Local History - Genealogy
Archives and Libraries
Vast archives dating from the early 12th century to the present day
Information about local archives and history resources from the County Library Service
Cemeteries and Graveyards
Church Records
Census Records
Civil Registration
The county's Family History Societies are collaborating with the local Registration Services to make the indexes to these records freely searchable via the Internet
Volunteer project to provide free online access to records from Lancashire parishes for family and local historians
Maps
Online versions of Old Maps of Lancashire produced by the Environment Directorate's Archaeology Service
Old Maps of Lancashire and Lancashire areas
Probate Records
Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester held at Lancashire Record Office
Searchable database of c.250,000 index records to assist in finding Lancashire wills from the mid 16th century to the early 19th century
Societies
The Lancashire Life And Times e-Resource Network to search databases (provided and maintained by the Reference Departments within Lancashire County Library): armed forces index; obituaries index; transactions index; newspaper index; census index; parish registers index
Community Pages
Image Galleries
- Churches
- Clubs/Societies
- Floods
- Hesketh Arms
- Holmeswood
- Marinas
- Mere Sands & Martin Mere
- Nearby
- New Hall
- Old Hall
- Old Images
- People
- Recreation
- Rufford Arms
- Scenic
- Schools
- Towpath
- Village Scenes
- Seasons - Winter
Videos
- Under Construction
