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Cheshire, England : Classification : Religious Lists / Records


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Classification:Hearth / Window Tax, Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Audlem Online - Audlem, Cheshire, Village Website
Link:https://www.audlem.org/
Description:Audlem Online - Audlem, Cheshire, Village Website
Extra Info:Scroll down main screen to archive section for many photographs, documents and newspaper articles about the history of Audlem. Use the period or subjects to narrow down search.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:BREW One Name Study
Link:http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm
Description:BREW One Name Study
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Catholic Family History
Link:https://catholicfhs.wordpress.com/2019/12/17/marga...
Description:The Margaret Higgins Database of Catholics in England and their Friends 1607-1840
Extra Info:See if your ancestors were recusant Catholics using a downloadable PDF or spreadsheet.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 1
Link:http://archive.org/details/publicationscat45britgo...
Description:Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 1
Extra Info:Online book. List prisoners for religion 1562-1580, papers relating to Catholics in the reign of Charles I and more.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 3
Link:http://archive.org/details/publicationscat04britgo...
Description:Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 3
Extra Info:Online book. Includes recusants of Masham in Yorkshire, letters about the treatment of Catholic prisoners in Cambridgeshire and more.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 4
Link:http://archive.org/details/publicationscat01britgo...
Description:Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 4
Extra Info:Online book. Includes notes on Lord Burghley's map of Lancashire 1590, Catholic chaplaincies and families in the eighteenth century, the KNIGHT family of Lincolnshire, nuns from the institute of Mary in York and more.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Clergy of the Church of England Database
Link:https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/
Description:Clergy of the Church of England Database
Extra Info:Searchable database by name or location, also lists source documents and for some lists their education.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Poor Rate
Title:CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study
Link:http://www.cluett.org.uk/
Description:CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study
Extra Info:Part way down the home page is the Search link.
Classification:Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Connected Histories
Link:https://www.connectedhistories.org/
Description:British History Sources, 1500-1900
Extra Info:From the Universities of London, Hertfordshire, and Sheffield. Burney collection of newspapers, British History Online, the Charles Booth Archive, Old Bailey Online and much more...
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:English Catholic Nonjurors of 1715
Link:http://archive.org/details/englishcatholicn00estcu...
Description:English Catholic Nonjurors of 1715
Extra Info:Online book. A summary of the register of their estates, with genealogical and other notes.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:HEALD One Name Study
Link:http://www.healds.org.uk/
Description:HEALD One Name Study
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:HUSGATE / URSGATE One Name Study
Link:https://yourtotalevent.com/people/Husgate/Husgate-...
Description:HUSGATE / URSGATE One Name Study
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
Link:https://www.jgsgb.org.uk/
Description:Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Methodists - Wesleyan Methodists
Link:https://www.mywesleyanmethodists.org.uk/
Description:Wesleyan Methodists - Resources and History
Extra Info:Photos, memories, stories and research relating to the Wesleyan strand of Methodism. Look under topics and also research Historic Rolls, newspaper cuttings and more.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Religious Lists / Records, Information, Other Records
Title:Open Library
Link:http://openlibrary.org/
Description:Open Library - Scanned Books Online
Extra Info:Use the search facility and select e-books only. Some English trade directories, journals, historic accounts of counties and more.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Parish Clerk Index (PCI)
Link:https://www.dands.uk/pci/
Description:Parish Clerk Index (PCI)
Extra Info:Includes Churchwardens, Sextons and more.
Classification:School / Educational Records / Alumni, Religious Lists / Records, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Other Records
Title:Parish of St. Anne's, Sale, Cheshire
Link:http://www.stannesale.bravehost.com/
Description:St. Anne's Church, Sale, Many Records Connected with Life around the Church and School
Extra Info:Includes a list of incumbents, a list of churchwardens since 1856, extracts of the minute books and more.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Parish of St. Michael's Church, Shotwick
Link:https://www.shotwick.org.uk/
Description:St. Michael's Church, Shotwick
Extra Info:Lists ministers and incumbents of Shotwick since 1333.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records, Other Records
Title:Parish Registers of Chester - St. Mary-on-the-Hill
Link:http://archive.org/details/historyofchurchp00earw
Description:Parish Registers of St. Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester - A History of the Church and Parish
Extra Info:Online book. Includes a list of rectors, Cheshire families associated with the church and more.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Parish Registers of Kelsall, Cheshire
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20160811081914/http://...
Description:Parish Registers of Kelsall, and Other Records
Extra Info:This is an archived copy of a site which is no longer live. The extracts of the chapel accounts and income are still availble to view.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Parish Registers of Stockport - St Mary, Cheshire
Link:http://archive.org/details/parishregisterso01stma
Description:Parish Registers of Stockport - St Mary, Cheshire
Extra Info:Online book. Includes a list of clergy.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Selected Genealogical Records
Link:http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/filessection/
Description:Selected Genealogical Records
Extra Info:A selection of transcriptions including extacts from Army lists, bankrupts, a list of people in Cornwall in past times, a list of coastguards in 1851, Hammermen and more.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Tithe Records, Register & Rent Rolls, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:STERRY One Name Study
Link:https://www.sterryworldwide.com/
Description:STERRY One Name Study
Extra Info:Includes STERRY apprentices, London guilds, manorial records, newspaper extracts and more
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:TEAGUE Family Resource Centre
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20151025120728/http://w...
Description:TEAGUE Family Resource Centre
Extra Info:An archived copy of the site. Most information still seems to be available. Click on UK and rest of world for information. Includes TEAGUE's in the 1641 Protestation rolls in Cornwall.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:The Churchwardens' Accounts of England and Wales
Link:https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/myparish/proje...
Description:The Churchwardens' Accounts of England and Wales
Classification:Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:The Surman Index Online
Link:http://www.english.qmul.ac.uk/drwilliams/surman/in...
Description:Biographical Card Index of Congregational Ministers
Classification:Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records
Title:The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac
Link:https://archive.org/details/unionsandparish00unkng...
Description:The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac 1860
Extra Info:Online book. Includes lists of parish officers, treasurers and officials for each county. Includes school board inspectors, a list of premises which accepted 'lunatics', workhouse masters and teachers and more.
Classification:Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records
Title:The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac
Link:https://archive.org/details/unionsandparish01unkng...
Description:The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac 1868
Extra Info:Online book. Includes lists of parish officers, treasurers and officials for each county. Includes school board inspectors, a list of premises which accepted 'lunatics', workhouse masters and teachers and more.
Classification:Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records
Title:The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac
Link:https://archive.org/details/unionsandparish02unkng...
Description:The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac 1853
Extra Info:Online book. Includes lists of parish officers, treasurers and officials for each county. Includes school board inspectors, a list of premises which accepted 'lunatics', workhouse masters and teachers and more.

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