INFORMATION


The Porter families covered in this blog are focussed in the Parishes of Standish, Croston, Leyland in Lancashire and Slaidburn, Whitewell (Whalley) in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and environs. The families researched covered the period 1565 to 1800. More parishes will be added to the blog with information and names will be included in Porter Name Database (see link in right hand column) with sources.

Anyone wishing to contribute to this database please provide names and sources. Only sourced information will be added. Contact me at the email listed above.

The following is a list of families that are associated with the Porter Families of Lancashire, Yorkshire and Canada:

Booth, Baldwin, Brinand/Brennand, Catrowe, Device/Deves/Davie/Davies (Pendleton), Hill, Holgate, Kendal, Langton/Longton, Laycock, Lightbound/Lightbourn/Lighbourne/Lightbown/Lightbowne, Martin/MacMartin/Martinus, O'Neill/McNeill, Pomfret, Rhodes, Robinson, Sellers/Sellars, Steele, Waddington.

Master tree (Family ad Infinitum) which includes all families, is available by invitation. This tree contains over 10,000 entries, sources, photos, documents, etc. If you are related to any of these families and wish to have access, grateful you provide your connection and I will invite you to the tree.

Friday, June 12, 2015

IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING THE LANDLORDS

When researching the Porter genealogy and history, it was important to go beyond the general sources, ie parish records and/or census records.  One important source to check, particularly pre-parish/census records are land records.  One of the first things to research and study are the many landholders in the area in which your family lived.  An excellent source is British Online History .  A subscription is required in order to view some of the more useful records.

Other sources can be useful such Geni - Old Historic Families of Lancashire.  This website provides a short summary of major families in Lancashire and the area in which they held lands.

Once you have determined a family or families who owned land in the area of your ancestor, you can then check British Online History or the National Archives.  Search for any available records for each landlord.  I will discuss these two resources in later posts.

Sample of entry at National Archives:

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