• Search over 3.3 million records, unique to MLFHS

    Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society

    Search Records

  • Search over 3.3 million records, unique to MLFHS

    Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society

    Search Records

  • Search over 3.3 million records, unique to MLFHS

    Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society

    Search Records

Our Free Drop-in Helpdesk at Manchester Central Library is open to all from 10.30am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday

DATABASES

Unique resources for members

Join us and get access to our extensive databases. We specialise in indexing local resources which you will not find on other sites. How about virtually all the recorded memorials for Manchester's old churchyards? Or institutional records: Bolton Workhouse creed books, admissions to the schools for the blind and the deaf? Or the early motor vehicle registrations in Salford? There are hundreds of sources and over 3.2 million name references, and new data is being added all the time.

HELPDESK

Our friendly Helpdesk is Open!

Our knowledgeable and experienced Helpdesk volunteers help people from all over the world – members and non-members – to begin or expand their family histories, whether their ancestors originated from the Greater Manchester area or elsewhere. The Helpdesk sessions run from Monday - Friday, 10.30am - 3:30pm. Helpdesk volunteers can also help you to access the vast repository of microfiche and microfilmed records.

Our Virtual Helpdesk remains open for members only. Please Click Here for more information.

Books, maps, CDs and more

Visit our online shop!

Our MLFHS shop sells a large range of books, maps, CDs, downloads and books for recording your research. 

We stock local Alan Godfrey maps, a wide range of books published by Neil Richardson, the ever-popular Ancestral File for recording your search in a practical way, and CDs or downloads of records and transcriptions of Catholic church registers, Presbyterian records, monumental inscriptions, Manchester police, Rolls of Honour and much more.

Latest: All MLFHS CDs/DVDs are now available as downloadable files.

Other upcoming events

Saturday 27th May 10.30am

1939 Register a talk by Barry Henshall

The 1939 Register was designed to capture the details of every member of the civilian population on a specific date

Saturday 3rd June 2.00pm

Anglo Scottish FHS Scottish Sources at the S.O.G.

Anglo Scottish FHS Branch Meeting

Wednesday 7th June 7.30pm

Ian Trumble, Bolton Museum's Egyptology Curator, will talk to us .

Annie Barlow and her family were instrumental in attracting wonderful Egyptian artefacts that we are so proud of today in our museum.

Saturday 10th June 2.00pm

MLFHS, Oldham & District Branch, Monthly Meeting and talk

The History of Royton Hall, the families who owned it or lived there, its influence on the village/town and the archaeological dig 2005-07.

Saturday 1st July 2.00pm

Anglo Scottish FHS Manchester Art Gallery

Anglo Scottish FHS Summer Visit

More Society and Branch Meetings

Members can attend any branch or society meeting free of charge*
Manchester Ancestors
Anglo Scottish
Bolton
Oldham & District
* Occasionally a meeting may incur an additional charge, such as admission to a place of interest, payable by all attendees.

The 1921 Census of England and Wales

"The 1921 census is a landmark event for family historians, capturing life just after the trauma of the first world war. Find out how this census can help you to find a new generation of your family."

Our Database

Guide to Datasets

Discover more about our 3.3 million records and how to search them.

New Records

Recent additions

See at a glance the newest additions to our databases and documents collections.

Virtual Help

Help Online

Our Virtual Helpdesk is still open but has now reverted to a privilege of membership.

Documents

Discover More

Browse our list of documents. All are available to our members

What We Do

Share your research problems via our online forum with hundreds of members worldwide who are prepared to help with look-ups and solutions.

 

Want to help the Society? We need help to grow. Here’s what you can do as a volunteer in one of our projects or other areas of Society activity.

 

See how we encourage children and young people to discover their family history with guidance, supervision, support and research strategies and techniques.

 

Share your research, submit an article. Use our massive collection of back copies to learn from others how to knock down brickwalls, research obscure resources or overcome incomplete records.

 

Roman Catholic Records

Our shop sells CDs and DVDs of registers for numerous Roman Catholic churches in and around Manchester. Click below to search our index of over 800,000 names which appear on these disks.

War Memorial Index

We have indexed the names from over 900 war memorials in Greater Manchester. Search our free index for your ancestor. Find the memorials on which he appears - most of them with photographs.


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