Parish baptism, marriage and burial Records - circa 1500 - present day
www.lan-opc.org.uk - Lancashire Parish Records
Birth marriages and Death Records - September 1837 - present day
www.freebmd.org.uk/ - UK birth, marriage and death records.
www.cheshirebmd.org.uk - Cheshire birth, marriage and death records
www.lancashirebmd.org.uk - Lancashire birth, marriage and death records
Census Records - 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901
http://www.familysearch.org - 1881 UK census
http://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl - UK census 1841-1901 (not complete)
Other historical records
http://www.cwgc.org/ - Commonwealth War Graves Commission (information about people who died in WW1 & WW2)