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
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.
Saturday 26th June 2.00pm
Pit Lasses: The Female Miners of 1842. Speaker Denise Bates
Pit Lasses tells the story of around 6,000 women and girls aged between 5 – 75 years old who were working underground in coal mines .
Wednesday 7th July 7.30pm
Bolton FHS Meeting - Jerome Caminada, the real Sherlock Holmes
Jerome Caminada was a 19th-century police officer in Manchester who was reputedly the real Sherlock Holmes
Saturday 10th July 2.00pm
A Brief History of the Canals ... around Oldham and Manchester.
Free monthly online talks, on zoom, on the 2nd Saturday each month, from the Oldham & District Branch of MLFHS . Saturday July 10th at 2pm.
Wednesday 21st July 7.00pm
“Dating and understanding your old family photographs”
“Dating and understanding your old family photographs” How to get the most out of your photographs, date them and learn from their past.
Wednesday 4th August 7.30pm
Bolton FHS Meeting - The Cotton Famine and how badly was Bolton affected?
The Lancashire Cotton Famine of 1861-65 and how badly affected was Bolton?
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
* Occasionally a meeting may incur an additional charge, such as admission to a place of interest, payable by all attendees.
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.
