Anglo-Scottish Family
History Society

The Anglo-Scottish FHS was formed in 1982 by members of the M&L FHS to assist in tracing their links back to Scottish origins. We have members in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. We are full members of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies and send a representative to their meetings in Edinburgh.We were one of the founder members of SAFHS

MEETINGS

Our meetings are held on the third Saturday of every month (except Decemberand August ) at 2.0 pm in the Society's Resource Centre at Clayton House, Piccadilly, when there is an invited speaker, a talk by one of our members,  workshops or discussions. The Resource Centre is open from 10.15 am for members' own research, when experienced members are available for advice and guidance.

We  exhibit at the North West Group of Family History Societies' and other local Fairs and members regularly attend the annual conferences of the Scottish Association at various venues in Scotland. Local members are volunteers in the Resource Centre and at The Family History Help desk at The Manchester City Library, Elliot House, Deansgate

See the meeting programme below.

JOURNAL

Our quarterly Bulletin is  incorporated into the main Society's journal "The Manchester Genealogist". We have articles of particular Scottish interest, reviews of past meetings and news from Scottish repositories and libraries. We also accept members' queries for publication.

RESOURCE CENTRE

The ASFHS has full use of the main Society's Resource Centre which is open during the week and certain weekends. We have the 1992 IGI for Scotland by county and the 1981 edition by country. We also have fiche of the complete OPR indexes (old parish registers) by county. There is free access to Ancestry and FindMyPast

The Resource Centre contains a comprehensive collection of Scottish books including the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, Blacks "History of Scottish Surnames", Edinburgh's Old Town 1851 census and many published and transcript memorial inscriptions covering many areas of Scotland

We also hold typed transcripts of baptismal and communion rolls of the early Scottish churches in Manchesterand numerous other indices which include people of Scottish origins..

PUBLICATIONS

ASFHS has published many aids to research which are itemised below. They are available from the main Society's Bookshop where many other books of Scottish interest are also available. They may be ordered by Mail Order

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View details of ASFHS Publications on CDROM

View details of books about Scottish Research

SCOTTISH STAYS

SCOTTISH STRAYS

THE SCOTTISH MARRIAGE INDEX

Surnames beginning with letter:

A B C D EF G H IJK L Ma Mc Me to My NOPQ R S TUV WYZ

To access/download the database you need to have Acrobat Reader

Click the file which is likely to contain the name in which you are interested.

Please note details about the Spouses are listed under their own name.

One of the stumbling blocks for any family historian trying to trace Scottish ancestors is when those ancestors have emigrated, or it is suspected that they have emigrated when the trace is lost.  Or it could be that descendants of someone outside Scotland  are trying to trace the family back in Scotland.

The Society have built a database based on a marriage because recording details of the couple and their parents, gives, in most cases, four family names, the place where the Scot was born,  the place where they were married and the dates of the events.  The database is called The Scottish Marriage Index and can be accessed here, on this site.

The majority of the  marriages listed here took place outside Scotland.  However, as some contributors sent in every marriage involving a Scots-born person in their family tree, then many of the marriages, celebrated abroad, are linked to their roots back in Scotland.

If you wish to make contact with the person who contributed a particular marriage, then e-mail MLFHS quoting the Source Number.   If there is no Source Number then it means that we do not have a contact address. Click here to email the Administrator.

If you would like your family details listed then email the following data to the Administrator 

Please put Scottish Marriage Index in the Subject Line

Names of the couple (send details of both, even if only one is Scots-born) their dates and places of birth, the names of their parents, the date and place of marriage.  Your postal address.

AS SAFHS Report 2012

Meeting Programme  2013 

 Last Updated  19th March 2013 by Ina Penneyston