Formation 1898 Legal status Charity | Type Historical Society | |
Purpose Historical Study and Research Headquarters Manchester, United Kingdom Location Manchester Central Library | ||
The Lancashire Parish Register Society is a historical society and registered charity. It was founded in 1898 for the 'purpose of printing the registers of the ancient parishes' in Lancashire. The society was formed at a meeting at Chetham's Library on 26 November 1897, but the year 1898 was fixed as the first year of the society's existence. The society became a registered charity (No. 511396) in 1981.
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Publications
Since 1898, the society has published 175 printed volumes of Lancashire's parish registers, as well as numerous CDs and CD-Roms. The society published its 175th volume in 2012.
Membership
Membership is open to all individuals and institutions interested in the parish registers of the county.
References
Lancashire Parish Register Society Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA