These Liverpool family history online records include parish records, births, marriages, deaths, societies, burials, cemeteries and much more.
Archives
Births, Marriages & Deaths
- Liverpool Parish Congregational Records
Confirmation records as well as baptisms, marriages, and burials. - Liverpool Parish Registers (St. Nicholas’s Church)
- Catholic Parish Registers of Liverpool 1741-1773
View the registers in an online book that you can browse or search.
Burials & Cemeteries
- St James’ Cemetery Burials Liverpool
The St James’ Cemetery Liverpool website has almost 15,000 burial records in its online database. Search by name, surname, date of birth and date of death.
Census Records
- Liverpool Census 1801
Discover the names of over 13,000 people. - Census 1841-1921
Search the census records from 1841-1921, plus the 1939 Register, with over 630,000 Liverpool residents, all at once. - FreeCen
Has a good, but not complete, selection of free records to search and view.
Emigration
- Emigrants to America 1697-1707
A list of people who emigrated to America from Liverpool.
Forums
- Liverpool Genealogy Forum
The Liverpool Genealogy Forum covers queries within the area of Lancashire between the Ribble and the Mersey including Liverpool, Southport, Warrington, Skelmersdale, Leigh and Widnes.
Historical Directories
Local History
- Memorials of Liverpool
A history of Liverpool from its earliest times to the reign of Queen Victoria; an online book printed in 1875. - Liverpool Place Names
The meanings of Liverpool place names and some surrounding areas, including the Wirral. An online book printed in 1898. - Liverpool Privateers
A history of privateers, ships, crews and their role in the slave trade. There’s an index of names also.
Medical Records
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Historical record from 1898-1920 including the staff, a who’s who and some photos.
Military Records
Newspaper Archives
- Old Mersey Times
Liverpool and Merseyside history and people from old transcribed newspapers with births, deaths, marriages, criminals, divorce, emigration, memorial inscriptions and much more.
School Records
- School Admission Registers 1870-1914
Search more than 335,000 records of schools around Liverpool.
Societies and Groups
Workhouse Records
- Liverpool Workhouse Registers
Search over 2.2 million registers from the following Liverpool workhouses: Fazakerley Cottage Homes, Kirkdale Industrial Schools, Mill Road Hospital (West Derby Union Workhouse), Olive Mount Children’s Home, Sefton General Hospital (Toxteth Park Workhouse), Walton Workhouse, and West Derby Union.
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