Tracing Your Lancashire Ancestors

Tracing Your Lancashire Ancestors

Author: Sue Wilkes

Publisher: Casemate Publishers

Published: 2013-01-19

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1783035641

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If you want to find out about Lancashires history, and particularly if you have family links to the area and your ancestors lived or worked in the county, then this is the ideal book for you. As well as helping you to trace when and where your ancestors were born, married and died, it gives you an insight into the world they knew and a chance to explore their lives at work and at home.Sue Wilkess accessible and informative handbook outlines Lancashires history and describes the origins of its major industries - cotton, coal, transport, engineering, shipbuilding and others. She looks at the stories of important Lancashire families such as the Stanleys, Peels and Egertons, and famous entrepreneurs such as Richard Arkwright, in order to illustrate aspects of Lancashire life and to show how the many sources available for family and local history research can be used. Relevant documents, specialist archives and libraries, background reading and other sources are recommended throughout this practical book. Also included is a directory of Lancashire archives, libraries and academic repositories, as well as databases of family history societies, useful genealogy websites, and places to visit which bring Lancashires past to life. Sue Wilkess book is the essential companion for anyone who wants to discover their Lancashire roots.


The Lancashire Witches

The Lancashire Witches

Author: Robert Poole

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780719062049

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A study of England's biggest and best-known witch trial, which took place in 1612 when ten witches from the forest of Pendle were hanged at Lancaster. A little-known second trial occured in 1633-4, when up to nineteen witches were sentenced to death.


Family Structure in 19th Century Lancashire

Family Structure in 19th Century Lancashire

Author: Michael Anderson

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 1971-11-30

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780521082372

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This is a sociological study of the impact of urban-industrial life on the kinship system of the working classes in nineteenth-century Lancashire. This book will interest scholars and graduates specialising in sociology and history and will serve as a valuable reference book for undergraduates.