Other upcoming events
Saturday 29th January 2.00pm
The 1921 Census : What can we discover?
The 1921 census is a landmark event for family historians - find out how this census can help you find a new generation of your family.
Wednesday 2nd February 7.30pm
Exploring the 1921 census
Owing to the first MLFHS talk on the 1921 census being sold out - by popular demand, a further talk on the subject for those disappointed.
Wednesday 2nd February 7.30pm
Dating by Design
A welcome return visit of one of our regular speakers at Bolton FHS who has come to tell us about his new book, "Dating by Design".
Saturday 5th February 2.00pm
Anglo Scottish FHS Meeting Scottish Kirk Session Records
Anglo Scottish Branch Meeting
Saturday 12th February 2.00pm
A Grandmother’s Legacy: the Early Days, given by Jenny Mallin
'A Grandmother’s Legacy: the Early Days' by Jenny Mallin, a free, zoom, online talk from the Oldham & District Branch of MLFHS
Wednesday 2nd March 7.30pm
Not Mass Observation Again!
Yes! We’ve recently uncovered just how important local working people were to the 1937 - 1940 Bolton/Worktown survey.
Manchester Hub for Free Access to the 1921 Census
The 1921 census, is now available, free to view, at Manchester Central Library The MLFHS helpdesk team and library staff will be there, on the ground floor, to help. You will also need a library card to access the library computers, these can be arranged on arrival.
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 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 has reopened and sessions will be running Monday - Friday as usual, however we will be operating restricted sessions hours 11.00am - 2:30pm until December. Our Virtual Helpdesk is now for members only. Please Click Here for more information.
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.
* 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.
