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
Thursday 15th April 2.00pm
Anglo Scottish Family History Society. Ancestral Brickwalls
Anglo Scottish Branch Meeting
Wednesday 21st April 10.30am
Manchester Street Names + AGM
History of Manchester told from the viewpoint of its Street Names.
Saturday 24th April 2.00pm
To the Manor Born
John Marsden talks about Manor Records and how they can help Historians today.
Saturday 1st May 2.00pm
The Flour Dealer in Georgian England
The story of one flour dealer of Manchester whose personal history reveals the story of travel and politics in Georgian England.
Wednesday 5th May 7.30pm
Bolton FHS Meeting - Females in the Family: Ladies, Ships, Locomotives...
Many sources in this talk are particularly, though not exclusively, relevant to researching women and developing the maternal side of family
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
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.
