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Organisations

Description

Cumbria Local History Federation

Organisation of Local History Societies in Cumbria. L&DFLHS is a member.

BBC Legacies Website

Local History Stories

Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society

Cumbria wide, founded 1866

Cumbria Family History Society

What it says on the tin

Cumbria County Council Archive Service

Runs the local record offices

Images of Cumbria

 Private site. Parish/township based information based on C19th directories. Images mostly churches.

Vision of Britain Website

Mapping and statistics (census) current and C19th

Lancaster University guide to online family and local history sources

What it says on the tin

Cumbrian Industries

History of industrial sites and industrial archaeology, with index

UK Genealogy

Links to many resources

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Archive

Description

 The National Archive

The front door of the national archive for England and Wales. The next three elements are part of NA

National Register of Archives

Search the Register by name or place

Search the National Archives catalogue

Search facility by person or place. A million wills proved at Canterbury

Census access via the National Archives

Searchable Census, 1881, 1891 and 1901. Charges for some usages

On line index to the Manorial Documents Register.

Gives lists, content description and location. Cumberland and Westmorland in late 2006

Cumbrian Manorial Records at Lancaster University

Excellent guide to Cumbrian manorial records and their use, as part of the project on the Manorial Documents Register for Cumbria (late 2006)

Search the archives in county record offices

Use this facility to locate subjects in Cumbria archive service

National Archives of Scotland

Equivalent to the England and Wales organisation, which does not cover Scotland

Registers of Births Marriages and Deaths

Search the civil registers of England and Wales from 1837. Charges apply.

UK data archive

Historical statistical data, university based site.