Cheshire Parish Register Database (Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials to 1871). The aim of the project is to make available, in a reasonable period of time, all the information in each of the parish registers of the ancient county of Cheshire. This aim covers information in both the original Parish Register and the Bishop's Transcript.

Cheshire Births, Marriages and Deaths on the Internet. Recently updated. Records of over 5,000,000 births, marriages and deaths. Although the indexes are not yet complete for all years and districts, the database will eventually cover all Cheshire births, marriages and deaths from 1837.

Cheshire, Church of England, Vital Records 1538-1907 : Christenings - Marriages - Burials

Cheshire and Chester Wills Database. The index covers the years 1492 - 1940 and contains 130,000 entries. It covers probate documents proved at Chester mainly for Cheshire residents.

England, Cheshire, Register of Electors 1842-1900. This collection contains a list of those who are eligible to vote in local and county elections.

Visitation of Cheshire, 1580

The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 (World Vital Records - subscription required) : The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580, made by Robert Glover, Somerset herald, for William Flower, Norroy king of arms, with numerous additions and continuations, including those from The visitation of Cheshire made in the year 1566, by the same herald. With an appendix, containing The visitation of a part of Cheshire in the year 1533, made by William Fellows, Lancaster herald, for Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux king of arms. And a fragment of the visitation of the city of Chester in the year 1591, made by Thomas Chaloner, deputy to the Office of arms.

Pedigrees made at the visitation of Cheshire, 1613 (World Vital Records - subscription required) : Taken by Richard St.-George esq., Norroy king of arms and Henry St.-George, gent., Bluemantle pursuivant of arms; and some other contemporary pedigrees. Edited by Sir George J. Armytage, bart., F. S. A. and J. Paul Rylands. London : Mitchell, Hughes & Clark, 1909.

Cheshire Visitation Pedigrees, 1663 (World Vital Records - subscription required) : Online edition of this book by Arthur Adams published in 1941.

Cheshire Domesday Book place-names and landowners (includes names in North Wales). The Domesday Book is a great land survey from 1086, commissioned by William the Conqueror.

Cheshire Surnames Directory. A list of Cheshire families being researched by family historians.

Old Historic Families of Lancashire, Cheshire & North Western England

North Cheshire Family History Society Members' Interests

Name Index to the Book The Monumental Brasses of Cheshire

Return of Owners of Land, Cheshire, (1 Acre & Above) and Living Locally: 1873

Familiae minorum gentium. A collection of pedigrees compiled by the Rev. Joseph Hunter (1783-1861) chiefly of Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cheshire, and Lancashire families, though their branches extend over other counties. Requires payment. (World Vital Records - subscription required) : Volume 1 - Volume 2 - Volume 3 - Volume 4

Surnames mentionned in monumental inscriptions : Cheshire (pdf document)

1881 Census of Ships in Port in Cheshire. These records are useful for tracing seamen and passengers coming into or going out of the country : Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 : Birkenhead 1 - Part 4 : Birkenhead 2 - Part 5 : Birkenhead 3 - Part 6 : Wallasey

Cheshire Genealogy Mailing List at RootsWeb. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.

ENG-CHS-ODD-RODE Mailing List. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the area on the Cheshire/Staffordshire border known as Odd Rode. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.

ENG-MERSEYSIDE Genealogy Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a historical and genealogical interest in the county of Merseyside, England, which was created in 1974 from parts of Cheshire and Lancashire. The county centers largely on the Liverpool area and includes the harbor of the Mersey estuary and most of the Wirral Peninsula on which are the industrial centers of Birkenhead and Wallasey. This list is for the discussion of the history of the area and will be of interest to both historians and genealogists. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.

ENG-CHS-WIRRAL Mailing List. A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Wirral peninsula, formerly in the county of Cheshire, now (since 1974) in the county of Merseyside, England. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.

International Genealogical Index (IGI) Batch Numbers for Cheshire, England. A useful index since searching the IGI by last name only is not permitted unless you search within a single batch of records at a time.

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 10 - Coventry and Lichfield diocese (Cheshire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire). Traces the chronology and careers of the bishops and the senior clergy of Lichfield cathedral and the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield.

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