Organization:Lancashire Parish Register Society

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Short description: Text publication society and registered charity
Lancashire Parish Register Society
Formation26 November 1897; 126 years ago (1897-11-26)
TypeHistorical Society
Registration no.511396
Legal statusCharity
Purpose
  • Historical Study
  • Research
HeadquartersManchester, United Kingdom
Location
  • Manchester Central Library
Region served
  • Lancashire
  • Greater Manchester
Official language
English
Activities
  • Research
  • Publications
Collections
  • Library
  • Archives
9th President
Thomas Woodcock
Websitewww.lprs.org.uk

The Lancashire Parish Register Society is a text publication society and registered charity which was founded for the "purpose of printing the registers of the ancient parishes" in Lancashire and has published more than 175 volumes, CDs and CD-Roms since 1898.

History

The society was formed at a meeting at Chetham's Library, convened by the historian Henry Fishwick, 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.[1]

Publications

Since 1898, the society has published 175 printed volumes of Lancashire's parish registers, as well as numerous CDs and CD-Roms.[2] The society published its 175th volume in 2012.[3]

Membership

Membership is open to all individuals and institutions interested in the parish registers of the county.

Officers

Presidents

General Editors

Secretaries

Treasurers

See also

  • Chetham Society
  • Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
  • Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
  • Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society

References

  1. ↑ "Charity Commission of England and Wales". Charity Commission of England and Wales. 2015-12-11. http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=511396&SubsidiaryNumber=0. Retrieved 2015-12-11. 
  2. ↑ Lancashire Parishes for the Genealogist (Lancashire Parish Register Society, 2007), s. 1. ISBN:1-85445-157-X.
  3. ↑ The Registers of the Parish of Wigan, 1711-40, ed. K. T. Taylor, Lancashire Parish Register Society, 175 (2012). ISBN:978-1-85445-171-2.

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