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England - Cheshire
Category Index
- General Resource Sites
- Directories
- Government & Cities
- History & Culture
- Libraries, Archives & Museums
- Locality Specific
- Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat
- Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information
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- People & Families
- Photographs & Memories
- Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services
- Publications, Software & Supplies
- Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists
- Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital
- Religion & Churches
- Societies & Groups
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 Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
- England Commercial Directory, 1816-1817
- England Directory, 1811
Original source: Boyle's Court and Country Guide, and Town Visiting Directory Corrected up to the 1st of April, 1811, Containing An Alphabetical Arrangement of the Names and Places of Abode, in Town and Country, of All the Ladies and Gentlemen of Fashion, to Which are Added, the Inns of Court, &c.
- U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830
Original source: Avero Publications. Biography Database, 1680-1830. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England: Avero Publications, 1998.
- U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s
- All About Cheshire
Wiki to share information about the people and places of Cheshire.
- Cheshire Heraldry
Dedicated to the art and science of heraldry in the County Palatine of Chester.
- English Heritage
Charged to protect and celebrate England's historic buildings, monuments, parks, gardens, battlefields and wreck sites.
- National Monuments Record (NMR)
The public archive of English Heritage. Holds over 10 million photos, plans, drawings, reports and publications on archaeology, listed buildings, aerial photography and social history.
- English Heritage Archives
Photographs and archives of England's buildings and historic sites.
- English Heritage Images
A selection of exclusive prints, framed prints and canvas prints to buy.
- Heritage Gateway
Search across national and local records of England's historic sites and buildings.
- Images of England
Over 300,000 images of England’s built heritage from lamp posts to lavatories, phone boxes to toll booths, mile stones to gravestones, as well as thousands of bridges, historic houses and churches.
- PastScape
Search nearly 400,000 records held in our national historic environment database including information on archaeological, architectural and maritime sites.
- ViewFinder
Photos that date from the 1850s and are a resource for people interested in England's social, industrial, architectural and archaeological history.
- Victoria County History: Cheshire
Index of places mentioned in the titles of articles in the published volumes of the Victoria History of the Counties of England.
- Yahoo!...England...History
- Cheadle Hulme
- Cheshire Churches
Photographs of more than 250 of the historic churches of Cheshire, UK.
- Cheshire Towns and Parishes
- Chester City Council
- Chester Image Bank
A searchable database of historical images of Chester City in the UK and surrounding disrict. Perfect for illustrating family history and local history research. The images date back to about 1750 in the form of sketchs and 1860 in the form of photographs. There are people in some of the pictures though these are not always named.
- Christleton
- Congleton Cheshire UK
- Disley in Cheshire
1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901 census; memorial inscriptions; wills; plus parish records.
- Goostrey
- Grappenhall
- Guilden Sutton
- Halton
- Holmes Chapel Parish Council
- Kelsall 19th Century Social History
- Lyme Handley in Cheshire
1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901 census; wills; plus parish records.
- Marple
- North West Derbyshire/North East Cheshire Sources
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Northwich, Cheshire, UK Local Genealogy and Local History
Transcriptions of censuses, returns of owners of land, maps and more.
- Port Sunlight
- Tameside Family History
For anyone wanting to know more about their roots in Tameside, East of Manchester, England.
- Taxal in Cheshire
1861, 1871 and 1881 census; memorial cards; wills; plus parish records.
- Upton
- Whaley Bridge in Cheshire
1851, 1861, 1871 and 1881 census; wills; baptisms; marriages; plus parish records.
- Wrenbury Village
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
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 BIRKENHEAD Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the genealogy and history of the town of Birkenhead and the Wirral peninsula, formerly in the county of Cheshire, now (since 1974) in the county of Merseyside, England. Archives: browse or search.
- CHESHIRE Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- ENG-Cheshire Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Cheshire.
- ENG-CHS-KNUTSFORD Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Knutsford, Cheshire. Archives: browse or search.
- ENG-CHS-NORTHWICH Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Northwich, Cheshire. Archives: browse or search.
- ENG-CHS-ODD-RODE Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the area on the Cheshire/Staffordshire border known as Odd Rode. Archives: browse or search.
- ENG-CHS-ST-MARYS-BOWDON Mailing List
For anyone wishing to contribute transcriptions from Parish Registers, Bishop's Transcripts, and Monumental Inscriptions from St Mary's Church, Bowdon, Cheshire, England, so that a searchable repository of these records is created. Archives: browse or search.
- ENG-CHS-WIRRAL Mailing List
For . Archives: browse or search.
- ENG-MERSEYSIDE Mailing List
For anyone with a historical and genealogical interest in the county of Merseyside, England, which was created in 1974 from parts of Cheshire and Lancashire. The county centers largely on the Liverpool area and includes the harbor of the Mersey estuary and most of the Wirral Peninsula on which are the industrial centers of Birkenhead and Wallasey. Archives: browse or search.
- 1886 Staffordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire
- AntiqueMapsUK.com
Range of antique maps specialising in good value items from c1900.
- British History Online - Historical Geography
Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust. Historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:10,560 scale for each county in England.
- Cheshire Maps
- Gazetteer of British Place Names
Contains the ancient or geographical County of over 50,000 place names in Britain along with modern administrative areas information.
- Genmaps - Cheshire Old Maps
- A Key to English Place-Names
Guide to the interpretation of the names of England's cities, towns and villages, drawing on the work of the English Place-Name Society.
- Old-Maps - The Online Repository of Historic Maps
- Gazetteer County List - Choose a County
Organized by the counties of England, Scotland, and Wales, this site contains scanned images of historic Ordnance Survey maps dating from 1846 to 1899. Over 40,000 places are indexed alphabetically first by county and then by locality name.
- Greater Manchester Maps
- Merseyside Maps
- Old Ordnance Survey Maps for England
- Old Towns of England - Cheshire Towns
Contemporary descriptions of British towns written in 1836. Also old maps for sale.
- Parish Search
Online searchable database of the geographic location of churches, registration districts etc in the UK, with details of their founding and closing dates. From GENUKI.
- Your Old Maps Online - Cheshire
Scans of original maps & etchings.
- Railways Staff Database
From the Cheshire West and Chester Council, Cheshire Record Office web site. The Archives holds 17 staff registers of 4 former railway companies: Cambrian Railway, Great Western Railway, London and North Western Railway, London and North Western & Great Western Joint Railway. The registers cover staff working over a large area of the North West including western Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and nine counties in North and mid Wales. They do not include stations in the east of Cheshire (eg Crewe). The registers provide a summary of an employee’s career, the actual details varying slightly between registers. The registers cover the period c. 1869 when the first register was compiled, to c 1950 although no one company’s registers cover this whole period. The index contains around 25,000 entries.
Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
Photos, postcards, yearbooks, school memorabilia, and other ephemera of life
- English Heritage
Charged to protect and celebrate England's historic buildings, monuments, parks, gardens, battlefields and wreck sites.
- National Monuments Record (NMR)
The public archive of English Heritage. Holds over 10 million photos, plans, drawings, reports and publications on archaeology, listed buildings, aerial photography and social history.
- English Heritage Archives
Photographs and archives of England's buildings and historic sites.
- English Heritage Images
A selection of exclusive prints, framed prints and canvas prints to buy.
- Heritage Gateway
Search across national and local records of England's historic sites and buildings.
- Images of England
Over 300,000 images of England’s built heritage from lamp posts to lavatories, phone boxes to toll booths, mile stones to gravestones, as well as thousands of bridges, historic houses and churches.
- PastScape
Search nearly 400,000 records held in our national historic environment database including information on archaeological, architectural and maritime sites.
- ViewFinder
Photos that date from the 1850s and are a resource for people interested in England's social, industrial, architectural and archaeological history.
- Footsteps - Quality Reproductions of Old Photographs - Cheshire
Several thousand photographs dating from about 1910 to 1930, depicting views of towns, villages, schools, churches, etc., of England and Wales.
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Branching Out
Genealogical research service in the Birmingham, Manchester and Cheshire.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Cheshire Ancestry Research Service
Website devoted to genealogists or family historians seeking their Roots in the English County of Cheshire.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Derbyshire Ancestry Research
For descendents of people born in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Cheshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire, England.
- Genealogy Professional Wales, Scotland, Cheshire, Lancashire: Gillian Smith Genealogist
Denbighshire, Wales.
- Glynn Roe's Homepage
Research in Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Cheshire and Lancashire.
- Lymm Lines
Research services for Cheshire, South Lancashire, northeast England and the Tay Valley in Scotland.
- Professional Genealogist Researching All Aspects of Family History - Lancashire Origins
Researching in Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumbria & beyond.
- Relative Research
Experienced Genealogist for Professional Research, based in the North West, specialising in Cheshire and Greater Manchester but covering all areas of the United Kingdom.
- Simon Martin Genealogical Research
Specializing in Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, and Cheshire research.
The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records. Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day. Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- Flaybrick Memorial Gardens ~ Birkenhead
- Overleigh Cemetery
From the Cheshire West and Chester Council, Cheshire Record Office web site. Online searchable database covers the years 1850-1950 and includes over 60,000 entries. The database includes information on every person buried in the cemetery: name, description, address, age, date of death and burial and grave number.
- Ancestry.com - United Kingdom & Ireland
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Cheshire Parish Register Project
Online searchable parish register transcripts for selected parishes.
- Cheshire Wills
Covers the years 1492 - 1940 and contains 130,000 entries. It covers probate documents proved at Chester mainly for Cheshire residents.
- Cheshire Workhouses
- Disley in Cheshire
1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901 census; memorial inscriptions; wills; plus parish records.
- England Wills Exchange Database
Collection of will submissions for England aranged by county.
- Cheshire East Council
- Cheshire West and Chester Council
- Family History Online
Online searchable pay-per-view databases with over 20 million records. Compiled by Family History Societies of England & Wales and hosted by the Federation of Family History Societies.
- Family Search Record Search
Millions of indexed records and images of records. Join volunteers around the world who are helping to make more free records available online through FamilySearch Indexing.
- IGI Batch Numbers for Cheshire, England
- Lyme Handley in Cheshire
1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 census; wills; plus parish records.
- Medical Licences | Lambeth Palace Library
Medical licences issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury 1535-1775.
- The National Archives (U.K.)
Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.
- The Catalogue
Descriptions of more than 10 million records held by The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom. The visitor may either search or browse through the descriptions. Images of the documents are not available. Visitors can request copies online and can also place advance orders for the day of their visit.
- Help
- Research Guides: A to Z
This is an alphabetical list of the topical Research Guides. The guides help you find what you need in the catalogue, so this should be the first thing you consult.
- Family History
- House History
- Local History
- Military History
- Search Our Collections
- National Archivist
Online pay-for-use databases containing digital images of original registers, entry books and indexes, reproduced under license from The National Archives and other organisations.
- Quaker Family History Society - Cheshire Records Locations
- Society of Genealogists - County Resources Introduction
- Taxal in Cheshire
1861, 1871 and 1881 census; memorial cards; wills; plus parish records.
- Whaley Bridge in Cheshire
1851, 1861, 1871 and 1881 census; wills; baptisms; marriages; plus parish records.
- Ancestry.com - United Kingdom & Ireland
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- 1837Online
Pay-for-use online searchable index of civil registration indexes for England & Wales from 1837 to the present. Includes scanned images of the index entries for births, marriages & deaths.
- Ancestry.com - United Kingdom & Ireland
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Births, Marriages and Death indexes transcribed - Ancestry.com
This page has a great description of the BMD collection and its origins.
- Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records
Including baptism, christening, and burial records.
- England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
Original source: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah.
- England & Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940
Original source: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Pallot's Baptism Index for England: 1780 - 1837
Original source: The original paper slip index, from which this database was created, is owned by The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, England.
- Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837
Original source: The original paper slip index, from which this database was created, is owned by The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, England.
- UK Parish Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records
A collection of parish records in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland from the 1500s to the 1900s. Original source: Electronic databases created from various publications of parish and probate records.
- England, Extracted Parish and Court Records
- Cheshire, England, Extracted Parish Records
Original source: Electronic databases created from a collection of historical parish registers. The records include baptisms/christenings, burials, marriages, tombstone inscriptions, obituaries, tax lists, wills, and other miscellaneous types of records.
- BMD Index - Birth, Marriage & Death Index
Pay-per-view online searchable index to the birth, marriage & death registrations in England and Wales.
- Cheshire BMD - Cheshire Births, Marriages and Deaths on the Internet
Searchable online index to over 276,000 birth and 125,000 marriages registrations from the county of Cheshire.
- Cheshire Registration Service
- Family Search Record Search
Millions of indexed records and images of records. Join volunteers around the world who are helping to make more free records available online through FamilySearch Indexing.
- Registration Services - Certificate Ordering Service
Service from the General Register Office (the official centralized keeper of these records) allowing civil registration certificates (Births, Marriages & Deaths) to be ordered via the Internet.
- Cheshire Local History Association
- The Family History Society of Cheshire
- The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
For the history of Lancashire and Cheshire, the history of Liverpool, Manchester, Lancaster, Chester, Preston, and Cumbria. History of the Mersey and Merseyside. Index of articles 1848 to present on families from Lancashire and Cheshire in England.
- Marple Local History Society
- North Cheshire Family History Society
- North Meols Family History Society
- The North West Catholic History Society
Promotes the study of the history of the Catholic Church in the region west of the Pennines, the old counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Lancashire, and Westmorland.
- The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
- South Cheshire Family History Society
- Stockton Society
Genealogy research into Stockton Ancestors, Cheshire England UK.
- Wales and the Marches Catholic History Society
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