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 4th August 7.30pm
Bolton FHS Meeting - Birth & Death: The Hidden Secrets of Registration
Birth & Death – The Hidden Secrets of Registration
Saturday 14th August 2.00pm
Passchendaele .. 1917... and some of the local men who lost their lives
A free, illustrated talk, on zoom, presented by Oldham & District Branch of MLFHS and given by Sheila Goodyear
Wednesday 1st September 7.30pm
Bolton FHS Meeting - Researching illegitimate ancestors
Retired professional archivist Anna Watson explains how Church Court Records can help to find our illegitimate ancestors
Wednesday 8th September 7.00pm
'The Anglo Irish Treaty of 1921'
The Irish Delegation at the Anglo-Irish Treaty Negotiations, 1921.
Saturday 11th September 2.00pm
A History of the Co-operative Movement ... Rochdale Pioneers to the present
A free, illustrated talk, on zoom, presented by MLFHS, Oldham Branch and given by Sophie McCulloch, Archivist, Co-operative Heritage Trust
Saturday 18th September 2.00pm
Anglo Scottish FHS Meeting. Scottish Marriage Customs Buckled for Life.
Anglo Scottish FHS Meeting
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.
