Lancashire Record Office - Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Lancashire Record Office - Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Lancashire Record Office - Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
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__________________________________________________________________________<strong>Lancashire</strong> <strong>Record</strong> <strong>Office</strong>: What’s in it for <strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Darwen</strong>?<strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Darwen</strong> Library and Information ServiceBoth <strong>Blackburn</strong> Central Library and <strong>Darwen</strong> Library hold a wealth of material forlocal and family history research. The main sources are:• Newspapers dating back to 1793, many of which have been microfilmed.• Census returns from 1841-1901 for the local area. These are available onmicrofilm for all years and microfiche for 1881, 1891 and 1901.• General Register <strong>Office</strong> index (St. Catherine’s House index) of births,marriages and deaths from 1837-2004 - on microfiche.• Copies of parish registers for a selection of churches in <strong>Blackburn</strong> Diocese -on microfiche.• Registers of Electors for <strong>Blackburn</strong> from 1857 to date.• Trade directories from 1818-1966.• Maps in different scales and from various dates - 1737 to date• Copies of cemetery records for the municipal cemeteries of <strong>Blackburn</strong>,<strong>Darwen</strong> and Pleasington from 1857-1999 - on microfilm.53
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