Family History | House History | Cumbria | Lancashire
Where Do I Carry Out Research?
My main family history and house history research counties are Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire. That is, modern day Cumbria, Lancashire, and parts of Yorkshire.
Whether you’re a relative beginner to searching for your ancestors, an experienced amateur, or a professional requiring locally based Cumbrian and Lancastrian archive work, I will provide you with high quality research, interpretation, and analysis. As an Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA) Associate, I am held to high standards within a rigorous code of conduct.
My MA dissertation was a genealogical investigation into my farming ancestors near Haslingden, Rossendale, and I facilitated and edited the Bolton-based book Lives And Times of Smithills Estate, which won the Alan Ball Award 2022.
How Can I Help You Discover Your Family History?
I will help you find out more about your family history across England as far back as 1837 when civil registration began. Before this I can discover Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire ancestors by searching parish registers, bishop’s transcripts, probate records, and the many other family history documents and manuscripts that are held in Lancashire Archives, Cumbria Archives, and elsewhere.
Do you have ancestral puzzles that have created brick walls in your family tree research? I can help solve these and your elusive family history mysteries and myths. If you are wondering where and how to begin finding out more about your forebears, I can kickstart this for you and provide pointers that will help you on your own journey into family history research.
I provide a selection of timed packages which come complete with an extensive digital report, alongside more ad hoc arrangements for clients who wish me to provide them with specific lookups, digital images, and other types of bespoke research.
House Histories – Explore Your Own Home Through Time
Does your home have a long history? Or was it once a church, school, meeting place, or community venue and you want to know more about its origins? Using newspapers, maps, title deeds, manorial records, census returns, and more, I can investigate your home, revealing stories about the people who lived, met, or worked there, discovering so much more about your own home through time.
My house history research will enable you to gain an in-depth knowledge of the history of your home and the land it stands on. Working across Cumbria and Lancashire, I provide bespoke reports and storybooks that will give you an enhanced understanding of the property you call home.
I offer a variety of house history packages to suit every home. Starting with a service suitable for twentieth and twenty-first century houses where clients wish to have an idea of the history and the locality, to more in-depth research packages for older properties where clients wish to find out everything there is to know about the history of their property.
Get In Touch With Me
If you would like to find out more about any of the services I offer, please use either my contact form or my AGRA profile form. I will reply to you as soon as possible and we can talk further about your requirements. I offer an initial thirty-minute discussion and consultation free.
