Post on 13-Jun-2015
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Starting your
Family History
with help from
• Archives• Libraries • Museums
in Lancashire
Before you start your research
Gather information Find out what’s available Find out where to go Plan your research
Gather information
Facts, Recollections, Reminiscences and Anecdotes
Names, Dates, Locations and Occupations
Note all the dates and events you are certain of concerning your immediate family.
Ask as many people in your family as possible for their recollections and make a separate note of what each person says, so that you can make comparisons.
Beg and search for as many family records and memorabilia as possible.
Show anything you find to your elderly relatives – particularly old family photographs. You may jog a whole stream of fresh memories
Don’t despair if you can’t find out much. The minimum information you actually need to get started is your own place and date of birth.
Gather information
Find out what’s available and where
Books Online Guides Ask a LibrarianJoin a Group
Many records are now available online...BUT They may not be complete You may have to pay to view them You may need to double-check with Offline records It is unlikely that you will be able to complete your
research just using online records
Many records are still not available online... You may need to travel to view all the records you
need You may need get used to using archives and
libraries and their equipment It is unlikely that you will be able to complete your
research just from records in your home town
Where to Go ~ Online or Offline?
Plan your research
Stick to the planDon’t get
sidetrackedBe systematicMake a note of
absolutely everything
Offline sources
Lancashire Archives
• Church Registers
• Wills and Probate
• Marriage Bonds
• Tithes
• Workhouses
• Advice
• 900 years of documents relating to people and places in Lancashire
• Search the Archives
Lancashire Libraries
• Electoral Registers
• Newspapers
• Photographs
• Directories
• Old Maps
• Advice
• There are Community History libraries located in each of Lancashire’s twelve districts
• Lancashire Libraries
Lancashire Museums
• Working life
• Military history
• Photographs
• Artefacts
• Old Maps
• Advice
• We have eleven museums, from a castle to a cottage to a country house that illuminate the history of Lancashire’s people
• Lancashire Museums
Online sources
Our Digital Library
Subscription websites Access for free In Archives and Libraries On People’s Network PCs And WiFi some can also be used at
home
We’ve paid so you don’t have to
Free Access
Free Access*in libraries
Free Accessanywhere
Free Accessanywhere
Free Accessanywhere
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Free Accessanywhere
Lancashire online
http://bit.ly/lancsdigital
All the Online sources featured
here are available via our Digital Library
Don’t own a computer?
In our Libraries you
can• Reserve a People’s
Network PC• Any Library• Up to 2hrs a day• Internet Access• Free of charge
Not comfortable with technology? In our
Libraries you’ll find
Ask at your
local library
• Bite-size courses• From absolute
beginners• Helpful staff• Tutored events• Free of charge
GetInvolved
There are opportunities for volunteering in
Archives
Libraries
Museums
Help us to catalogue, index, digitize and preserve
Old Photographs Newspapers Documents
You can also catch up our news and interact with us online
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