Radcliffe St John, Lancashire Genealogy

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is Free_BMD.

Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire_BMD

Church records
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Parish registers for St. John's, Radcliffe, 1866-1979 Microfilm of originals in St. Thomas Church, Radcliffe; and fomerly held at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. St. John Church is located in Stand Lane, an ecclesiastical district of Radcliffe.

Manchester Archives Central Library call nos.: L 156/1/1/1-3; L 156/1/2/1-6; L 156/1/3.

Radcliffe- St John the Evangelist, Stand Lane Baptisms-1866-1930- MFPR 1584 or MFPR 2009 Baptisms-1930-1973- MFPR 1584 Baptisms Transcript-1866-1973- q929.32738 RAD (360) Burials-1878-1979- MFPR 1584 Burials Transcript-1878-1979- q929.32738 RAD (361) Monumental Inscriptions-F929.32738 RAD (361) Marriages-1868-1921- MFPR 1585 or MFPR 2009 Marriages-1921-1973- MFPR 1586 Marriages Transcript-1868-1973- q929.32738 RAD (364) Baptisms-1844-1929- MFPR 191 Marriages-1845-1929- MFPR 191 The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Census records
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Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lancashire_Probate_Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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Web sites
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