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DEDICATIONThis page is dedicated to the Sons and Daughters of Lancashire who live overseas. They all have two things in common - they never lose their accents and they never lose their love for their birthplace.The links from this page will reveal a people full of humour, kindness and pride for a county whose beauty I consider to be one one of the best kept secrets of the British Isles. Na then lads and lasses that's enough o' that sentimental rubbish. Let's gerron wi' it. CONTENTSThe contents of this page have as much to do with nostalgia as with genealogy and contains links to various web sites with a Lancashire theme. If you know of any others please email me the details:The Keeper of the Oracle -Peter Cox. |
This picture shows Marsden Golf Course, Nelson. It used to be a farm called Gibb Hill where my ancestors lived during the 19th Century.
You can see a glimpse of Pendle Hill on the left. |
LANCASHIRE Look-up Exchange
There are many kind people on LancsGen who are eager to do look-ups for you but if you aren't a member, or are too nervous to ask, then have a look a this site. It contains the names of volunteers willing to do specific look ups from a variety of reference works on LANCASHIRE.Click here for the Look Up Exchange
Joseph Aston's Lancashire in 1808
This site gives brief details of every nook and cranny in the Lancashire of 1808. It might not give much but it helps to confirm that a place actually existed in Lancashire at the time.Click here for the Lancashire Gazeteer
GENUKI
This is the source par excellence for all things British and it has a huge amount of information about Lancs. Here is the Table of Contents.| Archives and libraries Church Records Civil Registration Court Records Description and Travel Directories Gazetteers Genealogy History Historical Geography |
Manors Maps Military Records Newspapers Occupations Probate Records Societies Taxation Voting Register |
Parish Records Index
Parish Register Copies in the Library of the Society of Genealogists as of December 1994.Click here for Parish Records
PendleNet
A great source of info for anyone planning a visit to North East Lancashire (where I came from).Click here for Pendle Net
Lancashire News
A site of interest to ex-pat Lancophiles. It brings you up to date with the local news.Click here for Lancashire news
Lancashire Dialect.
Have a good laugh and learn the lingo!Click here for a good laugh
The Lancashire Bugle.
A satirical view of happenings (real and imagined) in Lancashire and Westmorland.Click here for another good laugh