Cumberland Family History Resources
| SOCIETIES | Click on the link in the left hand
column to visit the site |
| Cumbria FHS | Family History Society for the county of Cumbria. Covers the old counties of Cumberland and Westmorland and a part of Northern Lancashire and North Yorkshire |
| Furness FHS | Furness is (strictly) that area of "Lancashire-beyond-the-Sands" which is bounded by the sea on the south, Cartmel and Windermere on the east, the River Duddon and Dunnerdale on the west and the Langdale valleys at the north. |
| DATA RESOURCES | |
| Ulverston Heritage Centre FHG | Ulverston Hstory centre |
| Cumbria Record Office - Carlisle | Cumbra record office. Here you will find original source material
for 'the part of the historic county of Cumberland which is north of
the River Derwent'. Carlisle, Keswick, Penrith and Maryport are places
contained in this area.
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| Cumbria Record Office and Local Studies Library, Whitehaven | The Whitehaven Record Office provide access to records relating to 'the area of West Cumbria bounded by the River Derwent in the North and the River Duddon in the South'. Typically, this covers the area around Workington, Cockermouth, and Whitehaven. |
| Cumbria Record Office, Kendal | Kendal Record Office is mainly for the former county of Westmorland, you can searchi microfilm of Census and Probate Records (Deaneries of Kendal and Furness, and Carlisle Consistory Court 1536-1860), and printed material such as Trade Directories and printed copies of Parish Registers. |
| PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY | |
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| HISTORY |