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Wednesday 10th January 7.30pm
BOLTON FHS - they went to work in a Russian cotton mill and stayed 40 years
The story of how my Grandma's uncle, an Operative Cotton Spinner and wife, a Cotton Winder, went o work in a Russian cotton mill in 1861.
Saturday 13th January 2.00pm
MLFHS, Oldham & District Branch
'Life and Work in Cotton Lancashire, c1830-1914' an illustrated presentation given by Dr. Michael Winstanley
Wednesday 17th January 10.30am
Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme: A Postcard Heritage - Michael Billington
Join us for a fascinating journey through Urmston, Flixton, and Davyhulme's postcard heritage with Michael Billington on January 17th, 2024
Wednesday 17th January 1.00pm
The Deansgate Story - Keith Warrender
Deansgate "Discover the stories behind the buildings and businesses on this famous thoroughfare,
Wednesday 7th February 7.30pm
BOLTON FHS - Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day
An entertaining talk with wide appeal and plenty of local interest in a 45-minute romp through 180 million years of northern history.
Wednesday 6th March 7.30pm
BOLTON FHS - The Bridgeman Connection with Bolton
Ray Jefferson will give us an explanation about the town's relationship with the Bridgeman family (ennobled in 1815 as Earls of Bradford).
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.
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Our MLFHS shop sells a large range of books, maps, CDs, downloads and books for recording your research.
We stock 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.
Latest: All MLFHS CDs/DVDs are now available as downloadable files.
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EXPLORERS
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Roman Catholic Records
Our shop sells CDs, DVDs and downloads of registers for numerous Roman Catholic churches in and around Manchester. Click below to search our index of over 1.1 million names which appear in these records.
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