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Tracker: Goal 1: Learn about Cumberland research and records.
Choices
AGet started with research for your Cumberland ancestors.
Note : In 1974, Cumberland became part of the administrative county of Cumbria.
- Learn about finding your ancestors in Cumberland.
FS Wiki: Cumberland England Genealogy - Get an overview of Cumbria research.
Cumbria Family History - Explore the
Dusty Docs site for Cumberland research. - Explore a variety of records on the UK BMD site.
- Explore lists of towns and parishes on the GenUKI site.
- Explore Cumberland resources on the Family History Directory site.
- Explore WWI resources on the Cumbria County Council site.
- Find additional resources for Cumberland research on the Sheffield Indexers site.
BLearn about the history of Cumberland.
- Learn about Cumberland history on Wikipedia.
History of Cumberland - Go into more depth with Cumberland history on the British History Online site.
Victoria County History series - Learn more about Cumbria history on the InHeritage site.
- Explore Cumberland place-names on theInternet Archive site.
- Explore the Vision of Britain website.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for research resources. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.