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In Brief

A series of concise research guides to family history for use at home

In Brief - Researching Graves (Think Beyond the Cemetery)
In Brief - Researching a Nineteenth-Century Soldier
In Brief - Researching a World War 1 Soldier
In Brief - Researching a Second World War Soldier
In Brief - Researching Your House History
In Brief - Researching the History of a Business
In Brief - Researching a Criminal Ancestor

Manchester Regiment Transcriptions
The most extensive documentary collection of Manchester Regiment records are kept at the Tameside Archives and Local Studies Centre. The following archives have been partially transcribed to reflect the nature of this collection. The MR numbers for each item relate to the catalogue entry, see Tameside Local Studies and Archives Catalogue

These texts have been faithfully transcribed from the original- any remaining errors are our own.

A Proud Heritage - a brief history of the Manchester Regiment
47th Sikh War Records - MR4/3/1/93
John Henry Loftus Reade Letters - MR4/17/308
Letter from Pte J.A. Park, 2nd Vol. Active Service, South Africa, to parents - MR4/17/304
Letters regarding Pte Thomas Mercer, 5th Platoon, 20th Manchester Regiment - MR4/17/260
The Manchester Regiment Gazette - MR2/20/15 - MR2/20/40
The Periscope Periodical
Mess Rules Book 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment