FamilySearch is pleased to announce a new online guide to tracing Lancashire England ancestors. Historic Lancashire, home of the Beatles, heart of the industrial revolution, and port of departure for millions of emigrants, is a bustling place families from around the globe connect with. The guide has been published in the FamilySearch Research Wiki and includes major cities Manchester and Liverpool.
Features include articles on each of Lancashire’s 75 ancient parishes and 400+ chapelries packed with descriptions of records available online at Ancestry, BMD Registers, FamilySearch, FindMyPast, FreeREG, Genogold, GenealogyLinksUK, Google Books, HathiTrust, Internet Archive, Joiner’s Marriage Index, Lancashire BMD, Lancashire Online Parish Clerks, Lancashire Will Search, Liverpool History Projects, Manchester City Council, the Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society, and Origins.
Genealogists will find tables describing where to find parish registers online, maps to pinpoint places Lancastrians lived, locate census-like records dating back to the Middle Ages, jurisdictional information, determine where to find wills of historic residents of Lancashire, view photos of old churches where ancestors worshiped, track down passenger lists, identify major Lancashire archives and libraries, and learn about the tremendous resources available through local family history societies.
Ancient Parishes
Chapelries
Nathan Murphy
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I am looking for family of William Coulter Bentley and not very good at looking these things up,,would appreciate any help I can get.
. thankyou so much for giving the people a chance at this, that have not been able to afford regular searches
I’m trying to find ancestry from prior to 1537. Last known, John Haworth born in year 1537. I’m searching further back.
Hi there
I am searching for my grate grandfather who was in the american army. Apparently his parents were originally from Africa moved to England and he was born in England but breed in America. I do not know how he ended up in American Samoa and the island of Samoa and he meet his wife and had three kids. One boy and two girls. They were all born in American Samoa,one of the girls was my grandmother, one moved to the States but im not sure about the brother. My grandmother had a few relationship with other men and had kids as well. But I believed her last relationship was with Taliaoa Pesamino.
Now are you able to search for rest of my family please?
many thanks
tana
please help
Researching Keyburn, Keybourne, Cabourne, Caburn, Kibirn, ….I am trying to follow the families’ moves to and from Ireland, England and Scotland. Have the migrations to U.S., Australia and Africa. Any input would be most welcome, especially from some in Lancashire and Preston area.
I’m looking for anything on my great grand parents lily Williamson and Thomas Jackson married 1924? Birthdays, children, there parents, anything would be lovely.
My mother and I have trouble finding much on her family history. Thank you
I’m stumped , I use Family Search and Ancestry and can’t find a record of John Dunnahue 1820 and Sarah Morrow 1826 John’s spouse. Can you help me.
Searching both sides of family. William T James- my grandfather
Kennie Welch – my grandmother on my fathers side
Joe Burks- my grandfather
Emma Holder- my grandmother on my mothers side
I have found some of my relatives but I did a DNAtest and have been unable to research any family member out of the United States due to the price of searching.
Would love to hear some stories of my family along with the names.
any information on swasbricks who may have been transported to New South Wales or Van Diemens land