CFHS North West Group – Summer Outing

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archives, Manchester, North West

Saturday July 12th 2014

Guided tour of the Refurbished Manchester Central Library (opened March 2014)

11 am Meet in Foyer of the Manchester Central Library,
St Peter’s Square, Manchester, M2 5PD
Tour of the Archives led by Bob Haynes ( Manchester
& Lancashire FHS) and a member of the Library staff.

12.30 pm Chat in the Library coffee lounge or have lunch in the
neighbourhoood (large choice of eating-places and
hostelries)

1.30 pm Reassemble in Library foyer
Guided Tour to places of Catholic interest in Central
Manchester led by Pauline Lloyd, Manchester Green Badge Guide.

Cost £5.00 p.p. (pay on the day)

Please book a place with either

Jean Smith jeansmith1934@talktalk.nnet 0161 4839 199 or
Maureen Fitzgibbon maureen.fitzgibbon94@gmail.com 0161 903 9567

The Federation of Family History Societies 40th Anniversary Sponsorship Grants Programme

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AGM, conference, FFHS, Manchester, North West

We are very pleased to announce that the FFHS has awarded us a grant as part of their 40th anniversary celebrations. We will be using the money towards funding our 2014 Day Conference and AGM. 

Catholic Records from The Online Parish Clerks

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baptism, Lancashire, marriage, North West, OPC, registers, useful

 The Online Parish Clerks project for the County of Lancashire aims to extract and preserve the records from the various parishes and to provide online access to that data, free of charge, along with other data of value to family and local historians conducting research in the County of Lancashire. There are a number of Roman Catholic registers that have been transcribed and are available.

There’s a previous post on this here, Jim has now provided me with an updated list and you can download it as a PDF document: RC Church registers in LancsOPC 20131101

North West Region – Programme 2014

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North West

Maureen has kindly sent me the meeting programme for the North West Region of the Catholic Family History Society

Sat Feb 15 The Survival of a Medieval Vestment

Speaker: Ann Robinson Venue: English Martyrs Hall, 18 Garstang Road, Preston, PR1 1NA

Sat Mar 1 Day Conference. Jointly arranged with NW Catholic History Society (further details to follow)

Sat May 3 The Catholic Childrens Rescue Society’s role in the field of adoption (Salford Diocese)

Speaker: Sister Philomena FSJM Venue: Salford Diocesan Archives, St Augustine’s Hall, Grosvenor Square, All Saints, Manchester, M15 6BW

Sat July 12 11:30 am Guided Tour of the new Local Studies Unit in Manchester Central Library
followed by lunch and a guided walk around Manchester Catholic sites led by Pauline Lloyd

Sat Nov 8 The Tyldesley Family in the 17^th and 18^th centuries – what can we learn from the Index of Nuns Project?

Speaker: Peter Tyldesley Venue: County Hall, Fishergate, Preston, PR1 8XT

All meetings start at 2 pm unless otherwise stated. Visitors welcome. Further information and travelling directions from the Meetings Organiser: Maureen
Fitzgibbon Tel: 0161 903 9567 email: maureen.fitzgibbon94@gmail.com

Cheshire Catholic Records

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Cheshire, FamilySearch, North West, registers

Thanks to British GENES (British Genealogy News and Events) for bringing this news to my attention

FamilySearch has made a collection of Cheshire Nonconformist records from 1671 to 1900 available.

Nonconformist registers were recorded in volumes of varying size and format. Nonconformist church registers cover approximately 15 percent of England’s population and 80 percent of Wales’ population after 1850.

A Nonconformist church was one that disagreed with the Church of England (Anglican). They may have disagreed with its rites of worship, opposed its authority, or objected to it being heavily supported and subsidized by the government. This group includes Roman Catholics and there are certainly some Catholic records in this collection.

You can search the collection here

North West Region Programme for 2013

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Cheetham Hill, Chester, Irish Fusiliers, Manchester, North West, St Werburgh, Workhouse

The North West Region of the CFHS have sent me their programme of events for 2013. Guests are welcome and contact details are at the foot of this post.

Saturday February 16

The Royal Irish Fusiliers at Gallipoli – Memoirs of John David Purcell. Speaker: Margaret Purcell, Venue: Talbot Library, Weston St., Preston

Saturday April 13      

Catholic Records in the Workhouse. Speaker: Brian Plumb, Venue: St Oswald’s Social Club, Padgate Lane, Warrington, WA1 3LB

Saturday July 13

Summer Outing St Werburgh’s Church, Chester – see separate post

Saturday November 16        

St Chad’s, Cheetham Hill, Manchester (Mission from 1776). Speaker: TBA, Venue: Salford Diocesan Archives, St Augustine’s, All Saints, Manchester, M15 6BW

All Meetings start at 2 pm unless otherwise stated. Visitors welcomed. Further information and travelling directions from Meetings Organiser :

Maureen Fitzgibbon, Pinewood, Hawley Lane, Halebarns WA15 0DY (sae please)  0161 903 9567  maureen.fitzgibbon94@gmail.com