Some useful links for anyone new to genealogy research in Birkenhead and Wirral Wirral archives http://www.wirral-libraries.net/archives/ Genuki Birkenhead page: http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/chs/birken.htm For a complete index listing of Cheshire Wills available at the Cheshire Record Office Chester http://www.fhsc.org.uk/wills/index.htm Family History Society of Cheshire http://www.fhsc.org.uk/index.htm Cheshire BMD's (Births Marriages and Deaths) Register Office indexes of births, marriages and deaths in the county. http://cheshirebmd.org.uk/ Cheshire surnames directory Check if anyone else researching the names you are researching, make contact, find cousins etc http://www.fhsc.org.uk/surnames/index.htm Cheshire towns and parishes http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/chs/parishes.htm Lot of useful information Caryl