Registered Charity for Education, No. 513437

 

The Rossendale Society for Genealogy & Heraldry was established in Bury in April 1973.
A branch at Lancaster was formed in 1984 as the

Lancaster Family History Society
on 15th of March 1984 in Lancaster,
Harold Wilkinson
was elected our first Chairman.
Following the initial meeting at the Trades Hall on Fenton Street, Lancaster,
the branch moved to the modern Public Library at Morecambe and adopted the name of the :

Lancaster & Morecambe branch of
Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society.
 
Since then, members have accumulated a vast amount of local knowledge relating to Genealogy.
The branch has data for most of the Parishs in this part of North Lancashire
Ther are few grave yards in the area that have not been recorded by our famous
 
'Dead Club'

To join the society, use our on-line link to GenFair and start getting the benefits of membership
 straight away Annual subscriptions are: UK Students & OAP £9.50,
Ordinary Members £12.00, Overseas £14.00
Check the left hand column for the parish that interests you

  see a free index of what's available:
 ARKHOLME
St. John the Baptist
 AUGHTON St. Saviour Church
 BARNACRE All Saints +
 BENTHAM Calf Cop Friends Meeting Ho.
 BENTHAM High St. Margarets Church
 BENTHAM Low St. John the Baptist
 BLEASDALE
 BOLTON-LE-SANDS Holy Trinity Church
 BOLTON-LE-SANDS St. Mary RC
 BOLTON-LE-SANDS United Reformed
 BORWICK see Warton St Oswald
 BROOKHOUSE St. Pauls Church
 BURTON IN LONSDALE All Saints
 CALDER VALE St. John Evangelist
 CARNFORTH MC & see Warton
 CATON St Pauls Church Brookhouse
 CHIPPING St. Bartholomew
 CLAUGHTON St Chad Church
 COCKERHAM St Michael
 DOLPHINHOLME St. Mark Church
 ELLEL St John the Evangelist
 FORTON United Reformed Church
 GLASSON Christ Church
 GRESSINGHAM St. John the Evangelist
 HALTON St. Wilfrid's Church
 HERALDRY
 HEYSHAM Hale Carr Cemetery
 HEYSHAM St. Peters Church
 HORNBY St. Margaret
 LANCASTER Dry Dock Accounts
 LANCASTER Friends Meeting House
 LANCASTER H. M. Gaol Census Index
 LANCASTER High Street U R +
 LANCASTER Municipal Cemetery
 LANCASTER Old Newspaper index
 LANCASTER Priory of St. Mary
 LANCASTER Scotforth Cemetery
 LANCASTER Skerton Cemetery
 LANCASTER Skerton Methodists
 LANCASTER St. John and St. Anne
 LANCASTER St. Peter
 LANCASTER War Memorials
 LECK St. Peters Church
 LITTLEDALE St Pauls Church
 MELLING St. Wilfred's Church
 MORECAMBE Holy Trinity
 MORECAMBE Holy Trinity Church
 MORECAMBE Municipal Cemetery
 MORECAMBE Emmanuel Free C of E
 NETHER KELLET United Reformed
 OVER KELLET St. Cuthbert Church
 OVER WYRESDALE Christ Church
 OVERTON St. Helens 
 QUERNMORE Methodist Church
 QUERNMORE St. Peter Church
 SCORTON St. Peters Church
 SCOTFORTH Scotforth Cemetery
 SHIRESHEAD St. James
 SILVERDALE St. John Church
 SKERTON St. Luke's Church
 SKERTON Skerton Municipal Cemetery
 SKERTON Skerton Methodists
 SLYNE with HEST  Cemetery
 TATHAM St. James the Less
 TATHAM FELLS The Good Shepherd
 THORNTON in LONSDALE St. Oswald
 THURNHAM St. Thomas & St. Elizabeth
 TORRISHOLME Municipal Cemetery
 TUNSTALL St. John the Baptist
 WARTON St. Oswald's nr. Carnforth
 WHITTINGTON St. Michael the Archangel
 WINMARLEIGH St. Luke's Church
 WRAY Holy Trinity Church
 YEALAND CONYERS Friends Meeting Ho
 YEALAND CONYERS St. John Church
 YEALAND CONYERS St. Mary's RC

The parishes without a hyperlink are not yet
available but are on the way....

Members of the society can apply for
images and up to three images
will be sent to you Free of charge.
Where the image is not available
the transcript will be supplied
Free of charge
The images will eventualy go on
a 'pay to view' website
Any requeste should include your
membership number!!

Latest
Our next season (2012) of transcribing
burial grounds will be in the
Bentham, Wyresdale and Chipping areas;
If you feel you could help in our vital
project work, please send me an email

Heraldry
Pages devoted to
 'Lancaster Area Heraldry'
Is the next stage of this fast growing website.
We are devoted to helping
YOU with YOUR
Family History

LFH&HS
Resource and Research Centre

2 Straits, Oswaldtwistle,
 Lancashire, BB5 3LU
01254 239919 (Answer phone)

Research Centre - Chorley
Astley Hall, Chorley
chorleyinfo@lfhhs.org.uk


Links to independent branch websites
of our Lancashire society
Pendle & Burnley 
Rossendale


Lancaster & Morecambe
project Coordinator:
Peter Joslin
 peterjoslin@btinternet.com


Copyright
Any member of LFH&HS
is free to use any
of the photographs by Peter Joslin
featured on this website
for their own personal use.

For membership details
click on the societies website
www.lfhhs.org.uk
Application Form
for on line applications
click on GenFair

Meeting Dates and Venue
Following our successful presentations of
'Who do you Lancastrians
think you are?'
 
meeting will take place on
THURSDAY AFTERNOONS
in
March, May,  
September &
November 2012
at

MORECAMBE
LIBRARY
2.00 pm.

The branch usually meets on the
third Thursday of each month,
Evenings at the
Church Hall of the
Church of the Good Shepherd

at Torrisholme, Nr. Lancaster.
and afternoons at
Morecambe Library

Buses 2, 2a, 3 and 4 run between
Lancaster & Morecambe
and stop in Torrisholme Square.
Good, free, Car Parking is at the
Church Hall and in,
and around, the village square.

Lancaster & Morecambe branch
 is just one of thirteen branches
of the
Lancashire Family History
and Heraldry Society

 
Our branches cover the Northern
half of the Historic County
The highly populated areas of Manchester
and Liverpool have
their own Family History Societies.
Our other Lancashire branches
are as follows:

Blackburn & Darwen
Ewood Working Men's Club,
Bolton Rd, Blackburn
1st Thursday ofmonth 7:30
blackburn@lfhhs.org.uk

 
Bury
Blackburn Hall, Church House,
The Wylde, Bury, BL9 OLA
2nd Wednesday of month 7:30 bury@lfhhs.org.uk

Chorley
Conference Room, Chorley Library.
Union Street, Chorley. PR7 1EB
3rd Tuesday of month 7:30
chorley@lfhhs.org.uk

 
Fylde
St Martin & St Hilda's Church Hall,
Fleetwood Road South, Carleton.
2nd Wednesday of month 7:30
fylde@lfhhs.org.uk

Heraldry Group
St Stephen's Church Centre,
Bird Street, Preston
1st Monday of month 7:30
heraldry@lfhhs.org.uk

Hyndburn
Accrington Library,
St James St, Accrington
1st Tuesday of month 7:30
hyndburn@lfhhs.org.uk
 
Irish Ancestry Group
2 The Straits, Oswaldtwistle
Check the society website or
"Lancashire" for details
irish@lfhhs.org.uk

 
London & South
London Family History Centre
Exhibition Road,
South Kensington. SW7 2PA
london@lfhhs.org.uk

Pendle & Burnley
Colne Library, Market St,
Colne. BB8 0AP
3rd - 5th Wednesday
each month at 7:30 pm
pendle@lfhhs.org.uk

Preston
St Leonard's Church Hall,
Marshalls Brow, Penwortham,
Preston. PR1 9HY
Last Wednesday of month 7:30
preston@lfhhs.org.uk

Ribble Valley
Clitheroe Cricket Club,
Chatburn Rd, Clitheroe
2nd Tuesday of month 7:30
ribblevalley@lfhhs.org.uk


Rochdale
St Andrew's UR Church,
Smith St, Rochdale
Last Wednesday of month 7:30
rochdale@lfhhs.org.uk

Rossendale
Longholme Methodist Church,
Bacup Rd, Rawtenstall.
1st Wednesday of month 7:30
Rossendale@lfhhs.org.uk

Branch website
 Rossendale
 

Did your ancestors work
on the Railways?
Were they in the Iron & Steel industry?
Were they in Lime Stone Quarying?
Were they in this part of Lancashire?
Well
....
We just might have some news for you,
CARNFORTH
was a place where most of
the people woked
, either
on the Railways
,

or in the Iron & Steel plant.
On Saturday
31st March 2012

at Carnforth Railway Station
Platform 1

we are joining with our friends in
Cumbria, Furness and Yorkshire
to help you with your
family history
research.
Lancashire Certificate Services
, 
The Lancashire Library Services
will be on hand
, together with
the greatest selection of helpful books and aids on Genealogy
, thanks to Terry Walsh
and the ‘Family History Partnership Book Stall’

link to the ‘Brief Encounter’ experience
www.carnforthstation.co.uk/

2011
Projects
has been very good for
outdoor projects,
I have managed to add
a few thousand new images to our collection of
grave stones in this part of
North Lancashire.

Photographing of all
The memorials in:
Lancaster Cemetery
Scotforth Cemetery,
Hale Carr Cemetery,
Carnforth Cemetery
Warton St Oswalds

most of them are now indexed
waiting to be checked
and then added to
the branch website.

   Our biggest, and most useful project has been
      The LancashireBMD
       Over 15 million Lancashire records are now
FREE to search on-line
this work has occupied our dedicated
team who visited Preston at least
one day a week throughout 2011
      click the link below to see the results:
     LancasterBMD  
the latest news is you can now order
on-line by credit card
just click on the code and you will
get the opportunity to buy by
credit card

'Who Do You
Lancastrians
Think You Are
?'

LADY ANNE CLIFFORD
Presentaion by
Tony Consadine

Will be on Thursday
March 15th
in the afternoon, at
Morecambe Library,
2.00pm.
These FREE meeting
are of particular interest
to members of the general public
and beginners to family history


Where You There
The Annual Dinner 2010  
Midland Hotel Morecambe
Click the Seahorse
to download photographs

Electronic Mail

General Information       
   mailto:lancaster@lfhhs.org.uk