Just in case, like me, you've just started on this family history hunt thing and havent got a clue where to start looking for information and obtaining things like birth, marriage and death certificates. Hilary Draper, a useful contact I've made along the way (hilary@mpb.org) has passed on the following useful links:
Birth, Marriage and death certificates obtained from:
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/
Wills: Before 1858 - copies of Lancashire wills are available from the Lancs Record Office in Preston.
After 1858 - national index - can be obtained by writing to the Probate Office in York:
http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1226.htm/
For general and Lancs family history:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/contents/LANcontents.shtml/
Other sites I am using are listed on my Flickr group pages: http://www.flickr.com/groups/ainscough/
Good luck!! and if youre really serious about doing this expect to spend hours and hours reading, researching and cross checking - a bit like being back at university!
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