Other upcoming events
Wednesday 5th October 7.30pm
Exploring Family History - A beginners guide. A ZOOM meeting
A talk that has a distinct Lancashire theme and uses information from the Lancashire Archives to add colour to a family history.
Wednesday 5th October 7.30pm
Exploring Family History - beginners guide - a LIVE ROOM meeting
Tickets are NOT required to this meeting. NON-Members of MLFHS pay £3 at the door.
Saturday 8th October 2.00pm
“Not just the 3 R’s” : Life in a Lancashire School"
Monthly hybrid meeting of the MLFHS, Oldham & District Branch given simultaneously on zoom and in the Performance Space at Oldham Library
Wednesday 12th October 7.00pm
The History of Carnival . An online talk for Black History Month
An online talk for Black History Month in collaboration with Archives+ at Manchester Central Library, given by Linford Sweeney.
Wednesday 2nd November 7.30pm
Records and Research Using the CWGC Archives - ZOOM Meeting
The talk “Records and Research Using the CWGC Archives” will cover the history of the CWGC archive and how to access its contents,.
Wednesday 2nd November 7.30pm
Records and Research using the CWGC Archives - A LIVE ROOM meeting
Tickets are NOT required to attend this meeting. NON-Members of MLFHD pay £3 at the door.
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.
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.
Visit our online shop!
Our MLFHS shop sells a large range of books, maps, CDs, downloads and books for recording your research.
We stock all the 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.
* Occasionally a meeting may incur an additional charge, such as admission to a place of interest, payable by all attendees.
New Records
See at a glance the newest additions to our databases and documents collections.
Virtual Help
Our Virtual Helpdesk is still open but has now reverted to a privilege of membership.
MLFHS receives commission, at no cost to the user, on transactions completed using these links to affiliated organisations
[for more see Affiliate Links].
MANCHESTER & LANCASHIRE FHS was formed in 1964 and is now one of the largest family history societies in the world. Although the Society is united by a common interest in Genealogy and Family History, members also pursue interests in closely related fields.
