Lancashire Burials
Discover your ancestor in burial registers from Lancashire. Learn when and where your ancestor’s burial took place, as well as your ancestor’s age at the time of death. The registers, provided by Lancashire Archives, span the years from 1538 to 1991. View the full list of places included in our parish list, linked to in the Useful links and resources section.
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Discover your ancestor in burial registers from Lancashire. Learn when and where your ancestor’s burial took place, as well as your ancestor’s age at the time of death. The registers, provided by Lancashire Archives, span the years from 1538 to 1991. View the full list of places included in our parish list, linked to in the Useful links and resources section.
Learn about these records
Each result will provide you with a transcript and an image of the original register. Each transcript will provide all or some of the following details:
- First name(s)
- Last name
- Age
- Birth year
- Denomination
- Residence
- Death year
- Burial year
- Burial date
- Burial place
- Diocese
- County
- Country
- Archive
- Archive reference
- Register type
- Register year range
Images may offer additional details, such as the name of the officiate.
Lancashire Archives collects and preserves Lancashire’s unique and irreplaceable archives. Their collections are made available to those exploring their personal, family, or community history.
Lancashire Archives online catalogue (LANCAT) holds descriptions of over 1.5 million documents housed in their collection. The collection spans from the 12th century to present day. Records come from a variety of sources including local government, churches, schools, businesses, and societies.
Search tips
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Begin your search broadly with only a name.
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If needed, you can narrow your results by including additional search criteria such as a year, place, or keyword.
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Consult the parish list linked to in the Useful links and resources section for a full list of places included in this collection.