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England Jurisdictions, 1851
http://maps.familysearch.org

Interactive England county maps showing parishes,districts, hundreds, probate courts, dates of parish creation, dates of extant records and much, much more.


Family History Research
http://www.worldburialindex.com

This site is an invaluable tool for your family history and historical research because gravestone and cremation plaques (MIs) are often the only place where you can find family relationships, occupations, dates of birth and dates of death to complete the gaps in your family genealogy.
Members of the World Burial Index can browse through the thousands of Interesting Inscriptions at leisure: These include unusual deaths; centenaries; notable occupations and verses which offer an insight into the sometimes humorous and occasionally morbid burial traditions of our ancestors.

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Gloria

I'd be dangerous with a brain.

Thanks Gloria

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Mel

Searching for lost relatives? Win the Lottery!

Thanks Gloria. It answered a problem that's troubled me for a long time. My 2xg'grandfather always showed his place of birth as Staffordshire - sometimes Wollaston Staffordshire. The only Wollaston I could find was in Worcestershire.
Using the map thingy I discovered that the parish was actually half in Staffs, half in Worcs. So it was there all the time!

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Maureen
If you can't fight, wear a big 'at

Taken from LFHHS-----

Anyone interested in Poor Laws:  www.thepotteries.org/dates/poor.htm
 This site provides a list of key dates relating to the Poor Laws in Great Britain from 1300 to 1899.

A project update from Lancaster and Morecambe branch:  The Warton, Carnforth and Lancaster Municipal Cemeteries’ monumental inscriptions are now all searchable on the Lancaster and Morecambe branch web-site. 

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Gloria

I'd be dangerous with a brain.