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 2.7 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
New Meetings Planned
It now seems certain that the Society and its branches will be unable to resume a regular programme of meetings at any of its venues, either Quarterly, Beginners Talks or branch meetings, until well into 2021. As a result we are switching attention to providing a series of Zoom-based virtual talks for members in the new year. Meantime, some talks will be held on a trial basis in the interim, organised by the branches.
The first of these will be arranged by Bolton branch on 4th November with a trial run on 28th October. This event will be followed by others from the Anglo-Scottish and Oldham branches before Christmas. Full details will be announced here and on other Society platforms as well as Eventbrite when arrangements have been finalised.
Other upcoming events
Wednesday 6th October 7.30pm
Research using education records - David Tilsley
The schooldays of our Lancashire ancestors in the nineteenth century
Wednesday 1st September 7.30pm
Researching illegitimate ancestors - Anna Watson
Retired professional archivist Anna Watson explains how Church Court Records can help to find our illegitimate ancestors
Wednesday 4th August 7.30pm
The Cotton Famine and how badly was Bolton affected? - Victoria Coyle
The Lancashire Cotton Famine of 1861-65 and how badly affected was Bolton?
Wednesday 7th July 7.30pm
Jerome Caminada, the real Sherlock Holmes - Joseph O'Neill
Jerome Caminada was a 19th-century police officer in Manchester who was reputedly the real Sherlock Holmes
Wednesday 2nd June 7.30pm
Liverpool Cowkeepers- A family history - Dave Joy
Dave Joy draws on his own family history to tell the story of the lives and times of the Liverpool Cowkeepers.
Wednesday 5th May 7.30pm
Females in the Family: Ladies, Ships, Locomotives & more - Jackie Depelle
Many sources in this talk are particularly, though not exclusively, relevant to researching women and developing the maternal side of family
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.
