Cheshire

• Cheshire Parishes. Information on all 503 parishes and townships in the ancient county.
• Cheshire Genealogy. The GENUKI county page for Cheshire.
• Cheshire Wills. A searchable database of all the wills held at the Cheshire Record Office, 1492-1940.

Indexes and Lists of Names

• Cheshire Surnames Directory. Open to anyone with an e-mail address and Cheshire ancestors.
• Cheshire Parish Register Transcription Project.

Civil Registration

• Cheshire BMD. Cheshire register office indexes on the internet.
• Registration Districts in England and Wales. Showing the places in each registration district for the period 1837-1930.
• Guide to Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates by Barbara Dixon.

Mailing Lists

• CHESHIRE-L is a mailing list for people researching their families in Cheshire. Click here for instructions on how to subscribe.

Members' Web-Sites

• Alan's Cheshire Genealogy Page. Compiled by Alan Rickards, and includes many useful links.
• Balshaw Name Home Page, by Nick Balshaw.
• The Dickson Homepage, including information about the village of Kelsall.
• The Clarkson Family, by Spencer Clarkson.
• Bardsley One-Name Study, by Alan Bardsley.
• The Hopley Family, by Jeremy Jones.
• Nigel Harding's Ancestors.
• History of Upton Park, Chester, by Phil Pearn.
• Holland Family History, by Paul Holland
• Information for Local and Family History in Tameside and on the Stanley family in Tameside by Gay Oliver.
• Bob Kirk's Family History Pages.
• Cheshire Records. Archival records relating to Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme and Woodford

Record Offices and Archives

• Cheshire Record Office. The principal archival repository for the ancient county.
• Chester Community History & Heritage Service. Records relating to the City of Chester and its environs.
• Greater Manchester Record Office. Houses some records for areas which left Cheshire in 1974.
• Tameside Local Studies Library. Covering the Hyde, Dukinfield and Stalybridge areas.
• Wirral Archives.
• David Owen Waterways Archive. The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port. See also the Virtual Waterways Archive Catalogue.

Beginners Start Here

• Getting Started in Family History
• A-Z of British Genealogy
• Guide to Researching from Abroad
• Genealogy in the UK and Ireland
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Web

Other Societies

• The Federation of Family History Societies
• North West Group of Family History Societies
• Society of Genealogists
• Birmingham and Midland FHS
• Cheshire Local History Association web-site.
• Clwyd FHS
• Derbyshire FHS
• Record Society of Lancashire & Cheshire
• Liverpool & SW Lancashire FHS
• Manchester & Lancashire FHS
• North Cheshire FHS
• Ormskirk & District FHS
• Shropshire FHS
• Guild of One Name Studies