Posted on behalf of Ian Bloor: The BLO(O)R(E) Society Meeting Saturday, April 12th 2014 The Family History Society for anyone with BLOORS, BLOORES or BLORES in their Family Tree, no matter how far back. We also have BLEWERS and some BLOWERS in more than 100 trees. The Next Open Meeting will be held at The Arnold Methodist Church, in Arnold, Nottinghamshire on Saturday, April 12th 2014 Anyone interested in BLO(O)R(E) Family History will be Welcome. We know that there are several BLO(O)R(E) families in and around Nottingham, so we are holding this meeting to give these local BLOORs, BLOOREs and BLOREs (and BLEWERs and BLOWERs) an opportunity to discuss what they know, or would like to know, about their Family History. We'll be there, ready to help you, from about 10am until about 4pm. All our research tools and expertise will be available to help you start, restart or continue your own BLO(O)R(E) Family History research. And there will be tea, coffee, juice and biscuits Contact Ian Bloor for further information on 01270 811 260 or enquiries@bloor.org If you know someone who has BLO(O)R(E)S in their tree, please tell them of the meeting.

Good morning, everyone, and Happy Mother's Day! Today would be a good day for everyone to mention a Lancashire mother. Could be your own mother, your grandmother, great grandmother, or some other mother that lived in Lancashire. Perhaps you have a story to tell, a bit of data to share, or a query. There are an awful lot of subscribers to the Lancashire lists and you've all been very quiet lately. Let's hear from all of you! Kind regards, Lynne list admin.

Hello all Guess the subject line should actually read "better late than never?" In case you're not aware, the Manchester Histories Festival is underway and will end on the 30th. For information about the festival, see http://www.manchesterhistoriesfestival.org.uk/ and view the full programme, see http://www.manchesterhistoriesfestival.org.uk/whatson/ Best wishes, Lynne

Hello all Thanks to Allan Raymond for allowing me to forward this message to you and many thanks to him and all of the FreeBMD volunteers who made this incredible milestone possible. If any of you wish to join and transcribe for FreeBMD, Allan says you will be most welcome. You can contact him at the email address mentioned below. Lynne -----Forwarded Message----- >From: Allan Raymond <allan_raymond@btinternet.com> > >It's extremely pleasing to announce that following the FreeBMD database update on 21 February 2014 we passed a significant milestone by having a total of over *** 300 million records *** ( 300,035,559 to be precise) on FreeBMD. > >This is due to the outstanding efforts over the years from almost 12,000 transcribers supported by their Syndicate Coordinators. > >Our transcribers are currently working on years up to and including 1971. > >Many thanks to all who have contributed to our Project. > >Allan Raymond >FreeBMD Coordinator of Syndicates

Hello Listers, The following databases have been added to the Lancs OPC website. The search engine was last updated on 25th February, so all the records added for March so far will need to be searched for manually: http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexw.html 24 March 2014 Confirmations 1872 to 1997 from the Roman Catholic Church of St Ann in the Parish of Ashton under Lyne Burials 1846 to 1873 from the Church of St Stephen, Audenshaw Baptisms 1950 to 1960 and Marriages 1939 to 1945 from All Hallows, Bispham Burials 1816 to 1820 from the Parish Church of St Peter, Bolton Marriages 1924 to 1953 from the Church of St Mark, Bolton Completes the Register of Marriages for 1918 to 1931 Baptisms 1949 to 1989 from Blackburn Rd Congregational Church, Bolton Completes the Register of Baptisms for 1897 to 1989 Baptisms 1847 to 1959 and Marriages 1898 to 1960 from Egerton Methodist Church, Bolton Baptisms 1895 to 1900 and Marriages 1911 to 1939 from the Church of St Luke, Halliwell, Bolton 19 March 2014 Marriages 1904 to 1908 from the Church of St Michael-in-the-Hamlet, in the district of Aigburth, Liverpool The completion of the Register of Marriages for 1900 to 1908 Marriages 1917 to 1925 from the Church of St Jerome, in the District of Ardwick, Manchester The completion of the Register of Marriages for 1915 to 1925 Marriages 1863 to 1877 from the Church of St Thomas, in the District of Ardwick, Manchester Marriages 1740 to 1831 and Burials 1701 to 1780 from the Priory Church of St Mary and St Michael in the Parish of Cartmel Baptisms 1876 to 1884 and Burials 1864 to 1881 from All Saints, in the District of Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester Marriages 1810 to 1813 from the Church of Holy Trinity and St Mary Magdalene, Liverpool The completion of the Register of Marriages for 1792 to 1813 Marriages 1846, 1848 to 1849, 1855 to 1857 and 1861 to 1862 from the Church of St Peter, Liverpool Deaths 1854 to 1894 from Oldham Rd Congregational Church (Independent Chapel), in the District of Miles Platting, Manchester 17 March 2014 Burials 1920 to 1926 from Rawtenstall Cemetery, Rawtenstall in Rossendale Baptisms 1813 to 1843, Marriages 1824 to 1835 and 1838 to 1846, and Burials 1813 to 1846 from the Church of St James, Ashworth in the Parish of Rochdale Baptisms 1679 to 1742 from the Church of St Peter and St Paul in the Parish of Ormskirk The registers previously online for 1679 to 1699 and 1699 to 1742 have been reworked, and a few missing entries have been added. Three pages of entries for non-conformist births and baptisms from 1696 to 1709, which appear within the 1679 to 1699 book, have now been extracted into a separate transcription. 15 March 2014 Baptisms 1894 to 1898, Banns 1948 to 1987 and Marriages 1941 to 1950 from the Church of the Holy Trinity in the Parish of Habergham Eaves Marriages 1920 to 1938 from the Church of St Matthew the Apostle, Habergham Eaves Confirmations 1976 to 2011 and Marriages 1977 to 2012 from the Church of St Peter in the Parish of Burnley Banns 1921 to 1951 and Marriages 1963 to 1967 from the Church of St Cuthbert, in the Parish of Burnley 25 February 2014 Baptisms 1830 to 1877 and Marriages 1836 to 1843 from the Church of St Margaret, Hollinwood Banns 1763 to 1766, Marriages 1758 to 1763 and Burials 1836 to 1843 from the Church of St Chad, Rochdale Banns 1758 to 1763 from the Church of St Chad, Rochdale form part of a joint Banns and Marriages register for 1758 to 1763, which replaces the Marriages previously online for these dates. Regards, Sally

Thank you Lynne, This is brilliant, once you can sort out where to find what you are looking for. I should have looked sooner for the index! Cecilia Bell in Essex UK -----Original Message----- From: eng-lan-blackburn-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lan-blackburn-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lynne Sent: 14 March 2014 14:44 Subject: [BLACKBURN] Free historic maps redux Hello all Gremlins! The URLs were in my outgoing message, but apparently stripped when the message went through RootsWeb's servers. Very odd. Let me try this again. Am keeping my fingers crossed. The National Library of Scotland has just uploaded maps of England and Wales from 1842-1952 to add to its Scottish collection. A list by county can be found at http://maps.nls.uk/os/6inch-england-and-wales/counties.html Some other map sites: The British Library holds Fire Insurance maps and plans: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/firemaps/fireinsurancemaps.html or http://tinyurl.com/lwozamt Don't forget that A vision of Britain Through Time site also has historical maps. See http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/ Tithe maps can be found. For Leeds, see http://www.tracksintime.wyjs.org.uk/. Cheshire tithe maps are at maps.cheshire.gov.uk/tithemaps/‎ Bristol historic maps are at Know Your Place (maps.bristol.gov.uk/knowyourplace). If you had ancestors in London, the Charles Booth Online Archive (http://booth.lse.ac.uk/) may interest you. As well as maps there is a searchable catalogue of original survey notebooks, browsable digitised police notebooks, and browsable Stepney Union casebooks and Jewish notebooks. Old Maps Online (www.oldmapsonline.org/) is a gateway to other map sites. If you know of any more free map sites, do let us know about them. Thanks to those of you who have contributed other links. Lynne :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! See http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Genealogical_Materials/GEN-MAT-UKI.html :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LAN-BLACKBURN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You're very welcome, Cecilia. Glad you find the links useful. Kindest regards, Lynne Cecilia Bell <bell193@btinternet.com> wrote: > >Thank you Lynne, >This is brilliant, once you can sort out where to find what you are looking for. I should have looked sooner for the index! >Cecilia Bell in Essex UK

Hello all Gremlins! The URLs were in my outgoing message, but apparently stripped when the message went through RootsWeb's servers. Very odd. Let me try this again. Am keeping my fingers crossed. The National Library of Scotland has just uploaded maps of England and Wales from 1842-1952 to add to its Scottish collection. A list by county can be found at http://maps.nls.uk/os/6inch-england-and-wales/counties.html Some other map sites: The British Library holds Fire Insurance maps and plans: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/firemaps/fireinsurancemaps.html or http://tinyurl.com/lwozamt Don't forget that A vision of Britain Through Time site also has historical maps. See http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/ Tithe maps can be found. For Leeds, see http://www.tracksintime.wyjs.org.uk/. Cheshire tithe maps are at maps.cheshire.gov.uk/tithemaps/‎ Bristol historic maps are at Know Your Place (maps.bristol.gov.uk/knowyourplace). If you had ancestors in London, the Charles Booth Online Archive (http://booth.lse.ac.uk/) may interest you. As well as maps there is a searchable catalogue of original survey notebooks, browsable digitised police notebooks, and browsable Stepney Union casebooks and Jewish notebooks. Old Maps Online (www.oldmapsonline.org/) is a gateway to other map sites. If you know of any more free map sites, do let us know about them. Thanks to those of you who have contributed other links. Lynne

Hello all The National Library of Scotland has just uploaded maps of England and Wales from 1842-1952 to add to its Scottish collection. A list by county can be found at . Some other map sites: The British Library holds Fire Insurance maps and plans . Don't forget that A vision of Britain Through Time site also has historical maps. See . Tithe maps can be found. For Leeds, see . Cheshire tithe maps are at . Bristol historic maps are at Know Your Place (maps.bristol.gov.uk/knowyourplace). If you had ancestors in London, the Charles Booth Online Archive (http://booth.lse.ac.uk/) may interest you. As well as maps there is a searchable catalogue of original survey notebooks, browsable digitised police notebooks, and browsable Stepney Union casebooks and Jewish notebooks. Old Maps Online is a gateway to other map sites. If you know of any more free map sites, do let us know about them. Happy searching! Lynne

Additions from our friends at Lancashire BMD: 5 February 2014 Added 2,867 Births for Trafford RD comprising: Stretford (1953-1954); Urmston (1948-1949) Added 487 Births for West Lancashire RD comprising: Skelmersdale (1950-1968); Tarleton (1954-1974) Amended 3,037 Births for West Lancashire RD to include mother's maiden name, comprising: Skelmersdale (1918-1950) Added 1,506 Deaths for Trafford RD comprising: Urmston (1950-1952) Added 15,311 Deaths for Manchester RD comprising: Failsworth (1884-1925) ~ ~ ~ ~ Cheshire BMD and Yorkshire BMD were also updated. Many thanks to all responsible! Search for your ancestors in Lancashire at http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk or use the multi-region search at http://www.ukbmdsearch.org.uk/ Happy searching! Lynne

The Bolton branch of the Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society (MLFHS) (http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/Bolton/) will hold its next meeting on at 7.30pm, Wednesday March 5th. Dr. Michael Powell from Chetham's Library, Manchester, will discuss the history of this world-renowned library, and the records they hold which are related to Bolton and the surrounding area. The venue as usual is Bolton Cricket Club, Green Lane, BL1 5RH, Farnworth. Help is available afterwards for private research problems. Enquiries to Secretary Barbara Owen on 01204 309515.

Hello all, Today's visit to the Lancs OPC website found the following records have been added to the database. The search engine has also been updated to include the latest additions. http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexw.html 24 February 2014 Marriages 1937 to 1951 from the Church of St Benedict, in the district of Everton, Liverpool Baptisms 1948 to 1962 and Marriages 1907 to 1913 from the Church of the Holy Trinity in the Parish of Habergham Eaves Banns 1981 to 1990 from the Church of St Matthew the Apostle, Habergham Eaves Baptisms 1689 to 1812 and Marriages and Burials 1689 to 1813 from St Michael and the Holy Angels in the Parish of Pennington in Furness Marriages 1980 to 1995 from the Church of the Holy Trinity in the Parish of Poulton-le-Sands Reworked to include pages missing from the original transcript Banns 1884 to 1900 from the Church of St Paul, Skelmersdale Baptisms 1777 to 2012 from the Church of St Stephen in the Parish of Tockholes Marriages 1837 to 1842 from the Church of St Bride, Toxteth, Liverpool Regards, Sally

Hello all, Here are the latest additions to the Lancashire Online Parish Clerks website. The search engine has also been updated to include all the recent records added to their database. http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexw.html 20 February 2014 Burials 1945 to 2012 from the Church of St John the Evangelist, Abram Burials 1831 to 1855 from the Church of St Andrew, in the District of Ancoats, Manchester Baptisms 1848 to 1854 from the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Blackburn Marriages 1953 to 1971 from the Church of St Mark, Bolton Baptisms 1914 to 1957 from the Church of St Luke, Halliwell, Bolton Marriages 1909 to 1920 from the Church of St John the Baptist in the Parish of Burscough Baptisms 1701 to 1831 and Marriages 1701 to 1740 from the Priory Church of St Mary and St Michael in the Parish of Cartmel Baptisms 1868 to 1873 from the Church of St Cuthbert, Over Darwen 18 February 2014 Burials 1793 to 1812 from the Church of St Bartholomew, Westhoughton Baptisms 1874 to 1952 from Westhoughton Methodist Church Regards, Sally

More additions from our friends at Lancashire BMD: 9 January 2014 Added 3,492 Births for Trafford RD comprising: Urmston (1947-1948); Stretford (1899-1953) Added 54,691 Deaths for Manchester RD comprising: Cheetham (1882-1917) 21 January 2014 Added 14,665 Marriages for Blackpool RD comprising: Blackpool Register Office or Registrar Attended (1982-1998) 26 January 2014 Added 3,793 Marriages for Blackpool RD comprising: Bispham, All Hallows (1984-2004); Blackpool, Christ Church with All Saints (1966-1989); Blackpool, St.Paul (1976-1992); Blackpool, St.Stephen (1985-2009); Blackpool, St.Thomas (1979-2003); Blackpool, St.Paul, Marton (1983-2012); Blackpool, Holy Trinity, South Shore (1983-1991); Blackpool, St.Peter, South Shore (1985-1991); Blackpool, St.Mary, South Shore (1983-1998); Blackpool, Holy Cross, South Shore (1988-1999); Blackpool, St.Nicholas, Marton Moss (1969-1996); Bispham, All Saints (1988-2008); Blackpool, St.Christopher, Hawes Side (1991-2011) ~ ~ ~ ~ Cheshire BMD and Yorkshire BMD were also updated. Many thanks to all responsible! Search for your ancestors in Lancashire at http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk or use the multi-region search at http://www.ukbmdsearch.org.uk/ Happy searching! Lynne

My New Year's resolution to forward these updates to you in a more timely manner has obviously failed! I'll endeavour to try harder. December additions from our friends at Lancashire BMD: 3 December 2013 Added 209 Marriages for Fleetwood and Fylde RD comprising: Fleetwood and Fylde Register Office or Registrar Attended (1980-1982) 4 December 2013 Added 18,789 Births for Manchester RD comprising: Chorlton-on-Medlock (1925-1936); Hulme (1929-1936); Rusholme (1929-1936) Added 3,515 Births for Trafford RD comprising: Stretford (1928-1951); Urmston (1929-1947) Amended 12,368 Births for West Lancashire RD to include mother's maiden name, comprising: Tarleton (1837-1954) 13 December 2013 Added 9,151 Births for Salford RD comprising: Barton on Irwell (1909-1909); Broughton (1909-1909); Salford Greengate (1909-1909); Salford Regent Road (1909-1909); Pendleton (1909-1909); Worsley (1909-1909) 21 December 2013 Added 47,660 Marriages for Manchester RD comprising: Manchester Register Office or Registrar Attended (1977-2003) ~ ~ ~ ~ Cheshire BMD and Yorkshire BMD were also updated. Many thanks to all responsible! Search for your ancestors in Lancashire at http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk or use the multi-region search at http://www.ukbmdsearch.org.uk/ Happy searching! Lynne

Hello everyone, Whilst there was no record update today on the OPC website, there was a message to say... "13 February 2014 Today is the tenth anniversary of the Lancashire Online Parish Clerks website! A big thank you to all the volunteers who have helped us to reach this milestone. We are also very appreciative of all the help, support and encouragement we have received." Congratulations and my personal thanks to everyone involved on the project who have given their time freely to co-ordinate, transcribe and provide access to the vast array of records held on the website. I don't know where my tree would be without you! Regards, Sally

Morning all, Here are the latest additions to be added to the Lancashire Online Parish Clerk website : http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexw.html The search engine was last updated on 17th January, so any records uploaded to the site since that date will need to be search manually. 12 February 2014 Roll of Church Members 1852 - 1888 from Oldham Rd Congregational Church (Independent Chapel), in the District of Miles Platting, Manchester Baptisms 1896 - 1901 from the Roman Catholic Church of St William in the City of Manchester 10 February 2014 Marriages 1951 to 1970 from the Church of St Benedict, in the district of Everton, Liverpool Marriages 1851 to 1852 from the Church of St Peter, Liverpool Marriages 1842 to 1843 from the Church of St Bride, Toxteth, Liverpool Marriages 1869 to 1871 from the Church of St Mary, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool Baptisms 1728 to 1739 from the Church of St Bartholomew, Great Harwood Completes the Register of Baptisms for 1684 to 1744 Baptisms 1907 to 1914 and Marriages 1901 to 1911 from the Church of St Luke, Halliwell, Bolton Baptisms 1799 to 1804 from All Saints in the Town of Wigan Marriages 1885 to 1900 from St George, in the Town of Wigan 8 February 2014 Baptisms 1915 from the Church of St John the Evangelist, Pendlebury Baptisms 1901 to 1907 and Marriages 1915 to 1923 from the Church of St George, Pendleton Marriages 1928 to 1930 from the Church of St Thomas, in the Parish of Radcliffe 7 February 2014 Marriages 1956 to 1963 from the Church of St Cuthbert, in the Parish of Burnley Baptisms 1936 to 1942 and Marriages 1902 to 1907 from the Church of the Holy Trinity in the Parish of Habergham Eaves Banns 1978 to 1981 and Marriages 1938 to 1945 from the Church of St Matthew the Apostle, Habergham Eaves Baptisms 1899 to 1901 from the Church of St Andrew in the Parish of Leyland The register previously online for 1875 to 1899 has been extended to 1901. Regards, Sally

Hello all, Here are the latest databases to be added to the Lancs OPC website. The search engine hasn't been updated since the 17th January additions, so the recent records will need to be searched manually for the meantime. http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexw.html 3 February 2014 Baptisms 1788 to 1812 from the Church of St John the Baptist in the Parish of Lees (or Hey) Baptisms 1844 to 1882 from the Church of St Stephen, Audenshaw Banns 1887 to 1901 from the Church of St Peter in the Parish of Ashton under Lyne Regards, Sally

Hi all, As the winter is being such a miserable affair, I have been taking some time to go over some old brick walls. Some of you may be aware of the website, Dusty Docs, but for those who haven't heard of it, it's a online resource that covers the UK (plus a handful of other territories) and provides links to free websites in the British Isles that contain parish records. The Lancashire links connect to such places as Freereg, Lancs OPC and the Lancashire Will Search as well as other important sites like Genuki, which I've always found invaluable when researching a given area. The parishes covered are listed alphabetically so you can easily see if your place of interest has any relevant links. Hope someone finds the site as useful as I have! http://www.dustydocs.com Regards, Sally

>From Wellcome Images (http://wellcomeimages.org/): "... As of today, all historical images that are out of copyright and held by Wellcome Images are being made freely available under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence. This means that they can be used and manipulated freely, for commercial or personal purposes, so long as the original source is acknowledged. High-resolution files from the historical collections can now be downloaded directly from the Wellcome Images website." Perhaps you'll find something relative (pun intended) to your ancestors or the place(s) they lived. Happy searching! Lynne