Tracing your Manchester and Salford ancestors : a guide for family and local historians /
Wilkes, Sue,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Begin exploring the past. Two cities-shared histories; How to use this book; Archives, libraries and repositories; Reference works; Newspapers in libraries and online; Family history, heritage and local societies; Genealogy suppliers; Maps and plans; Distant memories; Further reading -- Family history basics. Civil registration; Anglican parish registers; The parish of Manchester; Nonconformists, Roman Catholics and other faiths; Wills and probate before 1858; Wills and probate after 1858; Divorce records' Further reading -- The transport revolution. Turnpike trusts and highways; Canals; Canal archives and records; The railway age; Acts of Parliament and blue books; Further reading -- Made in Manchester. Cotton and textiles; Coal mining; Engineering, chemical and other industries; Buses, trams and motor vehicles; Air travel' Commerce and banking; Researching workers, companies, industries and trades; Further reading -- Local government and the poor. Manchester and Salford police commissioners; Manchester corporation and city council; Salford before and after incorporation; Greater Manchester County; The poor; Charities and friendly societies; The Temperance movement; Further reading -- Health and education. Infirmaries, dispensaries, asylums and hospitals; Manchester Board of Health; Schools and education; Sport and football; Libraries; Further reading -- Court records, estates, crime and taxation. Salford Hundred; Manorial records; Great estates and old families; Law and order; Local and national taxation -- We, the people. National Censuses, 1801-1911; Radical Manchester and Salford; Electoral registers; Trade unions and the labour movement; Co-operative societies; The anti-corn Law movement; Migration experiences; Wartime experiences; The fire service; Modern cities; Further reading -- Appendix 1: Archives and resources -- Appendix 2: Useful addresses -- Appendix 3: Family history, heritage and history societies -- Appendix 4. Useful websites -- Appendix Poor Law unions in Manchester and Salford -- appendix 6: Timeline of key dates -- Appendix 7: Places to visit.