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Family History.
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Convenor: Gordon McKay 0161 788 9181
At the very beginning it was decided that membership of the Manchester & Lancashire Genealogy Society would be useful. We were also told that Peel Park Library had a great deal of information, i.e. Baptism and Marriage Registers of many of the local churches. A good start if your family had lived in the area for many generations.
The group has steadily increased with a number on roll at present of 27 members.
As we were all novices, it was decided that each member of the group would be asked how their research had got on since the last meeting. This varied greatly, but we found that airing our difficulties, other members could say how they had dealt with the same problems. Working on the theory that ‘Two (or more) heads were better than one’, it worked very well as most of us had encountered similar hold ups in our research.
There were some exceptional successes, Don Lingard had been able to go back a very long way. His family had stayed in the Eccles/Pendleton area for many generations, and many of his ancestors were mentioned in St Mary’s Eccles Parish Church. In fact the name ‘Lingard’ is on the first page of St Mary’s church register, he says he has no proof that it is his family, but we all feel that in all probability that it is.
If it is your desire to delve back into the history of your ancestors then you may wish to join this vibrant group. .
We meet at Eccles Gateway (Eccles Library) every firstTuesday in the month at 10am. Contact Gordon for details
Or you may wish to visit our dedicated Web-Site: www.salfordfhg.colsal.org.uk
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