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    Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society

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  • Search over 2.7 million records, unique to MLFHS

    Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society

    Search Records

  • Search over 2.7 million records, unique to MLFHS

    Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society

    Search Records

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Our latest blog - 1921 Census - City Centre 100 years ago

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What was Manchester like in 1921? Find our curated articles here

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It's Volunteers Week! Read our chairman's appreciation of their work and dedication

What's new in the database and documents this week? Prepare to be surprised

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Our Upcoming Events

Wednesday 1st May 7.30pm

Bolton FHS - Catholic Research in East Lancashire

Kate Hurst has had a passion for family history since her late teens and is now keen to help those researching catholic history.

Saturday 4th May 2.00pm

Anglo Scottish FHS Meeting 'What is a Scot, What is a Clan'

Is your idea a misconception?

Saturday 11th May 2.00pm

19th century Boom and Bust- Exploring Business and Family Fortunes.

A free, illustrated Presentation given by Jackie Depelle, for MLFHS, Oldham & District Branch, on zoom only. All are welcome.

More Society and Branch Meetings

Members can attend any branch or society meeting free of charge*
Manchester Ancestors
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Anglo Scottish
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Bolton
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Oldham & District
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New Datasets

Additions since September 2020

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Meetings Archive

Past and future meetings, showcasing our extensive programmes

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1921 Census

Placing these census records in context, how your family might have lived

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Our Records

A guide to our 2.8 million records and how to search them

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Scottish Documents

See how our Scottish colleciton of documents can inform your research

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What We Do

Members' Forum

Share your research problems via our online forum with hundreds of members worldwide who are prepared to help with look-ups and solutions.

 

Volunteering

Want to help the Society? We need help to grow. Here’s what you can do as a volunteer in one of our projects or other areas of Society activity.

 

Explorers

See how we encourage children and young people to discover their family history with guidance, supervision, support and research strategies and techniques.

 

The Manchester Genealogist

Share your research, submit an article. Use our massive collection of back copies to learn from others how to knock down brickwalls, research obscure resources or overcome incomplete records.

 

Roman Catholic Records

Our shop sells CDs and DVDs of registers for numerous Roman Catholic churches in and around Manchester. Click below to search our index of over 800,000 names which appear on these disks.

Catholic Records Index

War Memorial Index

We have indexed the names from over 900 war memorials in Greater Manchester. Search our free index for your ancestor. Find the memorials on which he appears - most of them with photographs.

War Memorial Index

Genes Reunited Link