Help with Family History problems. Surname information.
Contribute information. Report problems.

Help with Family History problems

So you are having problems researching your family history. This is something that we all suffer from, and one of the best ways of getting help is to join a Family History Society. As Lancashire was a large and populous county, there are a number of societies each covering different parts of the county.

If you want an answer quickly, then ask it on one of the email lists. Lancashire has two of these:

Please don't ask for personal advice from the Lancashire WWW page maintainer, as frequently I don't not have the local knowledge that you require, or the time to provide such a service. If the information you want is not on the page, then I don't have it.

I have not been able to find any time in the last five years to do my own research, so please don't ask me to do any research for you as if I replied the answer would unfortunately be NO.

Help with surnames

The first place you should look if you are interested in a particular surname, is the Guild of One Name Studies. The GOONS members collect and research information about all occurrences of the particular surname they are researching.

The other source of place to look is the surname lists that individuals maintain for particular locations. Have a look at the Lancashire surname lists

Contributing information

Please look at the list of information that I'm particularly looking for at the moment.

Reporting problems

If you have found a problem on the $PLACE page, or on any other Lancashire page, then please report it on the following form. We will then do our best to fix it.