Merry Christmas, Listers! Here are December's records that have been added to the Lancs OPC website. The search engine has been updated to include all of the registers shown below. Hopefully someone gets an unexpected Christmas present from them! With thanks to the transcribers and co-ordinators from the Lancashire Online Parish Clerks organisation for their hard work and dedication. http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexw.html 23 December 2013 Burials 1846 to 1873 from the Church of St Stephen, Audenshaw Burials 1887 to 1918 from the Church of St Catherine, Barton upon Irwell Baptisms 1960 to 1973, Banns 1986 to 1988 and Marriages 1931 to 1939 from All Hallows, Bispham Baptisms 1894 to 1919 from the Church of St John the Baptist in the Parish of Burscough Marriages 1872 to 1877 from the Church of St Matthew, Chadderton Baptisms 1849 to 1881 from the Church of St John the Evangelist in the Parish of Hurst Burials 1691 to 1749 from the Church of St Mary in the City of Lancaster Baptisms 1849 to 1865 from the Church of St Simon and St Jude, in the City of Manchester Marriages 1669 to 1812 from the Church of St Mary, in the Parish of Todmorden These Registers have been updated using the BTs as their principal source Any differences between this and the earlier private transcription from the PRs has been noted in the transcription. Baptisms 1875 to 1877 from All Saints in the Town of Wigan 16 December 2013 Marriages 1896 to 1910 from the Church of St Matthew, in the District of Ardwick, Manchester Baptisms 1804 to 1837 from Blackley Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Blackley, Manchester Burials 1831 to 1834 and 1838 to 1840 from the Parish Church of St Peter, Bolton Baptisms 1890 to 1920 and Marriages 1922 to 1935 from Albert Place United Methodist Free Church, Bolton Baptisms 1874 to 1921 from St George's Road Methodist, Bolton Baptisms 1901 to 1922 from Birtenshaw Methodist, Bromley Cross, Bolton Burials 1947 to 1994 from the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity, Brierfield Baptisms 1893 to 1899, 1903 to 1908 and 1920 to 1927 and Marriages 1895 to 1904 from the Church of St James in the District of Broughton, Salford Baptisms 1943 to 1971 from the Church of St Peter in the Parish of Burnley Marriages 1942 to 1956 from the Church of St Cuthbert, in the Parish of Burnley Baptisms 1902 to 1905 from St John the Baptist, Earlestown in the Parish of Newton-le-Willows Baptisms 1889 to 1894 and 1923 to 1936 and Marriages 1913 to 1920 from the Church of the Holy Trinity in the Parish of Habergham Eaves Banns 1957 to 1960 from the Church of St Matthew the Apostle, Habergham Eaves Marriages 1787 from the Collegiate Church, in the City of Manchester Burials 1736 to 1773 from the Parish of Ribchester Burials 1628 to 1641 from the Church of St Chad, Rochdale Burials from 1641 to 1727 replace ones previously online, originally transcribed from the BTs. They have been updated with information from the Parish Registers, resulting in new entries and information Baptisms 1875 to 1881 from the Church of St Stephen, Salford 2 December 2013 Burials 1766 to 1790 from the Church of St James, Accrington For the year 1790, some missing entries have been added and others, previously transcribed from the BTs for 1790-1793, have been updated from the Parish Register and included here instead, completing this register. Marriages 1898 to 1914 from the Church of St Saviour, in the District of Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester Burials 1823 to 1837 from Cheetham Hill Chapel, Crumpsall, Manchester Marriages 1935 to 1937 from the Church of St Benedict, in the district of Everton, Liverpool Marriages 1837 to 1843 and Burials 1903 to 1938 from the Church of St Andrew in the Parish of Leyland Updated to include some extra records found among the Baptisms Marriages 1857 to 1859 from St John in the Town of Preston Marriages 1848 to 1859 from the Church of St Wilfrid in the Parish of Standish Baptisms 1851 to 1926 from the Church of St Bride, Toxteth, Liverpool Seasonal regards, Sally