Church Register List
Copying From Parish Registers
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Information about Archives and Local Studies services while Central Library is closed.
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In Person
Copying of original registers is not permitted, but visitors to the Library are welcome to make microfilm print-outs on the self-service printers in the Local Studies and Social Sciences Libraries. We charge 50p (A4) or 80p (A3) per print.
By Post
We are now able to offer a postal service for copies from the microfilms of some parish registers. To find out whether we hold the microfilm copies of registers of a particular parish please check this church register guide (microfilms are listed as MFPR).
We cannot accept orders for copies from pre-printed registers:
- pre-1813 for baptisms and burials
- pre-1754 for marriages
- all pre-1837 Nonconformist registers
Copies are only supplied if the precise church name (e.g. Hulme St Paul) and date (day and month as well as year) are quoted. Copies (including p & p) cost:
- £2.50 (A4)
- £2.80 (A3)
- Postage is an extra £2 for addresses outside the UK.
Cheques and postal orders should be made payable to "Manchester City Council". If you wish to place an order please print out, complete and return this form, with the correct payment in sterling, to: Manchester Archives and Local Studies, Central Library, St Peter's Square, Manchester, M2 5PD.
An index to persons named in a number of Roman Catholic registers which have been transcribed and/or indexed by the Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society's Irish Ancestry Branch (Pilot site -subject to change)
Learn how to order copies from the microfilms of parish registers.
Enables people to search for baptism and marriage entries throughout the British Isles. Many of the local churches are covered, including Manchester Cathedral.
A map of the location of churches in Manchester.
This is an index to over 13 million burials taken mainly from church registers. It is also now available on the Find My Past subscription web site.
The Lancashire Online Parish Clerks Project
This project aims to extract and preserve the records from the various parishes and to provide online access to that data, free of charge. Transcripts of various parish registers are available on this web site.
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