UK's ONLINE PARISH CLERKS: Focus on Lancashire.
All the data provided through these sites have been compiled and
transcribed by volunteers, so the actual data available and parishes
covered depends on the availability of volunteers to carry out this
work. An online parish clerk should not be confused with parish clerks,
who work for parish or town councils.
The OnLine Parish Clerks project for the County of Lancashire site is
extracting the records from the various parishes and provides online
access to that data, free of charge, along with other data of value to
family and local historians conducting research in this locality. The
OPCs have chosen their particular parish because of their interest in
the town or village where their ancestors lived. While some may live in
their chosen parish, many do not, indeed many live in other countries.
Data and records are presented from the earliest records that can be
found up to approximately the end of the 19th century. At that time
there were almost 400 parishes within the pre-1974 county boundaries of
Lancashire. Data is gathered from a multitude of sources, including
parish registers, census records, cemetery records, churchwardens'
accounts, overseers' accounts, land tax records, wills, business
directories, postal directories, church and village histories.
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/home.htmlAll OnLine Parish Clerks welcome enquiries and will do their best to
help, but please remember their time will always be limited, and that
many will be busy transcribing records for their chosen parish. Where
possible, an OnLine Parish Clerk is appointed to direct the extraction
of records and data for each parish. New volunteers for the County of
Lancashire are always welcome.
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/volunteers.htmlOnline Parish Clerks -- also known as OPCs -- are volunteers who
collect, collate, and transcribe records for specific parishes in the
United Kingdom. A list and links to these OPCs are available on Cyndi's
List and currently include: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Kent, Lancashire,
Leicestershire, Sussex, Warwickshire, and Wiltshire.
http://www.cyndislist.com/volreg.htm#OPCs * * * * * * * * * *
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