Our membership consists of approximately 200 people who have an interest in family or local history in the area of North Meols (Southport). Although some of our members are local, we also have many members who live in other parts of the UK or abroad.

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Meetings

The Society meets monthly at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Preston New Road, Southport. Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month, and start at 8pm. Some meetings include talks on specific subjects, while others give members the opportunity to discuss topics of interest, and to seek help or advice when they are stuck with their own research.

Meetings are informal, and non-members are invited to attend. Anybody who is just starting off doing their family history and isn’t sure if they want to join the Society, can come along and see what goes on.

Details of future meetings can be found on the What's On page 

The Society also runs an on-line forum that can be used to seek help, look for people who are doing similar research, or just to swap information. The forum can be found at the following address

http://nmfhssouthport.myfreeforum.org/

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Publications

The Society offers a wide range of publications for sale. These include One Name Extracts from the North Meols Parish Records, 1851 Census Returns for North Meols, Records from Local Churches, North Meols Tithe Map (1839/40). We also supply a number of publications by local authors.

Details of the publications currently available can be found on the Publications for Sale page.

Our publications can also be ordered via either the Parish Chest or GENfair web site. Links to the North Meols FHS pages at these sites are given below.   

                          Parish Chest       

                      Genfair

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Open Day

The society holds an annual Open Day each year in the parochial hall, located between St Cuthbert’s church, and the Hesketh Arms in Churchtown. The event is always held on the last Saturday in September, and admission is free.

Among the stands and displays you will find

     Help Desk - where we will try and help with any problems

     Library - you can sit and browse the Society's extensive library

     Publications - where you can purchase local books and extracts

     Tithe Map - showing how the area looked in 1841

     Fiche Readers - to allow access to old Census information

Exhibitions with a local interest are displayed, and other family history societies attend each year