If you would like to find out more about Cumbria, Cumbrian archives or history, national sites for archive sources, or sites to help with family history you might find relevant information on these sites.
Family history - free and subscription sites
Cumbrian archives and Cumbrian history
- CASCAT (Cumbria Archive Service Online Catalogue)
- Cumbria Family History Society
- Furness Family History Society
- Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society (CWAAS)
- Cumbria Local History Federation: local history groups in Cumbria
- Cumbria County History Trust: Victoria County History for Cumbria
- Cumbrian Manorial Records Project
- Lancashire Archives Catalogue (contains Diocese of Chester marriage licences and wills)
- Cumbria Image Bank: digital images of Cumbria from Cumbria's libraries and archives
- Cumbria Industrial History Society
- Lancaster University North West Regional Heritage Centre
- Cumbrian Lives: a dictionary of Cumbrian biography
- Norman Nicholson Society
Other national sites for archive sources, family history and records
- The National Archives
- National Library of Scotland (for historic Ordnance Survey maps of Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness)
- British Newspaper Archive (for historic newspapers in Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness, log in required)
- Archives Hub - descriptions of archives in UK universities
- Births, Marriages and Deaths ordering certificates (UK Gov site)
- Find a will or probate (UK Gov site)
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Imperial War Museum War Memorials Archive
- War Memorials Online
- Historic England - National Heritage List for England (Listed Buildings)
- BFI Replay - digital archive of films and TV programmes including Cumbria (library/archive PCs only)
Cumbrian oral history