Links to other Useful Sites

The Historical Manuscripts Commission  (HMC) are worth a visit if you wish to search for the whereabouts of archives in offices other than the National Archives. The HMC also provides addresses and telephone numbers of archive services throughout the UK.

The Archives Hub is a searchable database of archive collections held in UK universities and colleges.

Access to Archives is a site containing details of 4.7 million catalogues of archives held at 326 record offices and other repositories.

There are many genealogical web sites catering for family historians. In this country there is http://www.genuki.org.uk while the US based Cyndislist is immensely popular with over 65,000 links to choose from.

The Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society web site can be found at http://www.mlfhs.org.uk

A major portal can be found at http://www.genealogyportal.com, this has numerous links as well as help and advice

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society have a web site for those interested in railway history.

For anyone interested in the canals of Greater Manchester please see www.canalarchive.org.uk