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Family Search, provides the International Genealogical
Index, IGI on the internet from the vast record collections
of the Church of Latter Day Saints. |
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Origins.net is a major source of key Scottish,
Irish and English genealogical data on the web. |
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The
A2A database contains catalogues of archives, submitted from all over England.
This is the English strand in the UK archives network. This covers a variety
of archives from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries and covers a wide
range of subjects. |
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Chetham's Library is the oldest surviving public
library in Britain and holt many historical documents.
A catalogue of the holdings is published on the internet. |
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Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society provide a good
resource for local historians. They are active in projects to
transcribe, index and publish a wide
variety of genealogically important material. |
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Lancashire Parish Register Society compile records for
the parishs of Lancashire.The society makes accessible and
preserves the parish registers of Pre-1837
Lancashire. |
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Society of Genealogists for all those interested in
family history research. The society has a library and
regular lectures etc. |
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The
Public Records Office is the national archive of England,
Wales and the United Kingdom. It houses and
preserves the records of central government and the
courts of law. The records span an unbroken
period from the 11th century to the present day. It includes
the 1901 census which is online. |
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An index of burials at
Rochdale Cemetery. Rochdale Cemetery first opened in 1855. |
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Documents Online allows online access to the
National Archives collections of digitised public records. |
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The
College of Arms monitors the entitlement of people to arms. Heraldry
arose almost spontaneously across Europe and flourished in tournaments
using the lance. Jousts were supervised by heralds.The College of Arms
is the official repository of the coats of arms and pedigrees of
English, Welsh, Northern Irish and Commonwealth families and their
descendants. |
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This part of the
Genuki contains information related to all of Lancashire. |
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Rochdale Library has an extensive local studies section. There is
a project to create a virtual Local Studies Library and historical books
about the Borough have been scanned to created pdf versions of the books which
are central to any research on the development of the Borough of ordinary people.
There are many references to the name of Holt.
View the books on offer |
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Manchester Central Library has a wide range of materials relating to
the history of Manchester. |
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The Register Offices in the county of Lancashire, England, hold records of Local
births, marriages and deaths back to the start of civil
registration in 1837.
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Manchester Burial Records Online.
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OnLine Parish Clerks project
data and records are presented from the earliest records that can be found up to
approximately the end of the 19th century. At that time there were almost 400
parishes within the pre 1974 county boundaries of Lancashire.
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