Cheshire Local History and Genealogy Sites Links

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Post Links for Cheshire Databases & Resources
Sites on this Topic thread.

These can be either related to the whole of Cheshire,
or to a smaller area, eg town or Parish.

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and check the Links Cabinet that the site/s
you have in mind, is/are not already included in the
Category "Cheshire Databases/Resources"

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Genuki Cheshire
CheshireBMD.org.uk
Tameside databases by Gay J Oliver
The Family History Society of Cheshire
The North Cheshire Family History Society
The South Cheshire Family History Society

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The list above & several other Cheshire Websites have been added today to the Links Cabinet under Category "Cheshire Databases/Resources Sites"

Any more? Please add them here..

Subject: More sites Sun 30 Sep 2007 - 17:24

Cheshire clergy

Historical Directories is a digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. It contains high quality reproductions of comparatively rare books, essential tools for research into local and genealogical history.

For Kellys Directory in cheshire just do a location search.

Workhouses

You can do a search for the town you require
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http://www.the-dicksons.org/

This site carrys information about the village of Kelsall in Cheshire and those who lived there during C19

http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/familyhistory

This link takes you to the Cheshire County Council Family History home page.

http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/cheshire/index.html

A huge variety of links including Cheshire brewers!

Gillian
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Subject: Cheshire Local History Sites Links Tue 23 Oct 2007 - 20:14

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Thanks very much for all contributions.

Cheshire Local History Websites Links

A Scrapbook of Cheshire Antiquities by Craig Thornber
751 Photographs and commentary on 97 Historic Sites in Cheshire, together with Social History in the late Georgian period.
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The Macclesfield Silk Industry & Museum
An introduction is included in our Topic >> Macclesfield Silk Industry >>
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Cheshire Local History Association
'Promoting the study of, and interest in, local history within the ancient County Palatine of Chester'
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Any more Cheshire Local History Sites?
Please add them here..

http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/TourismLeisureAndCulture/castles.htm
All about the castles of Cheshire which range in date from the C11 to C19

http://www.nortonpriory.org/
Learn about life at Norton Priory
Visit the museum, the ancient priory ruins and the beautiful garden.

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jrossb/index.html
Visit this site for more history of Norton Priory and Runcorn.

http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/tithemaps/
These maps of Cheshire 150 years ago form a unique record of land ownership and are invaluable to the genealogist.

edit by Gillian 17th Dec 2007

Subject: Cheshire BMD Wed 5 Dec 2007 - 9:24

The Cheshire BMD index at this site:
http://cheshirebmd.org.uk/
has just been updated. Click on the link to discover more details.
Gillian.
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All Saints Church, Daresbury. This is the church that Lewis Carroll attended as a child when his father was the Curate of the parish. Within the church is the Lewis Carroll Memorial Window. this window is renowned because it features characters from 'Alice in Wonderland' including the 'Cheshire Cat'. To learn more visit this web site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church%2C_Daresbury
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Cheshire Tithe Maps

Gazetteer entries for Cheshire

William Smith Dean of Chester Cathedral
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