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I am looking for someone in this region to do some research. Does the society have a list of professioanl genealogist who do research or know if local family history centres may have this information? I have been looking for information for a number of years through the census, 1837 reocrds and LDS parish records on film and have found only a marriage record for the individual. I live in Canada and not able to access the records myself.
thank you, Susan

Hi Susan, welcome to the forum.

We don't have a list of researchers I'm afraid but if you contact Burnley library, they may be able to put you in touch with someone.
Their contact details can be found here
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/ ... me=Burnley

Good luck with your research.

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Susan, what surname are you researching?

I am looking for a Sarah Jane Isherwood and her sister Mary Anne Isherwood born in Marsden or Colne area between 1840 amd 1848. Their parents were Dinah (Smith) Isherwood (Marden 1815) and James Isherwood (Martin in Craven 1815). I have found all the rest of the family as they lived in Burnley from 1848. I can not find any record for either on the freebmd sites and have accessed some LDS parish films for Marsden and Colne for this period and found nothing. I contacted Nelson Library and they are looking through the records they have. Thanks Susan

1851 Census - HO107; Piece: 2251; Folio: 244; Page: 31
Plumbe street, Burnley
James Isherwood, Head, Mar, 35yrs, She Maker, b. Yorkshire, Georgian
Dinah Isherwood, Wife, Mar, 30yrs, b. Colne
Mary Ann Isherwood, Daughter, 6yrs, Scholar, b. Marsden
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx ... d=11950503

1861 Census - RG9; Piece: 3067; Folio: 63; Page: 27
15 Cannon* Street, Burnley
Dinah Isherwood, Head, Widow, 32yrs, Char woman, b. Colne
Mary Ann Isherwood, Daughter, Unm, 14yrs, Winder, b. Waterside
Priscilla Isherwood, Daughter, Unm, 8yrs, Scholar, b. Preston
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx ... d=14832302

1871 Census - RG10; Piece: 4147; Folio: 92; Page: 18
6 Bk Shorey Street, Burnley
James Isherwood, Head, Mar, 55yrs, Cord weaver, b. Yorkshire, Cornshaw
Dinah Isherwood, Wife, Mar, 50yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Marsden
John Thomas, Lodger, Mar, 23yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Burnley
Priscilla Thomas, Wife, Mar, 20yrs, Cotton Spinner, b. Bolton Le Moors
James Thomas, Daughter, 1yr, b. Burnley
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx ... d=18377021

1881 Census - RG11; Piece: 4147; Folio: 129; Page: 9
6 Shorey Place Court, Burnley
James Isherwood, Head, Mar, 66yrs, Shoemaker & Clogger, b. Yorkshire, East Morton
Dinah Isherwood, Wife, Mar, 66yrs, b. Marsden
John Thomas, Son in Law, Mar, 30yrs, Coal miner, b. Burnley
Priscilla Thomas, Daughter, Mar, 33yrs, Cotton Throwster Spinner, b. Bolton
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx ... d=11455406

Deaths June 1882
ISHERWOOD Dinah (age 57) – Burnley, 8e, 160

*Cannon Street http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/Pho ... Street.htm

Births Dec 1846
ISHERWOOD Mary Ann – Haslingden, 21, 487

Births Dec 1849
ISHERWOOD Mary Anne – Haslingden, 21, 425

Marriages Sept 1844
ISHERWOOD James – Burnley, 21, 140
SMITH Dinah – Burnley, 21, 140
Burnley, St Peter

Thank you for your work, I do have most of this information. I will check out the Haslingden for Mary Anne. As you can see Sarah Jane does not appear in any of the census. Yet she married Thomas Dyson in 1863 and appears in the the 1871 census as Sarah Jane Dyson stating she was born in Marsden, I have her marriage record from Burnley as well where her father is listed as James Isherwood shoe maker. I think she may have been born before the marriage and is registered as Smith although I have had no luck with that angle either. This women just pops out of the air to become my great great grandmother. I have made many searches for her through freebmd and also have access to fiches of the registry of births from 1837 and have spent hours looking for her as both Smith and Isherwood. Thank you again for your efforts.
Susan

Hi Susan, can you add the details for Sarah Jane's marriage please?

When –
Where –
Groom –
Bride –
Grooms father –
Brides father –
Witnesses –

Here is an example:

When – 3 February 1845
Where – Church of Briercliffe
Groom – James Foster, weaver, full age of Lane Bottom, Briercliffe
Bride – Elizabeth Leaver, weaver, aged mino of Blackhouse Lane, Briercliffe
Grooms father – Jeremiah Foster, weaver
Brides father – Benjamin Smith, farmer
Witnesses – John Nutter and Sarah ?

1871 Census - RG10; Piece: 4147; Folio: 93; Page: 19
3 Peter street, Burnley
Thomas Dyson, Head, Mar, 28yrs, Cotton Sizer, b. Burnley
Sarah J. Dyson, Wife, Mar, 26yrs, b. Marsden
Elizabeth A. Dyson, Daughter, Unm, 6yrs, Scholar, b. Burnley
James Dyson, Son, 4yrs, Scholar, b. Burnley
Louisa Dyson, Daughter, 2yrs, b. Burnley
Dinah E. H. Dyson, Daughter, 1 month, b. Burnley
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx ... d=18377028


Births Mar 1845
SMITH Sarah Jane – Haslingden, 21, 472

1861 Census

Mary Ann Isherwood, Daughter, Unm, 14yrs, Winder, b. Waterside


Waterside is between Haslingden and Darwen, possible it comes under Haslingden

There is a Waterside between Belthorn and Darwen. Would have thought that would have come under Blackburn.

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Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1844
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name
SMITH Sarah Jane Blackburn Blackburn SMITH

Reference
B/20/89

I am away from home where all my data is until Oct 24

This is from memory with a little help from freebmd

Marriage
Date: Dec quater 1863
Sarah Jane Isherwood
Thomas Dyson
Place: St Peters Burnley
Grooms father David Dyson
Brides father James Isherwood, shoemaker


1841 census
Dinah Smith workhouse Burnley
Thomas Dyson with David Dyson head and Elizabeth (Pounder) Dyson wife

Birth St Peters Burnley
Samual Smith
mother spinster Dinah Dyson

1861 Census James is not with Dinah head widow, Mary Anne and Priscilla
but he is in Burnley on his own,
1871 and 1881 he is back with Dinah and Priscilla
no Sarah Jane Isherwood or Smith that are a good fit in Lancashire or Yorkshire in 1851 or 61

I will look futher into the Haslingden

Mary anne disappears as well from the next census, but there is a death in Burnley in 1865
There are no marriages from 1861 to 1881 for a Mary Anne.

My great grandmother is the Dinah E Isherwood born in 1871 in the 1871 census.

Also my sister was in England in the eighties and went to the Wheatley Lane Chapel where all my Dysons are buried and apparently James Isherwood 1815 is also buried there although I have been unable to confirm this through Cemsearch.

All the clues point to James and Dinah being Sarah Janes parents I just can not find a concrete link.
Thanks again for your interest.
susan

sorry I made an error in previous post

Dec 1841
birth Samual Smith
baptised St Peters Burnley
mother Dinah Smith spinster
no further record of him either with Dinah

Sorry, I made another error
Dinah E Dyson 1871 is my great grandmother.
This is all starting to scramble in my brain.
susan