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Altrincham Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester

Phone: 0161-902-9279

Hours:
M-W 9.30am-12.30pm, 12.45pm-3pm; T, W 7pm-9pm; Sun (LDS members only) 2pm-5pm last Sun only.

Closed: Closed from 1 August; re-opens 5 September 2005

Resources held

On Computer - available at one hour slots pre-booked

International Genelogical Index (IGI) with addendums. Covers parish records from the mid 1500s to about 1880 for UK and around the world. Names arranged alphabetically under County.

Ancestral File containing 19 million+ names.

Family History Library Catalogue - index to thousands of films in the main library at Salt Lake City. These may be ordered for consultation in our library.

Microfiche

IGI 1992 - for uk and world. Covering 1500-1880 and sometimes later. Film/fiche of original records may be ordered for temporary use in the library.

Memorial Inscriptions - Cheshire churchyards and others.

Boyd's Marriage Index - for a number of counties.

1891 census for England and Wales

1881 census for many counties. Ask for details

Manchester Cathedral Index for christening and marriages.

Old Parochial Registers of Scotland (OPRs) from 1500s

Parish and Vital Records List

Wills and Probate miscellany

Miscellaneous Scottish data

Microfilm

Civil Registration for Ireland - births, marriages, deaths 1845-1949.

Irish census substitute -taken from Griffith's Valuations. All counties.

Manchester census - 1841-1881

St Katherine's House Indexes:
births 1837-1906; marriages and deaths 1837-1917

Film or fiche copies of parish registers and census returns for uk and around the world can be ordered at the library on temporary loan for a small fee.

Film or fiche printouts can be ordered at 30p per frame. Order forms available at the library.

Maps

We have a good selection of maps showing parish boundaries and also tithe maps for part of the Manchester area.

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