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Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 7 623 Send Message	mgnv	Report	17 Oct 2010 18:00
	You might also check out http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/cemetery.php?opt=cemetery There's a couple more cemeteries in the left margin, but the above is the one I usually need.
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 19 714 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	17 Oct 2010 13:32
	Sue, I have a friend who volunteers in the History shop and is always willing to do look ups. I can also get there myself. The Wigan world website is a good place to see what is available on record. Cx
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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 10 522 Send Message	Potty	Report	17 Oct 2010 11:17
	The parish pages for Upholland and Wigan on lan-opc site will tell you what records are available and which are online. If the years you want have not yet been transcribed you can email the online parish clerk who will look them up for you. The email link is on the left of the parish page.
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73 136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	17 Oct 2010 10:47
	Leigh Family History Society 6 Aug 2010 ... LEIGH & DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY [Home] [Meetings] [Visits] ... All BIRTH INDEXES in the Wigan & Leigh area from 1837 to 1950 ... www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/LeighGrp/Leigh%20Famil... - 51k - Similar pages Lancashire Family History Societies 25 Jul 2010 ... L39 5WT. Facilities, Library. WIGAN FAMILY AND LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY. Affiliation, Member of Federation of Family History Societies ... www.ancestor-search.info/FHS-Lancashire.htm - 28k - Similar pages
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73 136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	17 Oct 2010 10:46
	Messagebook - Wigan Family & Local History Society 12 Apr 2004 ... 2010 - Wigan Family & Local History Society - Click here to read terms and privacy policy. This site is maintained on behalf of the Wigan ... www.lqqk.co.uk/familyhistory/messages.php?offset=1560... - 13k - Similar pages
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73 136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	17 Oct 2010 10:45
	Lancashire Births Marriages & Deaths Indexes Wigan FHS Logo Wigan Family & Local History Society. Welcome to the Lancashire BMD web site, part of the UKBMD group of Family History and Genealogy web ... www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ - 13k - Similar pages Family History Family History The Taylor Gallery within Wigan's History Shop houses Wigan's ... Wigan History Shop holds a complete set of Lancashire Parish Record Society ... www.wlct.org/culture/heritage/fhistory.htm - 13k - Similar pages
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73 136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	17 Oct 2010 10:45
	Wigan Family & Local History Society 2010 - Wigan Family & Local History Society - Click here to read terms and privacy policy. This site is maintained on behalf of the Wigan Family & Local ... www.wiganworld.co.uk/familyhistory/ - 12k - Similar pages
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73 136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	17 Oct 2010 10:44
	The local Family History Society will likely have records - contact them
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: May 2008 Posts: 138 Send Message	Susan	Report	17 Oct 2010 10:41
Member Since: May 2008 Posts: 138 Send Message	Cynthia and mgnv Many thanks for this information--it narrows the search further. I should probably have found this out for myself, but I'm new to this game and to computers, so your help is much appreciated. Cynthia--is "Wigan History Shop" a physical place, or a web-site? Thanks, Susi
Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 7 623 Send Message	mgnv	Report	15 Oct 2010 20:04
	Cynthia makes a good point. Orrell's mid-way between Upholland and Wigan - I've got one family of nailers from Orrell who baptized half their kids at St Thomas, Upholland and half at All Saints, Wigan. (Mid-way's maybe too strong - it's nearer Upholland than Wigan.) Upholland rego's date back to 1600. Initially it was a chapelry of All Saints, Wigan, but became a parish in the mid 1600s.
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 19 714 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	15 Oct 2010 14:55
	I think Orrell came under Upholland at one time so may be worth checking their records on lancs online parish clerk site also. The parish church of Orrell is St. Lukes which I think was built towards the end of the 1800's. Wigan History shop may hold some records.
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Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 7 623 Send Message	mgnv	Report	15 Oct 2010 14:30
	Lewis (1848) says: ORRELL, a township, in the parish and union of Wigan, hundred of West Derby, S. division of Lancashire, 3¼ miles (W.) from Wigan, on the road to Ormskirk http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=445 so there'ld be no seperate registers for Orrell that early. Wigan (All Saints)'s date from 1580.
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 3 108 Send Message	Susan	Report	15 Oct 2010 11:53
	Cut and paste the add it will take you to wigan IGI search site,Scroll down the page to Wigan. Excellent site !! http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLancashire_(P-Z).htm#W
	Researching: Haycock ...London and Gloucestershire , Walters... South Wales and Gloucestershire , Lewis... South Wales , French ...Nottingham and Essex.
Member Since: May 2008 Posts: 138 Send Message	Susan	Report	15 Oct 2010 11:11
Member Since: May 2008 Posts: 138 Send Message	Thank you. I will try your suggestions. Sue
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 24 447 Send Message	Dea	Report	15 Oct 2010 11:04
	You could try this site: http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html or this one: http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start Dea x
Member Since: May 2008 Posts: 138 Send Message	Susan	Report	15 Oct 2010 10:56
Member Since: May 2008 Posts: 138 Send Message	Anyone have any idea where I can find parish registers for Orrell Wigan? Any advice welcome. Thank you Sue

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