Thursday 3 October 2013

Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Parish Registers 1603-1910 on FamilySearch

FamilySearch has added the following collection of 994236 records: England, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1603-1910. The following is the database's description:

This collection covers records from the Diocese of Manchester held by the Manchester Archives and Local Studies. The parishes are mainly from the historic county of Lancashire, with a few parishes from Cheshire and Yorkshire. Parish registers contain births, christenings, burials, marriages, and mixed church records.

Records can be searched or and/or browsed at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1788853

Chris

My latest book, Discover Scottish Civil Registration Records, is now available from http://www.gould.com.au (print) and http://www.gen-ebooks.com/unlock-the-past.html (ebook), whilst Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet is available at http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-History-on-the-Internet/p/3889/. My next Pharos Scottish course, Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs, starts Nov 13th - see http://pharostutors.com.

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