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Organisations

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Cumbria County History Trust
The charity for the Victoria County History for Cumbria
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Friends of Cumbria Archives
Supports the creation, maintenance and use of Cumbrian archives.
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Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society
Cumbria wide, founded 1866.
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Cumbria Family History Society
All aspects of family history.
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Cumbria County Council Archive Service
Record offices at Carlisle, Whitehaven, Kendal and Barrow, plus local studies libraries.
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Cumbria County Libraries and Archives
Image Bank. View 12,500 historical images of Cumbria
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Images of Cumbria
Private site. Parish/township based information based on C19th directories. Images mostly churches.
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Vision of Britain
Mapping and statistics (census) current and C19th
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Lancaster University guide to online family and local history sources
A good listing of sources for acedemic work.
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Cumbrian Industries
History of industrial sites and industrial archaeology, with index
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UK Genealogy
Links to many resources
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Local History Magazine
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British Association for Local History
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Cumbria Railways
The Cumbria Railways website is dedicated to the lost railways of Northern Cumbria which have all closed during the last century.

Archives

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The National Archive
The front door of the national archive for England and Wales. The next three elements are part of TNA
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National Register of Archives
Search the Register by name or place
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Search the National Archives catalogue
Search facility by person or place. A million wills proved at Canterbury
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Census access via the National Archives
Searchable Census, 1881, 1891 and 1901. Charges for some usages
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On line index to the Manorial Documents Register.
Gives lists, content description and location. Cumberland and Westmorland in 2005/6
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Cumbrian manorial records at Lancaster University
Excellent guide to Cumbrian manorial records and their use, as part of the project on the Manorial Documents Register for Cumbria (late 2006)
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Search the archives in county record offices
Use this facility to locate subjects in Cumbria archive service
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National Archives of Scotland
Equivalent to the England and Wales organisation, which does not cover Scotland
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Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths
Search the civil registers of England and Wales from 1837. Charges apply.
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UK data archive
Historical statistical data, university based site.
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