Other upcoming events
Saturday 3rd December 2.00pm
Anglo Scottish FHS Meeting The Higland Clearances
Anglo Scottish FHS Branch Meeting
Wednesday 14th December 7.00pm
An informal evening with a fun Quiz about our local and general history
No Branch Meeting in December Instead ... a free, joint Christmas Meeting, on zoom, with Oldham Historical Research Group.
Wednesday 4th January 7.30pm
Cath Cole, authoress, educator, nurse - her story. ROOM and ZOOM meeting
Cath Cole had a working class upbringing in a northern town. She became a nurse, educator and authoress.
Wednesday 18th January 1.00pm
Manchester's Lost District
Talk by Keith Warrender travel back in time to find the history of a forgotten Manchester District hear the stories and see the pictures.
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 3.2 million name references, 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 sessions run from Monday - Friday, 10.30am - 3:30pm. Helpdesk volunteers can also help you to access the vast repository of microfiche and microfilmed records.
Our Virtual Helpdesk remains open for members only. Please Click Here for more information.
Visit our online shop!
Our MLFHS shop sells a large range of books, maps, CDs, downloads and books for recording 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, Presbyterian records, monumental inscriptions, Manchester police, Rolls of Honour and much more.
* 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.
