Liscard St John, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Cheshire Parishes Liscard St John 

Guide to Liscard St John, Cheshire family history and genealogy: parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites.

Church Records
Liscard St John Chapelry registers of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:

Egremont and Liscard shared the chapelry of St. John Liscard. Both were in the parish of Wallasey.

Here is a list of parish registers on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Parish registers for St. John's Church, Liscard, 1834-1952. Cheshire Record Office no.: P79/1-3, P79/4707/1-3, 6-7, 10-11; P79/2/3-4.

Bishop's transcripts for St. John's Church, Liscard, 1833-1861 Cheshire Record Office no.: EDB 127

Non-Conformist Churches
Not Known

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from 1 July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. Here are two excellent Internet sites with birth, marriage and death indexes available:


 * FreeBMD
 * Cheshire BMD

Registration Districts

 * Wirral (1837-1861)
 * Birkenhead (1861-1912)

Poor Law Unions

 * Wirral (1836-1861)
 * Birkenhead (1861-1912)

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

see also England Cheshire Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Maps and Gazetteers
See a gazetteer description of Adlington at Vision of Britain.