Forums

Two discussion groups are available for members who would like to share information or join in discussions on Saddleworth history or Saddleworth families.

If you have questions other members can often provide help and answers. Members are encouraged to register their interests via these forums. Often someone has already expored a particular area of interest or traced a particular Saddleworth family.
You can also join in with the project work via these forums. Much desk work can be done without being resident in Saddleworth.

Major Saddleworth families have been well researched and documented, particularly in the early period before 1837. There are many pitfalls in tracing families with a common name in the period before civil registration – others experience can often help avoid these pitfalls and point out work that has already been done and published.

The history forum provides an opportunity to learn more about all aspects of Saddleworth history. Members interests range from early history, archaeology, the industrial revolution, the textile industry to early settlement and land ownership. Most old farms and many individual buildings has been researched. If you live in Saddleworth in an old house or your family have historic comnections in a particular area you may be able to learn more by joining in discussions on the Saddleworth history forum.