Forum: Lancashire county-wide forum

hi is there a web site etc where there are records of army deserters from WW1, As i think my grandfather may have been a deserter. Philip Faulkner was a private in the Lancashire Fusiliers No army records for him. cheers mickey

Hi I don’t know where to go to try and find out about British Subject born in Holland. I have the birth certificate of Ellen Alberta Lomax (15thJune 1879 Barton upon Irwell) which gives her father as Henry Lomax (which I already knew) but gives her mother as Mary Youill. I think Henry...

Hi I am looking for the name McMenemy Thank you anyone have any idea where I can find out where the family lived Carol

Anyone have any info on Catherine Lewthwaite? She was christened August 14, 1706, at Whicham, and she married John Cole in 1741, at Millom, Cumberland, - they had 3 children that I am aware of, Ferdinando (christened April 10 1742, at Millom), John (ch. May 14, 1745 at Millom) & Mary (ch. June 4...

Has anyone any info, or ever heard of 'Two Lads' farm. I assume it must have been near Winter Hill and the Two Lads cairns. The only info I have is that John Lowther b1820 was given a farm called 'The Two Lads Farm' in Belmont when he was 19yrs old. Many Thanks

hi Can anyone tell me what happened to the Henshaw Journals, we were able to view these burials for free, the burials were from around the Worsley Manchester area, but I keep getting errors and forbidden when I try to open them Peanut

I have the marriage cert for Thomas Bunting age 20 to Margaret Connor 18. They married at St Mary's Catholic Chapel Manchester.19.5.1861 They had 2 children Mary Ann 1862 & William 1863. Thomas died 1867 in Hulme. I am trying to find the family prior to Thomas' marriage & it is stated on his...

I have a copy of Banns dated January 1840 between THOMAS HOLT and MARY INGHAM at St Mary's Oldham. Lancashire Online Parish Clerk lists marriages for these dates but no record of a marriage taking place. Same with BMD Records, nothing for this couple. I believe that after banns, the marriage had to...

Hi Folks, I'm new to the site but have been tracing my family tree for a few years now. I've hit a brick wall with a relative who went to Manchester / Liverpool (?) in the mid-late 1950' to work as an Agricultural Labourer. As i'm not sure of the correct spelling of his surname it has proved...

Greetings for the New Year Everyone!:D I'm getting the hang of this now, & was wondering if sks could look-up my ECCLESTON family in Talbot Road. (They were there in the 1871 census, so here's hoping!). James ECCLESTON, 33 Born Seven Oaks, Kent Organ Builder Mary ECCLESTON, 32 Born, Brixton...

Hi folks: I am looking for the next generation back in my Shanassy tree. I am now stuck at the great, great, grandfather Robert Shanassy born 1806 in Liverpool. I need records like birth certificate or baptism certificate but can't seem to find. I need this to find his parents so i can...

my great-great grandfather Frederick Vetter was a well-known orchestral music director/musician/music professor in the Manchester region. he travelled to Canada at age 76 in 1919 to live with his son Charles who had immigrated there years earlier. he died in Toronto in 1920. i was wondering if...