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 2.8 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
Visit our shop!
Our MLFHS shop sells a large range of books, maps, CDs, downloads and books for recordsing 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 and more.
The shop is open! Our dedicated team work from home so occasionally there might be a slight delay, but otherwise it is business as usual.
Other upcoming events
Saturday 8th May 2.00pm
Confessions of a Country Lane Researcher ... by Tony Foster
Oldham & District Branch of MLFHS ... free online talk Saturday 8th May at 2pm 'Confessions of a Country Lane Researcher' by Tony Foster
Saturday 15th May 2.00pm
Anglo Scottish Family History Society The Great Tapestry of Scotland
Anglo Scots Branch Meeting
Wednesday 2nd June 7.30pm
Bolton FHS Meeting - Liverpool Cowkeepers: A family history
Dave Joy draws on his own family history to tell the story of the lives and times of the Liverpool Cowkeepers.
Saturday 12th June 2.00pm
Market to Supermarkets and beyond ... 200 years of shopping
Oldham & District Branch of MLFHS ... free online talk Saturday 12th June at 2pm 'Market to Supermarket & beyond ... 200 years of shopping'
Saturday 19th June 2.00pm
Anglo Scottish FHS The Mitchell Library and its Holdings
Anglo Scottish Branch Meeting
Wednesday 23rd June 7.00pm
Zeppelin Ship of Dreams Presentation by David Skillen.
David is an engaging, animated and entertaining professional speaker on a variety of historical subjects.
New Records
See at a glance the newest additions to our databases and documents collections.
Virtual Help
Our Helpdesk is still open but has moved online during the present restrictions
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.
