Family History

Ashton-u-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Longdendale, Mossley, Stalybridge

Research your family history at Tameside Local Studies and Archives.

We have a wide range of resources available for those who wish to trace their family history, including census returns, parish and nonconformist registers, monumental inscriptions, indexes to wills, records of local business and organisations and free access to the internet, including free access to ancestry.co.uk .

Advice sessions run by the Cheshire Family History Society are held 2pm - 4pm on the first and third Tuesday of every month. 

More Information

• Starting your family tree? View our guide to family history.
• Church records are a useful source for tracing baptisms marriages and burials. View a full list of our church and parish records.
• Some of the archival material held at the Tameside local Studies and Archives is particularly useful to family historians. View our archives for family history page. 
• There are no records for adoption held here at Tameside Local Studies and Archives. View our Family History and Adoption guide.
• Did your ancestor serve in the military? View our Family History using Military Resources guide.

Online Enquiries

Use our on-line enquiry form to contact the Local Studies and Archives Unit for help and advice with your family history research.

 Important: Please include your name and postal address when you send us a message as this will help us provide a full response to your enquiry.

Contact Information
Send us a Message	Tameside Local Studies and Archives Centre Central Library Old Street Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7SG  View local map
0161 342 4242
0161 342 4245