Parish registers location

[compingnut]

Where is the best place to locate Parish Registers in the Wigan, Lancashire Area to access records before 1800?

[ohmer]

phone the library in Wigan, they should be able to direct you.

[spudqueen]

It may be here in Preston
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_ office/

But then Wigan used to be in Lancashire but is now in Greater Manchester, so I'd definitely ring before travelling!

[dot.hawkes]

THE International Genealogical Index includes the records of birth and marriage from Wigan parish church, you will not really learn any more from the parish register entry.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/framese t_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_for m=true
HOWEVER, if you want to look at any of the entries you find on the IGI I can do that for you as the staff entrance at work is 50 yards from the library, and I am familiar with the source.