What's New

Detail from Manchester Guardian 1821

GRO Indexes

Following the closure of the Family Records Centre in London on 15^th March, we are delighted to announce that Greater Manchester County Record Office will be making several important family history resources available in the North West for the first time. The Record Office is one of just five centres to offer this new service, the others being in Birmingham, Bridgend, Plymouth and at the National Archives in London.

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MUNICH 1958

50^th Anniversary of the Manchester United Air Tragedy

Historic photographic archive and original newspaper coverage from February 1958 when the hope of a footballing generation were ended by the Munich air crash which took the lives of Matt Busby's Babes

On display in the public searchroom at the Greater Manchester County Record Office from 6th February.

Manchester Register Office have released the following statement :

"We have had a large increase in family history applications following on from programmes like 'Who Do You Think You Are?' and 'You Don't Know You're Born.'

As a result we are unable to provide a same day service for family history certificates.

We will accept your applications with a cheque or credit card details and a daytime telephone number.

We will endeavour to contact you with the results of our research within 1 week of your application being submitted.

To avoid unnecessary travel, why not use our credit card line on 0161 234 5535 or use the postal service?

Thank you for your patience

Manchester Register Office"

Scouting Centenary

The Record Office has set up a small online exhibition to publicise records of the Scouting Movement.

Manchester Burial Index

The burial registers of Southern, Philips Park, and Gorton cemeteries can now be searched on-line at http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk . It's free to search the index of records and once you've found who you are looking for you then have the option to pay a small charge for more information which includes an image of the burial register from which the burial record extract was taken.

The site is under constant development and more records are still to be added, including the records for General Cemetery, Harpurhey, and Blackley Cemetery

On the Move...

Oldham Register Office

Are now at new premises, with a new telephone number and email address:

Oldham Register Office
Chadderton Town Hall
Middleton Road
Oldham OL9 6PP
Tel 0161 770 3729
email registrars@oldham.gov.uk

Salford Register Office

Have again moved to new premises. The phone number and email address remain the same.
The new address is:

Town Hall
Chorley Road
Swinton
SALFORD
M27 5DA
Tel 0161 909 6501
Fax 0161 603 6892
email: birthsanddeaths1@salford.gov.uk

Survey Results

In 2006, GMCRO took part in the national survey of visitors to archives. 99.1% of all respondents rated GMCRO's service overall as 'very good' or 'good'. For a full breakdown of results for GMCRO, download document .