The Lancashire Parish Register Society is a text publication society and registered charity which was founded for the "purpose of printing the registers of the ancient parishes" in Lancashire and has published more than 175 volumes, CDs and CD-Roms since 1898.
History The society was formed at a meeting at Chetham's Library, convened by the historian Henry Fishwick, on 26 November 1897, but the year 1898 was fixed as the first year of the society's existence. The society became a registered charity (No. 511396) in 1981.
Publications Since 1898, the society has published 175 printed volumes of Lancashire's parish registers, as well as numerous CDs and CD-Roms.Lancashire Parishes for the Genealogist (Lancashire Parish Register Society, 2007), s. 1. . The society published its 175th volume in 2012.The Registers of the Parish of Wigan, 1711-40, ed. K. T. Taylor, Lancashire Parish Register Society, 175 (2012). .
Membership Membership is open to all individuals and institutions interested in the parish registers of the county.
Officers Presidents
General Editors
Secretaries
Treasurers
See also Chetham Society Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
References
External links Lancashire Parish Register Society 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2017-01-26.