Ancestors of David Alan Sudworth
Useful local/family history links
The following
websites are invaluable if you are thinking of tracing your own family tree
Ashton-in-Makerfield Community Forum – loads of historical and geneology resources
Ashton Collieries – information on town’s various coal pits
Wigan World – excellent old and new pics of Wigan, plus much much more
Ancestry.co.uk – subscription website for people wanting to view censuses from 1851-1901.
Lancashire BMD – searchable archives for birth, death and marriage certificates from Wigan area
Cheshire BMD – Vital website for marriage certifcates from Ashton in early 1800s
Old Maps – find out what your area looked
like in bygone times…for free!
Toxteth.net – Find out all about old Toxteth and its origins
Historical Directories – a digital library of local and trade directories from 1750-1919
Birmingham Local History and Studies – general register office
Official 1901 census website – find out what your ancestors were doing at the turn of the 20th Century
Free BMDs – national archive of birth, deaths and marriages from 1837 onwards
Joyce Riddick – learn more about one branch of the Sudworth family
The Parish of Wigan – Info on old Wigan
Genes Reunited – will you find a relative – or even yourself – listed?
Handsworth Historical Society – find out all about this corner of Bimringham
