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Revision as of 13:11, 12 April 2014
England 
Lancashire Lancashire Parishes
Guide to Coniston, Lancashire family history and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Chapelry History[edit | edit source]
CONISTON, MONK, with Skelwith, a township, in the parish of Hawkshead, union of Ulverston,hundred of Lonsdale north of the Sands, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Hawkshead. Slate quarrying and tourism are the two main sources of employment in the village. [1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Lancashire Online Parish Clerks[edit | edit source]
An extremely useful resource for research in Lancashire Parishes http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/
Church records[edit | edit source]
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Poor Law Unions
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Ulverston Poor Law Union,Lancashire
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lancashire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Taxation[edit | edit source]
- 1665-1667 - Lancashire Hearth Tax: Lonsdale Hundred, Coniston. E 179/132/352, The National Archives. Microfilm: FHL Film 2228692.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53336 British History online Monks Coniston
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 679-682. Date accessed: 23 September 2013.