LANCASHIRE FAMILY HISTORY AND HERALDRY SOCIETY
Rossendale Branch Newsletter March 2000
Useful Websites
RECORD OFFICES:
(Details from Genealogical Services Directory 1999) 2000 has recently been published and may have more information
GREATER MANCHESTER CRO. www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls
JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY Special Collections www.library.manchester.ac.uk/
KNOWSLEY LOCAL HISTORY & ARCHIVES www.history.knowsley.gov.uk
LANCASHIRE RECORD OFFICE www.lancashire.gov.uk
WIGAN ARCHIVE SERVICE www.wiganmbc.gov.uk
SOCIETIES:
LANCASHIRE FHHS www.lfhhs.org.uk/
LANCS PARISH REGISTER SOCIETY. www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/lprs/
LIVERPOOL & SW LANCS FHS www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/
MANCHESTER & LANCS FHS www.mlfhs.org.uk/
GENUKI - (Genealogy UK & Ireland) Information Service. www.genuki.org.uk/
GUIDES to Genealogy on the net:
www.familytreemaker.com/links/index.html - Family Tree Maker Genealogical Site Finder.
FINDING SURNAMES
www.familysearch.org The LDS site Roots
http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/
Genea/rsl Genserv at www.genserv.com a database of GEDCOM files.
East Lancs names:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GAFOSTER/
Many of these site have links to others.
For more information see "Internet for Genealogy" by David Hawgood. 1999. £1.60
The Cunliffe Letters
Are you researching the name Cunliffe
If so, you will be interested in some letters which were recently purchased by a local man.
It was 1830 when Jonathan Cunliffe left home to join the Royal Marines at Woolwich Barracks. He writes to his parents asking them to forgive him. In later letters he tells of his experiences at sea. He visits Naples and compares it with London and Paris. He travels to Gibraltar and to Beirut where he was involved in the bombardment of Sidon. He was also shipwrecked in the bay of Biscay. There are tantalising glimpses of his home life "my wife loves another." Jonathan, his wife and children came back to Rossendale after his retirement. He is buried at Newchurch in 1889 aged 82. The letters mention several names. His father John, his brothers and sisters Henry, James, John, Alice, Betty and Ruth. Also John Taylor, Mary Lord, Edward Lord and his brother Peter, William Redyoff and Elizabeth Hitchon.
Coming events, talks, conferences, exhibitions.
Saturday March 25th.
Federation of Family History Societies. NW
Millennium Conference.
From Manuscript to Website Hosted by Catholic FHS N.W. at Liverpool Hope University College
9.45 Welcome Address
10.00 Religion, Life and Love in NE Lancashire in the Middle Ages. Dr. Paul Booth
11.15 Religion, Records and the People. The Tudor and Stuart Parish. Dr. Janet Hollinshead
12.30 Lunch
2.00 Non-Conformist Records and the Family Historian Dr. Michael Mullett
3.00 What next? Mr Michael Gandy Fee £15 to include all lectures, coffee on arrival, lunch and afternoon tea at 4.00pm
Saturday 13th May
LFHHS One Day Conference and AGM at the University of Central Preston.
10.00am - 1.00pm (2 Speakers) Anna Watson, Lancs. R.O. W.J. Taylor, our President Lunch
2.15pm (1 Speaker) Derrick Walkden, Heraldry in the Shire Hall, Lancaster.
3.45pm AGM followed by tea & departure Bookstalls, IGI etc.
Full Day £14.50. AGM only, Free.
Full details will appear in your journal.
Saturday 9th September
The North Wales Family History Fair Conference Centre, Llandudno 10.30am-4.30pm
Where to find....
BACUP RECORDS
The following are held at Manchester Local Studies and Archives Dept. St. Peter's Square, Manchester. M2 5PD email archives@mcrl.poptel.org.uk
St John's Church, Bacup:
Baptisms 1788 - 1838; Marriages 1838-1906; at Manchester Archives Dept.
Burials 1788 - 1853. M/c Microfilm
Christ Church:
Marriages 1855-1875. Archives
Ebenezer Chapel (Baptist): Births 1759-1837 M/c Microfilm. Burials 1776-1837 M/c Mf.
Wesleyan Chapel: Baptisms 1786-1837 M/c Mf. Burials 1794-1837 M/c Mf.
Records held at Rawtenstall Library:
St. John's Church, Bacup Bapts & Burials 1788 -1812 mfr.
Ebenezer Baptist Bapts. 1759 -1874 Burs. 1782 -1866 mfr.
Mount Pleasant Methodists Bapts. 1786-1950 Bapts 1786 -1950 Burials 1794-1964
Scout Bottom United Methodists. Bapts. 1863 -1975. mfr.
Records Held at the Lancashire R.O:
St John's Church, Bacup Bapts 1796-1846 Mar 1793-1837 Burs. 1793-1846 (BT- Mfr)
Ebenezer Bapts 1759-1837, Burs.1783-1806, 1812-1837 Mfr.
Irwell Terrace Baptists bapts 1790-1840. Mfr.
Stacksteads Primitive Meths. Mars. 1943-1951
Britannia, Wesleyans Bapts 1873-1935
Central Wesleyans Bapts 1862-1961
Heald Wesleyans Mars. 1887-1911,1922-1982
Mount Pleasant Wesleyans Bapts 1786-1951, Burs 1794-1964, Mars. 1887-1947, 1948-1962
Thorn Wesleyans Bapts 1874-1964 Mars. 1887-1947, 1948-1962.
Wesley Place Bapts 1862-1961, Mars. 1899-1961. Original Regs. Bapts. 1786-1837, Burs. 1794-1837 Mfr.
Bacup St. Mary Roman Catholic. Bapts 1947-1961 Mars. 1947-1954, 1961-1962.