Macclesfield England Family History Centre

Local Website

Upcoming Events

Family History Day

Saturday 9th November

10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Click here to book a free session

The Macclesfield Family History Centre serves members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and anyone else interested in family history research.

Location - Map & Directions

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Victoria Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 3HN

There is a large car park including blue badge spaces near the entrance to the building which has level access throughout.

Phone

01625 427236

E-mail

fh@ldsgo.org

Opening Hours

Wed : 12:30 - 2:30 & 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Thur : 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Please contact us to make an appointment

Seasonal holiday closures apply during August and for Christmas and New Year

FHC Portal

This centre has access to the Family History Centre Portal page which gives free access to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.

Centre Services

Assistance can be provided for any of the following topics:

1. Understanding the Search facilities of FamilySearch and the partner web sites.

2. Adding photos & stories to Family Tree.

3. Preparing and creating documents that can be added to Family Tree.

4. Adding sources found in FamilySearch records to Family Tree.

5. Creating and adding your own sources to Family Tree.

6. Ways in which youth can help their own and other ward families – census/BMD searching, scanning, adding photos, sources, stories.

7. Useful additional software – image editing, word processing, pdf printers/viewers, screen capture etc.

8. Different ways of keeping a backup of your Family Tree data and sources.

9. How to start your family history.

10. Finding duplicates in Family Tree and understanding the merge process.

11. Understanding the temple list and submission process in Family Tree.

12. Understanding the Family Tree Source Box.

13. Editing, correcting and adding new data to Family Tree.

14. Research methodology for the first 200 years of English & Welsh family history.

15. Any family history topic of your own choice.

Resources in the Local Area

Cheshire Family History Society

Links

 * FamilySearch Research Wiki: What It Can Do For You!: A comprehensive video presentation explaining the Wiki, navigating it, and some especially useful pages. Case studies demonstrate using the Wiki for genealogical research. Editing and adding articles to the Wiki are covered.