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FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES
www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk The original and main society for the Merseyside area. Founded by Joyce and Harry Culling and others in May 1976.The Liverpool & South West Lancashire Family History Society (L&SWLFHS) was originally founded as the Liverpool Family History Society. The inaugural meeting held in the Liverpool Central Library was attended by 30 people with common interests in tracing their own ancestry through personal research and exchange of information. Liaison with the Record Office was established to seek advice on the locality and use of local archives. As the membership of the Society grew, other branches were set up by members residing outside Member’s benefits: Regular journal, lecture programme at monthly meetings, visits and other activities connected with subjects of interest to the Society. To provide members with a link with other societies of a similar nature, through membership of the Federation of Family History Societies. Projects: constant and ongoing – transcribing and indexing records and whenever possible publish material relevant to the interests of the Society. Meetings: Friends Meeting House 22 School Lane Liverpool L1 3BT Open 6.15pm Meetings start at 7pm, open to non-members. Nearest Merseyrail stations: Central Station ( Membership: Application form and fees available online
SKELMERSDALE & UP HOLLAND FAMILY HISTORY GROUP www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/SkemGrp/Skem.htm Meetings are on the 4th Tuesday of the Month except Dec, July & Aug at the Hall Green Community Centre, Up Holland at 7.30pm [Project work may well carry on in July and August but not in the meeting room] Meetings Programme Beginners and more experienced family historians are always very welcome. www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/Widnes/Widnes%20Welcome.htm Aims: to copy, transcribe and index any record that will help those people researching their family trees. They also provide speakers every month on a variety of subjects and trips out twice a year to record offices.. Meetings: on the last Wednesday of the month at Our Lady’s Church Hall, Mayfield Avenue, off Royal Avenue, Ditton, Widnes for 7.00 pm. Programme information: online or contact John Humphreys on 07979 616795. Secretary: John Cosgrove, Help line: operated by Steve Holt - email busby455@hotmail.com LEIGH & DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/LeighGrp/Leigh%20Family%20History/index.htm Contact: e-mail address:- leighfhs@blueyonder.co.uk Meetings: 7.30pm in the Derby Room at Leigh Library on the third Tuesday of each month except June and July. The winter session starts in August and usually takes the form of a Beginners’ Evening when members and newcomers are able to use the Group’s microfiche viewers and library facilities to carry out their own research. Other meetings usually have a family history related speaker but members are always able to browse and borrow books from the Group’s library. Projects: Members have been involved in many projects over the years. The first project was a compilation of the whereabouts for all church records for the whole of the area covered by Leigh & District and surrounding areas. Monumental Inscriptions recording is carried out regularly by members and the following churchyards and cemeteries have been recorded: Abram St. John’s, Golborne St. Thomas’s, Westleigh St. Paul’s, Lowton St. Mary’s, Ashton-in-Makerfield St. Thomas’s, Heath Road (Non-conformist), Leigh Cemetery. ST HELENS TOWNSHIPS FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY www.sthelenstownshipsfhs.org.uk Membership: Current fees and application form available on the web site Contact: email - contactus@sthelenstownshipsfhs.org.uk Meetings: Monthly meetings are held at Workshops: ‘help and workshop’ evenings are held on the second Monday of each month at the SOUTHPORT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/SthportGrp/Southport.htm Projects The group have carried out several research projects in the past including an index of memorial inscriptions of St Cuthbert's Church, Halsall, and are currently involved in compiling an index of births, marriages and deaths from the Southport Visitor newspaper from its commencement in 1844, a history of the Southport Flower Show, an extended family tree of the Rimmers (a popular local name) of North Meols, Circus biographies especially of Henglers Circus and several other personal indexes. Activities: Occasional visits to local record offices and libraries. Members make occasional visits to the Public Records Office at New members and visitors are welcome. Contact: Hilary Ambrose, The Southport Family History Group is a, Registered Charity No. 512906 WARRINGTON FAMILY HISTORY GROUP www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/Warrington/Warrington.htm Membership: Current fees and application form available on the Meetings: see website for current monthly lecture programme. Non members welcome. Projects: transcription work has included Burials for St Pauls, Bewsey St, Warrington 1832-1856 Warrington Cemeteries Records. www.odfhs.org.uk Coverage: The Society covers the ancient parishes and townships of western Aughton, Bickerstaffe, Burscough, Downholland, Halsall, Hesketh with Becconsall, Lathom, Lydiate, Maghull, Melling, Ormskirk, Rufford, Scarisbrick, Simonswood, Skelmersdale and Tarleton . Meetings: on the fourth Wednesday of each month (excluding December when there is no meeting) at the Guide HQ, Moorgate, Ormskirk at 8 pm with various speakers and topics (see the meetings page on the website). Non members can attend for a fee of £1. Research Library: located at the Scout Hall, Membership: application information on the website. Three journals published per year. Contact: email on secretary@odfhs.org.uk NORTH WEST GROUP OF FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES www.nwgfhs.org.uk A non-profit making concern established in 1980 to provide education services to the furtherance of research into genealogy and family history and to support the work of the regions societies, libraries and record offices. Contact: webmaster@nwgfhs.org.uk THE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY OF www.fhsc.org.uk The Family History Society of Cheshire (FHSC) was founded in 1969 to advance the study of family history and genealogy, and they now have around 3000 members worldwide. As well as helping people with ancestors in Local Groups: West Kirkby, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Bebington, Members’ benefits: There are now seventeen groups based throughout the county. Each group arranges its own programme of meetings and activities, and members of the Society are welcome to attend the meetings of any group. Open days are held for all members at various venues throughout Membership: on-line membership form available on the web site. Members may choose to affiliate themselves to one of the local groups, or remain unattached. Although society members are free to attend any of the group meetings throughout Affiliation Member of Federation of Family History Societies E-Mail info@fhsc.org.uk Contact Mr M H C Craig, www.familysearch.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (more commonly known as the Mormons) operate over 4,000 Family History Centres worldwide including over 80 centres spread across England and Wales. All family historians of whatever belief are welcome to use these centres. These local centres are effectively branches of the Family History Library in The Liverpool Centre is at 4 Mill Bank, West Derby, Resources: |