New Lancashire Catholic Records on Ancestry

Lancashire, England, Catholic Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1762-1913 comprises 2,993,285 entries, with images from the following Lancashire communities:

Accrington; Ashton in Makerfield; Ashton under Lyne; Aspull; Aughton; Bamber Bridge; Barton; Barton-upon-Irwell; Billington; Birchley; Blackburn; Blackpool; Blackrod; Bolton; Brierfield; Brindle; Bryn; Burnley; Burscough; Bury; Castleton; Chorley; Claughton; Clayton Green; Clayton-le-Moors; Clitheroe; Cottam; Croft; Crosby; Croston; Culcheth; Darwen; Euxton; Failsworth; Farnworth; Formby; Garstang; Goosnargh; Great Eccleston; Haslingden; Hindley; Ince Blundell; Ince in Makerfield; Kirkham; Lancaster; Lea; Leigh; Leyland; Littleborough; Lydiate; Lytham; Manchester; Mawdesley; Middleton; Oldham; Orrell; Osbaldeston; Oswaldtwistle; Platt Bridge; Pleasington; Poulton-le-Fylde; Prescot; Preston; Rawtenstall; Ribchester; Rochdale; Royton; Salford; Samlesbury; Scarisbrick; Scorton; Southport; St Helens; Standish; Swinton; Thornley cum Wheatley; Thurnham; Walton le Dale; Warrington; Wesham; Westby; Westhoughton; Whalley Range; Whittle le Woods; Widnes; Wigan; Woolston; Wrightington; Yealand

Entries in the registers are typically organized chronologically and are handwritten. Records that are 110 years old or newer have been redacted for privacy. The collection will be updated annually.

Original data, as documented in this parish list, is from Roman Catholic Parish Registers. Preston, England: Lancashire Archives. Some registers remain in their respective parishes.

 

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