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Written by emma.callaghan on July 20, 2018. Posted in Awin, General Promotions, Offers/Promotions, Promotion, UK

BRAND NEW RECORDS

Lancashire Baptisms

Discover your ancestors in original baptism registers covering 191 Lancashire Parishes and spanning 379 years of the county’s history. Learn when and where your ancestor’s baptism took place and discover their parents’ names, residence and father’s occupation.

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Lancashire Banns & Marriages

Discover your ancestor in banns and marriage registers from Lancashire. Learn when and where your ancestor was married, as well as your ancestor’s age, occupation, residence, and spouse’s name. The registers, provided by Lancashire Archives, span the years from 1538 to 1932 and cover 194 parishes.

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Illinois, Tazewell County, Obituary Card Index From The "Pekin Times" 1914-2007 Image Browse

Find your relative in the obituary card index from the Pekin Times, spanning the years 1914 to 2007. The paper was founded in 1881 and is published in Pekin, Illinois. From this index, you may discover an individual’s full name, birth date, death date, and burial place.

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Lancashire Burials

Learn when and where your ancestor’s burial took place, as well as their age at the time of death with original parish records from the Lancashire Archives. These records cover 123 parishes across the county and span the years 1538 to 1991.

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Queensland, Inquests 1859-1897

Discover your ancestor in this index compiled from the inquest files created by the Justice Department for the period 1859 to 1897. Each result will provide you with a transcript including a combination of your ancestor’s name, alias, and inquest year, any additional notes, their file number, reference and item ID.

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Did your ancestors make headlines?

We’ve added even more coverage to these papers:

Newspaper	Years added
Evening Herald (Dublin)	1925, 1951, 1994-1995, 2001
Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General Advertiser	1857
Liverpool Echo	1968, 1978, 1981-1983
Freeman’s Journal	1920-1921
Irish Independent	1912, 1999

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Understanding parish records

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More UK parish records than any other site

Lancashire is just the latest county to join our unrivalled collection of UK parish records. Our parish collections will continue to grow so be sure to keep up to date with our weekly releases.

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Facts & Finds

Our Lancashire collection contains records for a number of famous Lancastrians including James Hargreaves, the inventor of the spinning jenny, one of the key developments of the early Industrial Revolution. Records show Hargreaves, an illiterate weaver, was baptised in the parish of St James, Haslingden, in 1720.

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Did your ancestor serve in the British Armed Forces? Next week’s update will include some new additions perfect for learning more about your Army and Navy ancestors.