The following excerpt is from an article posted Feb. 12, 2013 at the click-manchester.com website.
More than six million Manchester parish records, dating back as far as 1538, can be now viewed online for free at Manchester Libraries.
The collection of records, which has been digitised by leading family history website Ancestry.co.uk, details baptisms, marriages and burials that took place at Anglican churches in the Diocese of Manchester from the 16th century until the twentieth century.
The online records have already received nearly 400,000 hits in four days since going live on 7 February.
A free launch event for the newly digitised collection will be held on Thursday 14 February (11am – 2pm) in the Manchester Room at City Library on Deansgate. Ancestry.co.uk staff, plus volunteers from the Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society, will be on hand to help people as they search the records for their family members.
