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 | Thornton Library | The Library has a selection of detailed Ordinance Survey Maps. It also holds a small collection of local photographs and a Local History Section containing several books relating to Thornton. |
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| Fleetwood Library | Fleetwood Library holds the Local Studies section for the Wyre area. |
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| Blackpool Central Library | The Library has a Local Family History Centre on the first floor. More information to follow ... |
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| Lancashire Records Office | The Lancashire Records Office is based in Preston and holds documents relating to Lancashire from about the early 12th Century to the present Day. |
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| The General Register Office | Birth, Marriage and Death Certificate ordering service. Registration is required but is free. |
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| BMD Certificate Tutorials | A great site explaining in detail what information is held on Certificates and how to interpret it. |
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| freebmd | Search for births, marriages and deaths. This free site is still being transcribed and is currently mostly complete to around 1910 although records do show until around 1930. |
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| BMDshare | This site does not contain actual certificates but members input details from certificates they have purchased. |
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| Family Search | A great site for all records pre and post 1837. Be aware though that if the results are listed as ‘submitted’ that they are only as good as the knowledge of the person who submitted them. |
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| Genuki Registration Districts | This site gives a comprehensive list of places in England and Wales and their relevant Registration Districts (1837 - 1974). |
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| Lancashire Online Parish Clerks | Transcriptions of the Parish Records for St Chads, Poulton. This was the Parish Church of Thornton before Christ Church. Baptisms Banns Marriages Burials | 1591 - 1883 1823 - 1900 1592 - 1900 1741 - 1900 |
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| Lancashire Online Parish Clerks | Transcriptions of the Parish Records for Christ Church, Thornton. Baptisms Banns Marriages Burials | 1836 - 1900 1838 - 1848 1838 - 1900 1837 - 1900 |
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| Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society | The local branch based in the Fylde has Memorial Inscriptions for Christ Church, Thornton available to purchase on Microfiche. These records are also availbale to view free of charge at Fleetwood Library. |
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| Lancashire Lantern | Extensive site containing The Image Archive and Local Studies Resources amongst others. |
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| Thornton Community News | A free monthly local magazine delivered throughout Thornton. |
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| National Trust Names | Input your surname and search in either 1881 or 1998 to see on a map of Great Britain where people with your surname were living. |
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| Carleton Crematorium | This is the Crematorium covering the Thornton area and opened in 1935. |
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Resources
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| Censuses | Thornton entries. |
| Barrett's Directory 1889 | Thornton entries. |
| Barrett's Directory 1910 | Thornton entries. |
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