Bolton Research

Our members get involved in individual research, branch research, and the research projects carried out by the society. As a branch we work with the Bolton History Centre, and tend to focus on smaller archives which are local to us. 

Much of the research around Bolton is included in The Great Database, which is accessed by the orange 'Search' button at the top of the page. As family historians we also look into our local history - which inevitably contains names and details of individuals. Our research is published in the Bolton section of The Manchester Genealogist.

Our members help local people to find their local ancestors. Whenever possible we will offer help at our monthly meetings, and at local venues such as Bolton History Centre. Our members also help each other on the society's online forum.

Over the next few weeks we will be listing online documents that are useful in our local searches. Some of these are indexed in The Great Database, some are not. Our members also continue to research family and local history and will publish their work on completion. 

We do not have a place we can call home, but we do have excellent partnerships with Bolton History Centre, which enables us to offer helpdesks and to be present at local events. We also have a great venue for our meetings at Bolton Golf Club on Chorley New Road.

What do I do with my research? We share our research with our members - not all of it, necessarily, but we like to share that which is unusual. The research undertaken to identify just one ancestor, or how we traced another ancestor's movements. We share our stories at meetings and in the quarterly magazine, The Manchester Genealogist.

There is a wealth of free information online and our Weblinks pages provide you with a route to the most helpful websites to help with your research.