Holebottom Colliery, Oldham
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Where to find it ...
Navigate the Branch website pages and see at a glance where you might find what you are looking for, with this site map, HERE
OUR ANCESTRY & LOCAL HISTORY ARTICLES
It's been written that there is a novel in all of us, just waiting to be written. Well, I'm not so sure about that! However, I do believe that there is a story in all of us, waiting to be given a 'voice'.
Our numerous articles are scattered through the Branch pages so, to help you find the ones you might find most interesting, the Research/Local Interest page is going to serve as our Pictorial Index , where you can follow a link directly to an article that catches your interest.
Featured Articles
Custom Roll and Rental of the Manor of Ashton-under-Lyne, November 11, 1422.
extracts transcribed :
the 'Introduction'; pps. 93 - 134 ; and Index.
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St Paul's Methodist Church, Rochdale Rd., Shaw
Links to :
Details of over 400 Burials; History; the 150th Anniversary Booklet (38 pages); Gallery of Pictures; 1920 fundraising Autograph Book of WW1 soldiers (124 pages scanned); and List of Ministers from 1791
The 16th(S) Battalion, Manchester Regiment, in the Second Battle
of the Somme, at Manchester Hill, 21st March,1918,
An Account of the Battle; names of local men who died; and the names of all other men in the 16th, who died on the day or from the wounds received.
Projects and Volunteers
Visit the Projects and Volunteers page to have a look at what topics are being researched. You may find something there with which you would like to be involved or even set up your own research project which can be included on our pages.
Research in Oldham
The Local Studies & Archives Library, (currently closed and being re-located) was, and hopefully will be again, the 'go-to' place for everything about Oldham. It has a close association with our own society and is happy to promote Family History research. A visitor will find helpful staff to point them in the right direction, guiding their research. Computers are available, free of charge, to use Family History websites, such as 'Ancestry' and 'Find My Past. They can also provide access to the many digitised archives, for example the thousands of local photographs. The local newspapers can be viewed on the film-readers. Most of the many and varied historical source materials are archived on-site and can be viewed very quickly, when requested. However, some items are stored off-site, and need to be requested in advance. The Local Studies also offers a considerable library of old and modern publications, maps etc., which can be browsed at will by the the visitor.
Our Branch and individual research activities can include anything and everything that we can discover about our ancestors, their lives and their stories.