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• Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Library Services

• Bolton Council - Records and Archives

• Bolton Libraries

• Bury Archive Service

• Bury Metro Central and Branch Libraries

• Chetham's Library

  • Introduction to the Archives at Chetham's Library

• Cumbria Archives Service

  • Barrow Record Office

    Holds records for the Furness area of Lancashire.

  • Books

  • Carlisle Record Office

    Holds records for the northern & eastern portions of Cumberland.

  • Family History

  • Kendal Record Office

    Holds records for Westmorland, the Sedbergh-Dent district of the West Riding of Yorkshire & the Cartmel district of Lancashire.

  • Online Catalogues

  • Research Service

  • Starting Your Cumbrian Family History

  • Whitehaven Record Office

    Holds records for the southern & western portions of Cumberland.

• Family History Library Catalog

  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.

  • England

    • Lancashire

• FamilySearch Centers in Cumbria

  From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.

• FamilySearch Centers in Lancashire

  From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.

• Greater Manchester Archives: A Guide to Local Repositories

• John Rylands University Library of Manchester

• Knowsley Library Section - Local Studies and Archives

• Lancashire County Library

• Lancashire Record Office

  • Book Shop

  • Enquiries and Research

  • Record Search

    • Church Registers

      • Church Registers and Related Resources

      • Nonconformist Registers and Related Resources

    • Police Records

      Provides a list of names of police officers, particularly those who served with the Lancashire County Constabulary from the force's inception in 1840 up to 1925.

• Manchester Archives and Local Studies

  • Family History in Manchester

• Manchester City Council: Registrars

  • Applying for copies of Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates

  • Contact Manchester Registration Service

  • Family History

• Manchester Public Libraries

• National Gas Archive

  Company archive of the Lattice Group which holds the historical records of the UK gas industry dating from the early 19th Century.

• Oldham Local Studies & Archives

  • Tracing your family history at Oldham Local Studies and Archives