Lancashire Societies

Family history societies often publish helpful journals, transcripts, compiled genealogies and host helpful websites. They may have ongoing projects to transcribe records and create indexes. Most societies publish queries in their journals and maintain lists of members’ research interests that may be helpful to you. You may want to join one of these societies, reap the benefits of their expertise and resources, or support its efforts.

Addresses of the societies are for the most part where their meetings are held as they are by-and-large not brick-and-mortar institutions.

Regional Societies
Cumbria Family History Society Website: Cumbria Family History Society


 * The Cumbria Family History Society was founded to help members carry out their genealogy researches and our area of interest is the modern county of Cumbria, which is the old counties of Cumberland and Westmorland and a part of Northern Lancashire and North Yorkshire.

Holme & District Local History Society Burton Memorial Hall Main St Burton-in-Kendal, Cumbria LA6 1NA UK Telephone: 01524 782198 Website: Holme & District Local History Society


 * The Society concentrates on the local parishes of South Lakeland (Cumbria), including Holme, Burton, Beetham, Hutton Roof, Heversham, Lupton, Milnthorpe, and Preston Patrick. From the beginning we have collected photographs, maps and books about our local area for our library.  As the collection expanded with donations from members and non-members we started an archive section, now divided between two archivists: (1) Holme and (2) Burton & the district.

North West Catholic History Society Email: [mailto:editor@nwcatholichistory.org.uk editor@nwcatholichistory.org.uk] Website: North West Catholic History Society


 * The North West Catholic History Society promotes the study of the history of the Catholic Church in the region west of the Pennines, the old counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Lancashire, and Westmorland.

Lancashire Societies
Askam & Ireleth Local History Group Telephone: 01229 468277

Barrow-in-Furness Civic & Local History Society Website: Barrow-in-Furness Civic & Local History Society

Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society

Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society

Liverpool and South West Lancashire Family History Society

North West Group of Family History Societies 

North Meols (Southport) Family History Society

Ormskirk and District Family History Society

Furness Family History Society

Lancaster & District Family History Group

Lancashire Parish Record Society

St Helens Townships Family History Society

Wigan Famil y & Local History Society