Lancashire Family History

Lancashire family history, parish records, births, marriages, deaths, societies, burials, cemeteries and much more. We have separate pages for Liverpool and Manchester.

Archives

• Lancashire Archives
  Find out what records they hold and how to view them.

Births, Marriages & Deaths

• Lancashire BMD
  Lancashire BMD has over 10.8 million births, 4.5 million marriages and 6.5 million deaths available to search and view for free.
• Lancashire Parish Records

Burials & Cemeteries

• CemSearch
  CemSearch UK has databases of monumental or headstone inscriptions from cemeteries and graveyards in Lancashire, including Accrington, Colne, Bacup, Blackburn, Burnley, Little Hulton, Loveclough, Manchester, Nelson, Preston, Salford, Tyldesley, Weaste, Wheatley Lane and Whitworth.
• Oldham Burial Records
  The Oldham council website gives free access to its burial records, including cremations, on its website.
  You can search and view records from:
  • Chadderton Cemetery
  • Crompton Cemetery
  • Failsworth Cemetery
  • Greenacres Cemetery
  • Hollinwood Cemetery
  • Lees Cemetery
  • Oldham Crematorium
  • Royton Cemetery
• Tameside Burial Records
  Records are available from: Ashton Cemetery, Audenshaw Cemetery, Denton Cemetery, Droylsden Cemetery, Mossley Cemetery.
• Chorlton Upon Medlock Burials 1821-1933
  61,000 registers from the Rusholme Road Cemetery.

Census Records

• 1939 Register
  Search over 4,000,000 Lancashire registers by person or address.
• FreeCen
• UK Census 1841-1911

Criminals and Convicts

• Lancaster Convict Database 1800s
• Lancashire Quarter Sessions 1648-1908
  These 1.2 million records of sessions include decisions made in court.

Electoral Registers

• Electoral Registers 1832-1932

Forums

• RootsChat Lancashire

Historical Directories

• Lancashire Historical Directories

Local History

• Domesday Book Lancashire
• Genuki Lancashire

Maps

• Old Lancashire Maps

Military Records

• Lancashire Fusiliers
• Lancashire Infantry Museum
• Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
• Lancashire Roll of Honour
• St. Helens Roll of Honour

Newspaper Archives

• British Newspaper Collection 1710-1953

Occupations

• Lancashire Police Records
  The Lancashire Police Record Search website allows you to see if your ancestor was in the police. You can then request further details through the website. The site 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.

Photos and Postcards

• Lancashire Lantern
  The Lancashire Lantern is an image archive of local old photographs, postcards and other images.

School Records

• School Admission Registers 1870-1914

Societies and Groups

• Lancashire FH & Heraldry Society

Surname Research

• Lancashire Surname Interests
  The Surname Interest search provides details of surnames being researched by members of the Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society, usually specifying a particular period and county, and often a locality within the county.
• Lancashire Surnames 1881
  Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lancashire.

Wills and Probate

• Lancashire Wills & Probate 1457-1858
  More than 229,000 Lancashire wills and probate records. Find out if your ancestor’s will survived the centuries.
• Lancashire Will Search
  The purpose of Lancashire Will Search is 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. This resource should only be used as an index and a search of the original probate records should always be done to overcome transcription errors and omissions. A record found in the index does not guarantee that a will can be found since not all wills were microfilmed due to the fact that many were lost or destroyed.
• List of Lancashire Wills 1748-1792