Millom, Cumberland Genealogy

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

Parish History
MILLOM (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Bootle, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 12 miles (S. E. by S.) from Ravenglass. Comprising the chapelries of Thwaites and Ulpha, and the townships of Birker with Austhwaite, Chapel-Sucken, and the Farm of Stainton

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

Record on microfilm

The registers of Millom, Cumberland, 1591-1812

Parish registers for St. George's Church, Millom, 1877-1909

Parish registers forHoly Trinity Church, Millom, 1590-1915

Bishop's transcripts for Holy Trinity Church Millom, 1690-1881

Parish registers for Chapelry of Haverigg, 1891-1911

Non-Conformist Churches

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
 * Baptist
 * Wesleyan Methodist - Chapel Queen Street Church records, 1873-1891
 * Bible Christian Church - Millom and Dalton Circuit (Lancashire) - Church records, 1870-1891
 * Primitive Methodist - Chapel Holborn Hill - Church records, 1869-1902

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
Millom on GENUKI