LANCASHIRE ARCHIVES List of Record Agents
The people whose names are included on this list may be available to undertake paid research in local archives. Arrangements must be made directly with the record agents themselves and not through Lancashire Archives. Lancashire Archives staff cannot recommend particular agents nor enter into any negotiations concerning them. Please note that inclusion on this list does not constitute any guarantee of availability and that Lancashire Archives cannot be held responsible for any work undertaken.
Ms Eileen Butcher AGRA member: Anglia Research, Gordon House, 3-5 Leicester Street, Southport, PR9 0ER email: [email protected] website: www.angliaresearch.co.uk Family and Local History; Research for legal enquiries: expert in probate genealogy and searches for living relatives; TV researcher for Who Do You Think You Are? etc; work in Lancashire and Cheshire
Christopher Eve BSc (Hons), MA, IHGS student: 9 Larchwood, Castlegate, Lancaster, LA1 4QG email: [email protected] Family History, Local History and House History, in NW England, back to 18th cent. Research in birth, marriage and death records, census, parish records, wills and probate, military records, education and occupations, Non-conformity, name origins. Report-writing of research results; Guided tours of ancestral roots.
Jane E. Hamby LHG: 26 Fulwood Hall Lane, Fulwood, Preston PR2 8DB email: [email protected] Family history, Local History and House History: a comprehensive genealogical service, searching all types of records; Palaeography and Transcription; Research for legal enquiries: adoption and intestacy; background research for authors; photography. Research also carried out in GRO Indexes; Cumbria and Cheshire
Mrs Denise A Harman: 12 Wrights Fold, Leyland, Preston, PR25 4HT email: [email protected] website: www.lancashirefamilyhistoryresearch.co.uk Family History; House History: a comprehensive service by a long-established professional researcher, covering Lancashire, Cheshire & Cumbria, searching all records held at the Lancashire Archives and other repositories. English Palaeography & Transcription from 16th Century onwards.
Kate Hurst: BA (Hons) 15 Beverley Drive, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 1HY email: [email protected] website: http://katehurst.wix.com/kate-hurst-research Family history: BMD, census, parish register and trade directory searches. Probate searches and document transcription. Research for TV/radio companies. Particular interest in Roman Catholic records.
House Historians North West: (Carole Knight) 14 Higher Bank Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 8PD email: [email protected] website: www.househistorians.co.uk Building history: research into history of Lancashire and South Cumbria buildings, the people associated with them, and the area in which they are situated.
Lancashire Archives list of record agents
Simon Martin BSc(Hons) Cert HE; AGRA member: The Ebba Brahe, 21 Petticoat Lane, Higher Ince, Wigan, WN2 2LH email: [email protected] Family history: comprehensive service including research in pre-1858 and post-1858 probate records parish registers, GRO indexes and census returns in Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester and Wigan. Local history. Research for legal enquiries. Research also carried out in other northern counties.
Anne Mealia BA(Hons) MA, PGDipLib, Higher Certificate in Genealogy; AGRA member 1 Castle Cottage, Dobroyd Road, Todmorden, OL14 7JJ email: [email protected] website: http://evergreenancestry.com Family and Local history: comprehensive research in all records, including Roman Catholic registers; Palaeography and Transcription: 16th-19thcents.Historical research for TV companies and academics. .
J Alan Smith: 11 St Judes Avenue, Walton le Dale, Preston, PR5 4UH email: [email protected] website: www.lancashireorigins.co.uk Family history: a comprehensive genealogical service searching all types of records; Palaeography/Transcription. Coverage::Lancashire, Cumbria, Cheshire Also other areas by arrangement.
Grace Tabern ADLH Oxford; AGRA member: 38 Coach Road, Barrow Nook, Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, L39 OEU e-mail:[email protected] website: www.graceancestry.co.uk Family and Local History. Company records and heritage. Non-Conformist research, including Quaker records. Palaeography and Transcription. Specialist research for academics, TV companies and authors.
Revised Apr 2020 Under the Data Protection Act 1998, Lancashire County Council is the Data Controller for this form. LCC’s representative is the Data Protection Officer. The data has been provided by and is supplied with the express consent of the data subjects to assist users of Lancashire Archives in finding a Record Agent to undertake paid research. For further information on Lancashire County Council policy and procedures please see LCC's Access to Information webpage