Hot on the heels of the last update, yet more new data from our friends at Lancashire BMD: 15 March 2012 Added 40,995 Births for Bolton RD comprising: Farnworth (1868-1873); Great Bolton (1892-1897); Little Hulton (1897-1902); Sharples (1877-1896); Western Bolton (1852-1863); Edgworth (1887-1902); Little Bolton (1857-1858) ~ ~ ~ ~ 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

A lot of new data from our friends at Lancashire BMD: Added 21,478 Births for Manchester RD comprising: Blackley (1837-1904) Added 3,386 Births for North Sefton RD comprising: Formby (1867-1870); North Meols (1867-1870) Added 3,522 Births for Salford RD comprising: Salford Greengate (1890-1892) Added 6,689 Births for Bury RD comprising: Bury North (1876-1879); Bury South (1893-1901) Amended 35,093 Births for Wigan and Leigh RD to include mother's maiden name, comprising: Hindley (1887-1890); Leigh (1895-1897); Upholland (1862-1904); Westleigh (1856-1877); Wigan (1902-1922 Added 293 Marriages for Ribble RD comprising: Waddington, St Helen (1951-1994) Added 7,558 Marriages for Salford RD comprising: Salford, Irwell Street Wesleyan Chapel (1939-1940); Seedley, Warren Street Independent Methodist (1939-1940); Pendleton, St David Welsh Methodist (1939-1940); Salford, St. John, Methodist (1939-1940); Boothstown Methodist (1939-1940); Salford, Hope Congregational (1939-1940); Pendleton, Bethesda Chapel, Broad St (1939-1940); Salford, Richmond Independent Chapel (1939-1940); Salford, Central United Reformed Church (1939-1940); Salford, Chapel Street & Hope United Reformed Church (1940-1940); Salford, Wesleyan Methodist, Regent Road (1939-1940); Salford, Brunswick, Methodist (1939-1940); Pendleton, Wesley Chapel, Ellor St (1939-1939); Salford, St. Stephen Methodist (1939-1940); Higher Broughton Chapel (1939-1940); Broughton Park URC (1939-1940); Pendleton, Broad Street Congregational (1939-1939); Salford, Weaste Congregational/United Reformed Church (1939-1940); Salford, Gravel Lane Methodist (1939-1940); Broughton, Broughton Un! ion, Great Clowes Street (1939-1940); Broughton, Salford New Church, Frederick Road (1939-1939); Salford, Great Clowes Street Methodist (1939-1940); Broughton, North Manchester New Church (1939-1940); Salford, Methodist Free Church (1939-1940); Salford, Dock Mission Hall, New Park Road (1939-1940); Higher Broughton, Presbyterian (1939-1940); Pendleton, Enys Street Methodist (1939-1940); Swinton, Worsley Road URC (1939-1940); Swinton, Methodist Free Church, Worsley Rd (1939-1940); Salford, St. Paul, Methodist (1939-1940); Salford, Trinity Congregational (1939-1940); Worsley, Trinity Methodist (1939-1940); Walkden, Whittlebrook (formerly Primitive) Methodist Church (formerly Primitive) Methodist Church, registers at Salford (1939-1939); Salford, Bolton Road Methodist (1939-1940); Worsley, Barton Road Methodist (1940-1940); Eccles, Wesleyan Methodist (1939-1940); Patricroft, Trinity Methodist (1939-1940); Eccles, Barton Road Methodist (1939-1940); Salford, Zion Methodist (1939! -1940); Eccles, Immanuel Methodist Church (1939-1940); Irlam, ! St. Paul , Methodist (1939-1940); Cadishead, Wesleyan Methodist (1939-1940); Walkden, Congregational Church (1939-1940); Pendlebury, Methodist Church (1940-1940); Broughton, Salem, Wellington St East (1939-1940); Swinton, Chorley Road (formerly Primitive) Methodist Church (formerly Primitive) Methodist Church, registers at Salford (1939-1940); Salford, Memorial Road Methodist (1940-1940); Patricroft, Patricroft (formerly Ebenezer) Methodist Church (formerly Ebenezer) Methodist Church, registers at Salford (1939-1940); Salford, Westwood Methodist (1939-1940); Pendlebury, Bethel Methodist (1939-1940); Pendlebury, United Methodist Free Church, Dumbell St (1939-1940); Monton, Monton Methodist Church (1939-1940); Swinton, Manchester Road Methodist Church (1939-1940); Pendleton, Charlestown Congregational (1939-1940); Walkden Moor Methodist (1939-1940); Salford, St. Andrew, Methodist (1939-1940); Walkden or Little Hulton, Worsley Road North, Methodist (1939-1940); Little Hulton, Wesleyan C! hurch, Cleggs Lane (1939-1940); Little Hulton, Wharton Untied Reformed Church (1939-1940); Eccles, Particroft United Reformed Church (1939-1940); Eccles, Central Hall Methodist (1939-1940); Monton Green, Monton Church (1939-1940); Little Hulton, St. Edmund (1940-1940); Pendlebury, Ellesmere Street Methodist Church (1939-1939); Higher Broughton, Leicester Road Methodist (1939-1940); Irlam, Boundary Road Methodist Church (1939-1939); Salford, Whit Lane Methodist (1939-1940); Barton-on-Irwell Register Office or Registrar Attended (1939-1940); Eccles Parish St Mary's (1939-1940); Swinton St Peter (1939-1940); Worsley St Mark (1939-1940); Winton, St Mary Magdalene (1939-1940); Pendlebury Christ Church (1939-1940); Salford St Augustine (1939-1940); Pendlebury St John (1939-1940); St Mary's, Cadishead (1939-1940); Peel St Paul (1939-1940); Patricroft, St Michael and All Angels (1939-1940); Eccles St Andrew (1939-1940); Salford Christ Church (1939-1940); Salford St Cyprian (1939-19! 40); Salford Sacred Trinity (1939-1940); Holy Angels Claremont! , Pendle ton (1939-1940); Stowell Memorial (1939-1940); Salford St Ignatius (1939-1940); Salford Ascension (1939-1940); Patricroft Christ Church (1939-1940); Pendleton St Paul (1939-1940); Kersal St Paul (1939-1940); Salford St Stephen (1939-1940); Salford St Luke (1939-1940); Salford St Matthias (1939-1940); Salford St Philip (1939-1940); Weaste All Saints (1939-1940); Salford St George (1939-1940); Pendleton St Thomas (1939-1940); Broughton St Clements (1939-1940); Monton St Paul (1939-1940); Salford St Barnabas (1939-1940); Broughton St John (1939-1940); Salford St Ambrose (1939-1940); Salford St Bartholomew (1939-1940); Brindle Heath, St. Anne (1939-1940); Hope St James (1939-1940); Higher Broughton St James (1939-1940); Salford St Clements (1939-1940); Irlam St John (1939-1940); Clifton St Ann (1939-1940); Little Hulton St John (1939-1940); Walkden St Paul (1939-1940); Salford Holy Rood (1939-1940); Higher Broughton Synagogue (1939-1940); Higher Crumpsall & Higher Broughton Syna! gogue (1939-1940); Manchester, Central and North Manchester Synagogue (1939-1940); Kersal, North Salford & Beth Hamedrash (prev. Romanian) Synagogue (prev. Romanian) Synagogue, registers at Salford (1939-1940); Salford Register Office or Registrar Attended (1939-1940) ~ ~ ~ ~ Cheshire BMD has also been 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

Hi Lynne, Thank you for passing that on it is a very important point. Sylvia. -----Original Message----- From: sally roberts Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 11:01 AM To: eng-lan-eccles@rootsweb.com ; eng-lan-bolton@rootsweb.com ; eng-lan-blackburn@rootsweb.com Subject: [BLACKBURN] Lancs OPC search engine Hello all, This is just to let you know that the Lancashire Online Parish Clerk search engine facility was updated on 7th March. The benefit of this is that, for the moment, it covers all of the records added in the databases and any searches made will return 100% of what it finds in the collection.The last addition was made on 6th March. Happy hunting! Regards, Sally :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- 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

Hello all, This is just to let you know that the Lancashire Online Parish Clerk search engine facility was updated on 7th March. The benefit of this is that, for the moment, it covers all of the records added in the databases and any searches made will return 100% of what it finds in the collection.The last addition was made on 6th March. Happy hunting! Regards, Sally

Well, I'd love to take credit, Sylvia, but that message was from Sally who very kindly keeps us up to date on all things related to the Lancashire OPC. Kind regards, Lynne -----Original Message----- > >Hi Lynne, > >Thank you for passing that on it is a very important point. >Sylvia. >

News from Ian Hartas at UKBMD: >Hi, the local Register Offices have received a circular from GRO dated 9th March which stated that the fees for Birth Marriage and Death certificates issued by Superintendent Registrars is set to increase from £9 to £10 with effect from 1st April 2012. The circular also stated that these changes are being brought into effect via the Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2012 which was laid before Parliament on 9th March. > >So order your certificates from the local register office as >soon as you can ! > >I do not know if this affects the cost of certificates from the GRO. > >Don't forget that it's your local register offices that have the original certificates and the GRO has copies only. > >

Hello Dave and all Thanks very much for responding to my message. It seems that most of you are not subscribed to LancsGen and those that are subscribed to LancsGen don't seem to mind too much when they get duplicate copies of the same message so I'll keep cross-posting things that may be of interest to you. LancsGen is by far the largest and one of the oldest of RootsWeb's Lancashire lists and it can get a little busy. There are 100 subscribers to the Blackburn list (usually very quiet subscribers!), while LancsGen has nearly ten times that number. Of course, with that many subscribers, the chance that a query will be answered or a connection made certainly is higher. LancsGen also has the added feature of receiving copies of messages posted on RootsWeb's Lancashire message board. If anyone has a burning desire to find their ancestors in Lancashire, it couldn't hurt to subscribe to LancsGen (you can always unsub if you don't enjoy the list). A look at the list's archives might give you a feel for the list. You can see them at <http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=lancsgen>. If you decide to subscribe to LancsGen, use the handy link on the list's information page at <http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/ENG/LANCSGEN.html>. (There's also a link there to unsubscribe, just in case.) Another Lancashire list that might interest you is LancsLife. LancsLife is not strictly for genealogy. The list is for discussion of all things related to life in Lancashire in order to place the lives of our ancestors in perspective: dialect, slang, and sayings; culture and traditions; history of towns and villages; folklore; poetry and songs; recipes;* and nostalgic essays. It's a very, very quiet list, so any contributions to it would be gratefully received. List information and subscription links can be found at <http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/ENG/LANCSLIFE.html>;. I'm not a very good researcher, so my contribution to Lancashire family research is to administer these lists, which is truly my pleasure. Kindest regards, Lynne *And speaking of recipes, if you like to cook, have family recipes you'd like to share, or are looking for English recipes, the British-Food list is the place to go. Information and subscription links are at <http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/UK/BRITISH-FOOD.html>.

I subscribe to the Blackburn list only. I find that the LancsGen list is too busy considering I'm only interested in the Blackburn area. So I do appreciate that you post to both of them. Dave On 2012-03-06, at 12:18 PM, Lynne wrote: > Hello everyone > > May I have a show of hands from those of you that _don't_ also subscribe to LancsGen? The reason I'm asking is that in my efforts to get information out to all of you, I feel I may be unnecessarily bombarding (and irritating!) you with multiple copies of the same message. If the vast majority of you are also subscribed to LancsGen (an action I heartily recommend), then I won't send copies of the same message to this list. > > Let me know what you think. > > Thanks! > > Lynne > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Sounds like you've got all your bases covered, Marian! Kind regards, Lynne -----Original Message----- > >Hi Lynne, Not only Lancsgen but Eccles and Bury too...just in case I miss >something! Marian

"As far back as the 1800s, single mothers were receiving benefits. At that time, they would be paid up front and in cash, but were they better off than today?" An article on the BBC website that you may find interesting. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17159966 Kind regards, Lynne

Hello everyone Here's some new data from our friends at Lancashire BMD: Added 26,167 Births for Hyndburn RD comprising: Rossendale (1837-1895) Added 11,767 Births for Burnley RD comprising: Burnley West (1926-1956) Added 18,642 Births for Salford RD comprising: Salford Greengate (1890-1892); Salford Regent Road (1890-1892); Pendleton (1890-1892) Added 27,506 Deaths for Oldham RD comprising: Oldham Above Town (1865-1891); Oldham Below Town (1881-1891) Added 5,984 Deaths for Bury RD comprising: Bury North (1880-1884); Bury South (1880-1882); Elton (1879-1888); Radcliffe (1875-1876) Added 1,338 Marriages for Blackburn RD comprising: Blackburn Register Office or Registrar Attended (1951-1957) ~ ~ ~ ~ Yorkshire BMD has also been 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

I missed those cemetery records, Bob. Thanks for letting us know about them. John on the Manchester & Lancashire FHS list found a few MARSDEN records for Lancashire, but I'm not sure of the exact location. Definitely worth a second look for surnames, locations, and other key words. Kind regards, Lynne -----Original Message----- > >This proved interesting - "Books" has a wide interpretation. There is >a copy of the Cemetery Records for St John, Blackburn which is a typed >document rather than a printed and published book. > >Another local resource is Births and Marriages for the New Jerusalem >Church in Clayton-le-Moors. > >That was just a quick look last night - there may be more of local interest. > >BobC

Hello all, Another database has been added to the Lancs OPC website: http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexw.html 6 March 2012 Baptisms 1821 to 1834 and Burials 1776 to 1809 from the Church of St Thomas, Pendleton Regards, Sally

This proved interesting - "Books" has a wide interpretation. There is a copy of the Cemetery Records for St John, Blackburn which is a typed document rather than a printed and published book. Another local resource is Births and Marriages for the New Jerusalem Church in Clayton-le-Moors. That was just a quick look last night - there may be more of local interest. BobC On 06/03/2012 17:01, Lynne wrote : > Disclaimer: The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com. > > "You can search through more than 40,000 digitized genealogy and family history books from the archives of seven important family history libraries in the United States. Best of all, it is available right now and all of it is free of charge. Every word in every book is searchable. No, this isn't on Google Books. It is FamilySearch.org, the same web site that hosts the huge databases online at the same site: FamilySearch.org. > > "You can perform a search at http://books.familysearch.org or click on the links to the individual libraries themselves. They are Allen County (Indiana) Public Library, Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University Hawaii Joseph F. Smith Library, Church History Library, Family History Library, Houston Public Library's Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, and the Mid-Continent Public Library's Midwest Genealogy Center. > > "The materials in the collections include family histories, county and local histories, genealogy magazines, how-to books, gazetteers, and medieval histories and pedigrees. Not all the books in all libraries have been digitized just yet. It is an on-going effort. If you don't find what you want in a search today, come back in a few months and try again. The book you seek may have been added by that time. > > "You can search easily by entering a name in the search box. That operates in more or less the same manner as Google or most any other search engine. However, I'd suggest you first click on "Advanced Search" and then enter a more focused search in the form shown below. > > [see http://preview.tinyurl.com/7w3ks62 for the article and to view the Advanced Search form.] > > "Using the Advanced Search will usually result in "hits" that are closer to your exact area(s) of interest. > > "This has to be one of the greatest online sources available to genealogists today. I am surprised at how little publicity has been generated about this valuable resource. > > "Try it yourself at http://books.familysearch.org." > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > I apologize if this resource has been mentioned before. If it has, just blame my poor memory! > > > On my first try I found Francis BUSKEY listed as a witness in 1744 to the will of Anthony ADDAMS of Flintshire. This may be my Francis BUSKEY who married Ann ALLEN 1748 in Liverpool or it could be the Francis BUSKEY who married Sarah HOLT 1776 in Liverpool (or are they one and the same?) > > Enjoy! > > Lynne > > > > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hi Lynne, I am a subscriber to LancsGen and Blackburn, duplication of messages is no problem at all for me. Thank you for everything you do, just do what is simplest for you, I can handle the duplicates. Regards, Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: eng-lan-blackburn-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lan-blackburn-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lynne Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 5:18 PM Subject: [BLACKBURN] Do you also belong to LancsGen? Hello everyone May I have a show of hands from those of you that _don't_ also subscribe to LancsGen? The reason I'm asking is that in my efforts to get information out to all of you, I feel I may be unnecessarily bombarding (and irritating!) you with multiple copies of the same message. If the vast majority of you are also subscribed to LancsGen (an action I heartily recommend), then I won't send copies of the same message to this list. Let me know what you think. Thanks! Lynne :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- 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

Hi Lynne I'm subscribed to Lancsgen and the Lancaster list. I do tend to get three sets of messsages, but normally just delete the copies. Regards Elaine

Hi Lynne, Thank you very much for all your efforts, I'm subscribed to The Lancashire Family History Forum and the Middleton list but not Lancsgen. Take care Sylvia. -----Original Message----- From: Lynne Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 5:18 PM Subject: [BLACKBURN] Do you also belong to LancsGen? Hello everyone May I have a show of hands from those of you that _don't_ also subscribe to LancsGen? The reason I'm asking is that in my efforts to get information out to all of you, I feel I may be unnecessarily bombarding (and irritating!) you with multiple copies of the same message. If the vast majority of you are also subscribed to LancsGen (an action I heartily recommend), then I won't send copies of the same message to this list. Let me know what you think. Thanks! Lynne :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- 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

Hi Lynne, At the moment I don't belong to LancsGen, so I am not being bombarded, but I do appreciate the messages you send out. Regards, 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: 06 March 2012 17:18 Subject: [BLACKBURN] Do you also belong to LancsGen? Hello everyone May I have a show of hands from those of you that _don't_ also subscribe to LancsGen? The reason I'm asking is that in my efforts to get information out to all of you, I feel I may be unnecessarily bombarding (and irritating!) you with multiple copies of the same message. If the vast majority of you are also subscribed to LancsGen (an action I heartily recommend), then I won't send copies of the same message to this list. Let me know what you think. Thanks! Lynne :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- 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

Hi Lynne, Not only Lancsgen but Eccles and Bury too...just in case I miss something! Marian -----Original Message----- From: Lynne Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 5:18 PM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: [BLACKBURN] Do you also belong to LancsGen? Hello everyone May I have a show of hands from those of you that _don't_ also subscribe to LancsGen? The reason I'm asking is that in my efforts to get information out to all of you, I feel I may be unnecessarily bombarding (and irritating!) you with multiple copies of the same message. If the vast majority of you are also subscribed to LancsGen (an action I heartily recommend), then I won't send copies of the same message to this list. Let me know what you think. Thanks! Lynne :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- 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 ______________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Westcoastcloud. http://www.westcoastcloud.com/ ______________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Westcoastcloud. http://www.westcoastcloud.com/

Hello everyone May I have a show of hands from those of you that _don't_ also subscribe to LancsGen? The reason I'm asking is that in my efforts to get information out to all of you, I feel I may be unnecessarily bombarding (and irritating!) you with multiple copies of the same message. If the vast majority of you are also subscribed to LancsGen (an action I heartily recommend), then I won't send copies of the same message to this list. Let me know what you think. Thanks! Lynne