Workington St Michael, Cumberland Genealogy

Guide to Workington St Michael, Cumberland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
WORKINGTON, a town, a parish, and a sub-district, in Cockermouth district, Cumberland. The town stands on the coast, at the mouth of the river Derwent, and on the Maryport and Whitehaven railway, at the junction of the railway to Cockermouth, 7 miles N by E of Whitehaven. There are four dissenting chapels, and a Roman Catholic chapel.

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.

Church Records
Parish registers for Workington, 1663-1904

Workington BT's, baptisms, 1752-1837, burials, 1676-1837

Bishop's transcripts Workington, 1689-1855

Bishop's transcripts St. Michael's Church, Workington, 1856-1863

Workington parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Non-Conformist Churches

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * Baptist
 * Independent/Congregational - Births and baptisms, 1745-1836 and burials, 1789-1836
 * Presbyterian - Births and baptisms, 1745-1837
 * Primitive Methodist
 * Roman Catholic
 * Wesleyan Methodist - Queen Street Church records, 1896-1973 Great Clifton Church records, 1894-1964 Bridgefoot Church records, 1893-1964 Westfield Church records, 1893-1950 Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Workington Circuit Church records, 1841-1889 South William Street Church records, 1835-1854
 * United Methodist - United Methodist Free Church Victoria Road Church records, 1891-1934

Genealogy
Lynn, Janette. Who Said Our Ancestors Didn't Travel Very Far? Now you know why you couldn't find them in Denbigh/Denbighshire. Five marriages are recorded in the Workington parish records of Denbigh grooms. They are Isaac Hugh to Marther Matherman 12 Sept. 1778; John Miller to Sarah Hatch 30 Sept. 1778; David Davies to Elanor Crudders 7 Jan. 1779; Mathias Williams to Ann Ditchburn 8 Feb. 1779; Peter Vaughn to Isabella Routledge 2 October 1781. This is to be found in journal Hel Achau, #100, March 2009, page 55, Family History Library Ref. 942.93 D25h

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cumberland 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Workington on GENUKI