Radcliffe St Thomas, Lancashire Genealogy

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Guide to Radcliffe St Thomas, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Chapelry History
St. Thomas's district church, Radcliffe-Bridge, was formed in 1819 from, and lying within the boundaries of Radcliffe St Mary. The parish contains also part of Starling village.

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 FreeBMD.

Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD

Online Records

 * 1538 - 1910 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1603 - 1910 at FamilySearch — index and images

 Church of England 

Radcliffe St Thomas chapelry's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of the ancient parish of Radcliffe St Mary to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following websites and ranges of years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Radcliffe St Thomas and comprising the whole ancient parish of Radcliffe St Mary to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the RADCLIFFE ST MARY PARISH page.

Radcliffe- St Thomas Baptisms-1819-1825- MFPR 150 or MFPR 2097 Baptisms-1825-1837- MFPR 150 Baptisms-1837-1837- MFPR 150 or MFPR 2097 Baptisms-1837-1859- MFPR 150 Baptisms-1859-1899- MFPR 1587 Baptisms-1899-1981- MFPR 1588 Baptisms Transcript-1819-1886- q929.32738 RAD (976) Baptisms Transcript-1886-1981- q929.32738 RAD (022) Burials-1826-1854- MFPR 150 Burials-1854-1890- MFPR 1593 Burials-1890-1964- MFPR 1594 Burials Transcript-1819-1964- q929.32738 RAD (553) Marriages-1849-1894- MFPR 1589 Marriages-1894-1928- MFPR 1590 Marriages-1928-1969- MFPR 1591 Marriages-1969-1987- MFPR 1592 Marriages Transcript-1849-1894- q929.32738 RAD (008) Marriages Transcript-1894-1928- q929.32738 RAD (008) Marriages Transcript-1928-1987- q929.32738 RAD (008)

The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Parish registers for St. Thomas' Church, Radcliffe, 1813-1964 Microfilm of originals in St. Thomas Church, Radcliffe, and at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. Manchester Archives Central Library call nos.: L155/1/1/3-7; L155/1/2/2-7; L155/1/3/4-10.

Non Conformist Records

 * 1647-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Poor Law Unions
Bury Poor Law Union, Lancashire

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.

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