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Next meeting...
Wednesday 28th May 2025 AGM & Raffle
"Celebrating 45 Years of ODFHS"
Family History and the Landmarks of West Lancashire
Find out more about some of West Lancashire's most iconic and lesser known landmarks
No need to book, just come along,
Doors open 7pm, talk starts 7.30pm
All welcome, non-members £2.00 entrance
Next Ormskirk Library Family History Helpdesk
Monday 2nd June 2025
10.30 a.m.- 11.30 a.m.
Out and About with ODFHS this Spring and Summer
9th - 17th May Ormskirk Library, a display celebrating 45 years of ODFHS
Saturday 10th-Sunday 11th May, Ormskirk Medieval Festival Coronation Park
ODFHS 45th Anniversary Competition
2025 is the 45th anniversary of ODFHS and, in celebration, we’ve decided to mark this with a competition, open to both members and non-members. The subject of the competition is “Who is your most interesting West Lancashire ancestor?” or “What is your most interesting family discovery related to West Lancashire?”. Choose one of these and tell us about it in 300-750 words. Add photos and illustrations as you want.
Entries by email or post - any reasonable format accepted. The winner will get a year’s free membership. Entries must be received by 31st May 2025 and the results will be announced 1st August 2025.
The best entries will be published in the ODFHS Magazine “The Ormskirk and District Family Historian” (subject to space). Full competition rules can be found by following this link (click here).
Sharing People's History of West Lancashire project
Family History and the Lost Buildings of West Lancashire
Family History and the Landmarks of West Lancashire
Our books are still available as a digital downloads, please follow this link
Family History and the Landmarks of West Lancashire
A Slice of Gingerbread
A Slice of Gingerbread - the Ormskirk Gingerbread Sellers is available to purchase:
See "Events" and "Meetings" pages for details of upcoming events.
Our Help Desk in Ormskirk Library is available to give free help to visitors with their family history. The library have kindly provided three computers for use during our sessions, which will be held on the 1st Monday of each month, usually 10:30-11:30am. It is possible to email any discoveries you make back to your home computer but any printing at the library has to be paid for at a cost of 15p per sheet.
Check the Latest News page for available dates.
The location of the library is shown on our map and there are three car parks within 100metres. We suggest you try the car park on the corner of Hants Lane and Burscough Street as it is the cheapest but you may need to search for a space. The post code for the library is L39 2EN.
