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• ENG-CUMBRIA genealogy mail list for the county of Cumbria, England, which was created in 1974 by merging the former counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, and parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding)      (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• ENG-WESTMORLAND genealogy mail list or general and local history related to Westmorland      (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• GenUKI Online English Names Directory  For all pre-1974 Counties, and where the English county is unknown     (Source: GenUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy)
• UK-NORTHWEST genealogy mail list for the northwest part of England (Cumberland, Lancashire and Westmorland Counties)  Beginners and experienced researchers are welcome     (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• WEST-MARCHES mail list for genealogy and history of the West Marches in the south of Scotland and north of England (most of the historic Scottish counties of Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire  And the historic English counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, in order to air cross-boundary movements and assist researchers who are uncertain of the precise location of their forebears     (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• Westmoreland, England Message Board      (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• Westmorland      (Source: GenUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy)
• Gazetteers
  
  • Westmoreland in The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5      (Source: UKGenealogyArchives.org)
• History
  
  • Burton, Thomas; The parliamentary diary of Thomas Burton, MP for Westmorland (1653-59). 4 volumes      (Source: Institute of Historical Research)
  • North: The historic counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Durham, Lancs, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorks      (Source: Institute of Historical Research)
  • Records of Westmorland. Medieval and early modern records of the Baronies of Kendale and Appleby. 4 volumes      (Source: Institute of Historical Research)
• Manor and other Large Estate Records
  
  • Manorial Documents Register (MDR) Search of Westmorland Manorial Records      (Source: The National Archives (England and Wales))
• Maps
  
  • Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 - Epoch 1, England - Westmorland      (Source: Institute of Historical Research)
• Newspapers
  
  • Cumberland and Westmorland Newspaper Transcriptions 
• Parish Records (26)
• Wills, Probate, Testate and Intestate Records
  
  • North Country Wills, abstracts of wills relating to the counties of York, Nottingham, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland 1383-1558  Transcripts; the earlier documents in Latin
  • North country wills, abstracts of wills relating to the counties of York, Nottingham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland 1383-1558  Transcripts (in Latin for earlier wills). 21 MB PDF file
  • North country wills, abstracts of wills relating to the counties of York, Nottingham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland 1558-1604  16 MB PDF file
  • Wills and inventories from the registry of the archdeaconry of Richmond, extending over portions of the counties of York, Westmorland, Cumberland and Lancaster  Selection from 1442-1579; some earlier items in Latin. 20 MB PDF file

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