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 2.7 million name references already and new data is being added all the time.
Our friendly Helpdesk is here for you
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. Sadly, owing to the coronavirus lockdown we have to be closed but CLICK HERE to find out about our Virtual Help Desk
New Meetings Planned
It now seems certain that the Society and its branches will be unable to resume a regular programme of meetings at any of its venues, either Quarterly, Beginners Talks or branch meetings, until well into 2021. As a result we are switching attention to providing a series of Zoom-based virtual talks for members in the new year. Meantime, some talks will be held on a trial basis in the interim, organised by the branches.
The first of these will be arranged by Bolton branch on 4th November with a trial run on 28th October. This event will be followed by others from the Anglo-Scottish and Oldham branches before Christmas. Full details will be announced here and on other Society platforms as well as Eventbrite when arrangements have been finalised.
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.
