Manchester Archives & Public Records, Lancashire Archives and ...

National Records including Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Northwest Regional and National Records Family trees, history searches and public cecords for the Northwest region of England, Lancashire, Greater Manchester as well as National Records & Service searching the Family Record Office in London including GRO certificates, census returns and wills. Email: archives.library@bolton.gov.uk Archives: extensive records of local government, families, estates, individuals, trade and industry, clubs, societies, nonconformist churches, charities and other groups and organisations relating to the Bolton area, as well as maps and microfilms of Census returns. Website: www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/gmguide/reposit.htm British Army Records at Ancestry.Com Website: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory. Local Studies Their service collects and preserves historical records relating to both the ancient and modern county of Cheshire, the diocese and the City of Chester. It makes the records available for study free of charge by members of the public. It also provides a records management service for Cheshire County Council and houses the Local Studies Library. Cheshire Family History Society The Family History Society of Cheshire (FHSC) was founded in 1969 to advance the study of family history and genealogy, and helps researchers whose ancestors originated in Cheshire. Parish records, baptisms, marriages, and burials, etc. Website: www.familysearch.org Federation of Family History Societies An international organistion whose principal aims are: to coordinate and assist the work of societies or other bodies interested in family history, genealogy and heraldry; Website: www.ffhs.org.uk 1914-1918 War Records. Includes census and parish records, also village histories and photographs. Genes Connected GenesConnected - UK family tree and genealogy website where you can search for ancestors and build your family tree for free. Website: www.genuki.org.uk/gs Greater Manchester County Record Office GMCRO stores historical records relating to the Greater Manchester area, and to make them available for members of the public for research. Contains records of estate papers, birth, marriage or a death certificates, vehicle registration records, and can carry out searches via the post at an hourly research charge. Microfilm records available to the public. This collection has 15,000 volumes, including early works, as well as Coalmining, Metalliferous Mining and Quarrying records. They are Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, and Wigan councils - together with the Greater Manchester County Record Office (GMCRO) which is run jointly by the councils. The Record Offices collect, preserve and make accessible to the public important records of the life and history of their areas. Greater Manchester Record Office - Will & Probate Records include probate records, wills, inventories and the letters of administration granted to an executor where the deceased has not left a will. For records of official Jewish organizations see Manchester City Archives (above). Keeps University archive, including papers of former staff, Business records including Guardian and other newspaper archives, records of English textile companies and of the Manchester Medical Society. Tel Administrator: 0161-834 5343 Keeps Western and Eastern manuscripts - ancient, mediaeval and modern, as well as Family records including papers of many Cheshire and Lancashire families Business. Heraldry Society o advance the study of genealogy, heraldry, and family history, to find, publish, and make accessible relevant documents and records, to promote the preservation of these documents and records, especially by transcribing original sources, to collaborate with organisations and bodies who have custody of records and to operate an information service and build up a library. Website: www.lfhhs.org.uk This site aims to extract and preserve the records from the various parishes of Lancshire and to provide online access to that data, free of charge, along with other data of value to family and local historians conducting research. Collection includes microfilms of Parish Registers, Census Records, Electoral Registers, Town & Lancashire Family History Society Founded in 1964 as the Manchester Genealogical Society, the Society encourages and supports family history research in the Greater Manchester area including Bolton and Oldham. Website: www.mlfhs.org.uk Manchester In Touch A facility available on the 'Manchester Online' website (by the Manchester Evening News newspaper). Post your message free at www.manchesteronline.co.uk/intouch National Archives - Military History Records Medal cards, service records & Website: http://www.oldham.gov.uk/community Parish the Thought www.parish-thethought.us A free record source for a growing list of parish and other record transcriptions of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Sussex, with links to other sites of interest to genealogists. It holds records for working class political organisations from the Chartists to New Labour. A service offered by a professional researcher who will search records held by the London Public Record Office for family histories of individuals who served in the military, the navy or in colonial positions in 17th to 19th centuries. Email: localstudies@rochdale.gov.uk Archival material includes Municipal and other Administrative records, Trades Union and Political Records, Rochdale Pioneers Minutes, Industrial and Commercial Records, Manor Records, Family Records. They also carry, on microfilm, local census returns, parish registers, Burgess Rolls, 1858-1881, Wills 1553-1810, as well as Poor Law and Landowners records. These include Local authority records including Poor Law Union, Public records including Quarter Sessions, Coroner (Salford City) transferred to Greater Manchester County Record Office, Religious including Nonconformist, Family records, Trade Unions and details of societies and charities. They are arranged with local histories, poll books and directories, other topographical material, and the publications of county records. Keeps Local authority records, Public records including Borough Magistrates Court, Hospital records, Family records including the Bradshaw-Isherwood estate, and publishes a Guide to Stockport Family History. Email: archives@mail.tameside.gov.uk Keeps Local authority records including Turnpike Trust (Saltersbrook), Public records including Hospital, Religious records including Nonconformist, Family records including Clarke family of Hyde, Stamford estate, Business including Trade Unions and Manchester Regiment archives. Records include St. Catherine's House Index 1837-2000, Census Returns for the Trafford District 1841-1901, Parish Registers on microfilm, Local Newspapers, maps, Gas Industry Genealogical Index, Rate Books, Electoral Registers, Local Authority records, Local Societies and a photographic collection. Deaths This site provides links to many websites that offer online details of births, marriages and deaths and offers links to many UK census transcriptions. You can also select and search for websites that are dedicated to providing online information for genealogists researching births, marriages and deaths in the UK. Website: http://users.breathe.co.uk/mjack/ UK Genealogy - Lancashire Includes old maps, UK genealogy search facility, Electoral Roll search, Birth Adoption Records and other useful information for family searches. Ireland Records United Kingdom and Ireland Records. Searchable database contains records of births, marriages, deaths and censuses, etc. Email: heritage@wlct.org Collection includes Local authority records including Poor Law Unions for Leigh and Wigan, Public records including Quarter Sessions and Petty Sessions, Coroner reports, Hospital records, Census microfilms, Religious records including Parish, Methodist and other Nonconformist churches, Family records including Anderton of Ince, Crawford of Haigh estate, Holt, Leigh family, Standish of Standish, The Edward Hall collection of diaries, Trade Unions records and societies. World War I Records Find your ancestors for free - Search 350 million records.