.
• Roll of Honour (Far East) - A portal which links databases on casualties and prisoners in the Far East War.
• RootsChat.com - is an easy to use messaging forum for everyone researching their family history or local history. The focus is on Ireland and the British Isles.
• Scotlands People - null
• Scots Origins
• Society of Genealogists Homepage - null
• Spinning the Web - Spinning the Web brings together for the first time a unique collection of some 20,000 items from the libraries, museums and archives of North West England which tell the story of the Lancashire Cotton Industry.
• SurnameDB: Free database of surname meanings - Internet Surname Database: Free database of surname meanings
• Surnames Guide - Genealogy, Surnames, Family Names, Meaning Of Surnames.
• The Origins Network - Featuring comprehensive and exclusive British and Irish record collections dating back to the 13th century, as well as rare and unique photos and books to browse.
• Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 - part of the Lancashire Libraries Online Reference Library. Access outside Libraries will require a current Library membership to login.
• UKAncestry - null
• UKBMD - This site provides 974 links to web sites that offer on-line transcriptions of UK births, marriages, deaths and censuses. A wide range of other indexes and transcriptions are also available for most counties, these may include parish records, wills, monumental inscriptions etc.
• Vision of Britain though time - A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
• Welcome to Family Research Link. Original indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths for England a - null
• Where to buy Ancestry Voucher - Ancestry's records (Ancestry Library Edition)can be viewed for FREE on the People's Network in ANY Lancashire County Library. Home viewing requires a subscription or pay-per-view credits. This site lists where these vouchers may be obtained.
• Wills and Probate - Probate Office Details - null
• Workhouse Web Site - www.workhouses.org.uk - The Workhouse Web Site
• World Gen Web For Kids - Welcome To WorldGenWeb For Kids Come on in and learn about Your Family History (Warning: Genealogy is very addictive, but fun!) This site is for kids (18 and under) or classes to do genealogy/history
• World War One medal cards - The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | World War One medal cards
• WorldConnect Project - Searchable Family Trees at WorldConnect. Over 480 million entriesin the Rootsweb pedigree database.
• WorldGenWeb Project - The WorldGenWeb Project is a non-profit, volunteer based organization dedicated to providing genealogical and historical records and resources for world-wide access!