Cumberland Research Resources

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Genealogy Resources for Cumberland

• Visitation(s) of England and Wales County Index entries for persons whose pedigree first entry in the Visitation(s) commences in the historic county of Cumberland, or who appears listed in a pedigree, addendum or correction to the Visitation(s) as born in Cumberland.

• "Cumbrian Ancestors - Notes for Genealogical Searchers", Cumbria Archive Service, September 1988, ISBN 0 905404 40 8, contains much useful background information and detailed lists of primary records held in Carlisle, Kendal and Barrow-in-Furness. There are useful maps of the diocese and parish boundaries and their changes over time. (newer edition now available)

• "A Place Name Index of Habitations in Cumberland (Houses and Settlements)", compiled by Freda Jackson, Cumbria Family History Society, 1997, ISBN 1 871420 07 5, is very useful for standardising the spelling of many place names, locating them in the correct parish and indicating other possibilities. A Map reference, using the UK National Grid to the Ordnance Survey maps, is given for every location.

• 'History of Antiquities of Allerdale Ward above Derwent in the County of Cumberland

• Pedigrees_Recorded_at_the_Heralds'_Visitations_of_the_Counties_of_Cumberland_and_Westmorland

• The_History_and_Antiquities_of_Cumberland

• The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland

• The_History_of_the_County_of_Cumberland

• The_Parliamentary_Representation_of_the_Six_Northern_Counties_of_England

• Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society

• Quakers in Cumberland