The records to which we have access include:

Parish records for baptisms, marriages and burials
Cemetery records
Census returns (1841 -1901)
Trade Directories
IGI
Newspapers
Electoral Rolls (voter lists)
Civil registrations for births, marriages and deaths
Photographs of Manchester and Salford and some outlying areas from 1900
Local maps from 1848

We are able to search for your family at: 

Manchester Central Library
John Rylands Library at Manchester University
Salford Local History Library
Stockport Central Library
Tameside Library
Macclesfield Library

Other repositories include the Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society Library, and the Family History Society of Cheshire Library, where we are both members.