Organization:Lancashire Parish Register Society
Formation | 26 November 1897 |
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Type | Historical Society |
Registration no. | 511396 |
Legal status | Charity |
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Headquarters | Manchester, United Kingdom |
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Official language | English |
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9th President | Thomas Woodcock |
Website | www.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
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Lancashire Parishes for the Genealogist (Lancashire Parish Register Society, 2007), s. 1. ISBN:1-85445-157-X.
- ↑ 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.
External links
- Lancashire Parish Register Society 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire Parish Register Society.
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