INTRODUCTION
Brief History, Access to Returns,
Unfilmed Census,
Recovering Lost Souls
THE RECOVERY PROJECT
History,
Methods,
Publication and
Statistics
DISTRICTS
AFFECTED
Manchester,
Chorlton,
Salford,
Ashton-under-Lyne,
Oldham
WHERE TO FIND IT
CDROM, Online, Libraries
FREE NAME INDEX
Search for Your Ancestors
FREE STREET INDEX
Find streets and places
CASE STUDIES
Elizabeth Gaskell
Samuel Bamford
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONTACT US |
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You can access the recovered records in a
number of ways. Those with extensive interest in 1851 Manchester may find
purchasing the CDROM editions the most economical option while those with
more limited
interests may find the online version more cost-effective. For those who can get
to central Manchester, the MLFHS Resource Centre offers a warm welcome.
Publications on CDROM
Manchester and Lancashire FHS have published all of the recovered material
on a series of CDROMs. Each CDROM contains images of the reconstituted pages
and full name and street indexes. The information is presented in Adobe
Acrobat format and can be fully searched using the Acrobat Reader "Find"
facility. For full details see the "Publications on CDROM" section at
www.mlfhs.org.uk/Bookshop/
The CDROMs can also be purchased online from the MLFHS stall on the
GenFair web site.
Please CLICK HERE for an order
form.
On the Internet
All of the recovered material is available on a pay-to-view basis from the
Federation of Family History Societies' web site
FamilyHistoryOnline A free
name index provides access to the images of the reconstituted pages which
can be downloaded for a small charge.
In Public Libraries
A full set of the transcribed returns is available at
The National Archives
in Kew. The original returns remain closed to public access owing to their
fragile condition. Copies of the Manchester returns are available to
personal callers at
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
(MALS)
which is located in Manchester Central Library, St. Peter's Square,
Manchester. MALS cannot supply printouts by post and does not hold the data
for Salford, Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham.
At the MLFHS Resource Centre
The reconstituted pages and indexes can be accessed at the Manchester &
Lancashire FHS Resource Centre at Clayton House. A small fee is charged for
the use of the centre which contains a wide variety of other material of
value to the local and family historian. See the
MLFHS web site for details of opening
hours. Last modified 24 October 2008 |
