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|A predominantly agricultural county on the east coast of England, historically stretching from the Wash in the south to the Humber Estuary in the north.
  
'''Lincolnshire'''
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The scenery is diverse, ranging from flat fenlands in the south to the hilly Wolds and the Lincoln Edge in the north.
  
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Lincoln Cathedral is one of the finest medieval buildings in the country.
  
County town: Lincoln
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Margaret Thatcher was born at Grantham.
  
Other major towns: Boston, Grantham, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Cleethorpes
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John Wesley, founder of Methodism, was born at Epworth.
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'''County town:''' Lincoln
  
A predominantly agricultural county on the east coast of England, historically stretching from the Wash in the south to the Humber Estuary in the north. The scenery is diverse ranging from flat fenlands in the south to the hilly Wolds and the Lincoln Edge in the north. Lincoln Cathedral is one of the finest medieval buildings in the country.
 
  
Margaret Thatcher was born at Grantham.  
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'''Other major towns:''' Boston, Gainsborough, Grantham, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Cleethorpes
John Wesley, founder of Methodism, was born at Epworth.
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Lincolnshire| Lincolnshire Places of Worship]]'''
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image: EnglandLincolnshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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==Resources==
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'''Primary Reference'''
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/index.asp?catId=6173 '''County Record Office''']
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/libraries/section.asp?catId=7241 Central Library Webpage]
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*[http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk Lincolnshire Family History Society]
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/lin.lookup.html Lincolnshire Look-up Exchange]
  
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
Lincolnshire certificate applications are dealt with by just two offices,<br>
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/ Lincolnshire Archives]
the main part of the county is handled by Lincoln.<br>
 
North Lincolnshire including the 1974-2004<br>
 
county of South Humberside is handled by the North Lincolnshire office.<br>
 
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/occ_fen_farmers.txt Fenland Farmers List 1563]
  
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*[http://www.sylvan-manuscripts.co.uk/Deeds-and-Indentures/England/Lincolnshire/c-1-1-7-31/ Lincolnshire Deeds]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/ Lincolnshire Genweb page]
  
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/lincs.html Lincolnshire Genealogical Research]
  
==Register Offices==
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*[http://www.totaltravel.co.uk/travel/midlands/peterborough-lincolnshire/directory/heritage Heritage Visits]
  
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*[http://www.linc2u.com/genealogy/ Lincs2U Genealogy]
  
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*[http://www.linclinks.co.uk/index.html Lincolnshire and Fenland Families]
  
=====Lincoln=====
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*[http://s10.freefronthost.com/mi/  Lincolnshire Marriage index]
  
Certificate Applications<br>
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*[http://www.memorial-lincs.org.uk/index.html Lincolnshire Village Memorials]
Lincolnshire Registration Servives<br>
 
PO BOX 760<br>
 
Lincoln<br>
 
LN2 5WG
 
  
Tel 0845 330 1400 or 01522 782244<br>
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*[http://familyhistory.poulton.info/ Lincolnshire War Memorials]
Payment by c/card,cheque.<br>
 
  
*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?catId=2948 Certificates - Lincolnshire County Council]
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*[http://www.lincs.police.uk/index.asp?locID=435&docID=-1 Lincolnshire Police History]
  
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*[http://raf-lincolnshire.info/ RAF-Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire Airfields History Site]
  
=====North Lincolnshire Office=====
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*[http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/lincolnshire.html Lincolnshire Closed Pubs]
  
92 Oswald Road,<br>
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*[http://www.shucksmith.org/  Shucksmith Family History Website]
Scunthorpe,<br>
 
North Lincolnshire<br>
 
DN15 7PA
 
  
Tel 01724 842425 (General Enquiries)<br>
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/libraries/familyhistory/Surnames/ The Star - Surname List]
Email  alison.prestwood@northlincs.gov.uk<br>
 
  
*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration North Lincs Council]<br>
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Churches/ Index to Lincolnshire Churches]
  
Certificates can be ordered by telephone or e-mail.
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?catid=22905&docid=75498 Download the Lincolnshire wills index 1700-1800]
  
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
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*[http://www.axholme-fhs.org.uk/ Isle of Axeholme Family History Society]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.freewebs.com/bartonuponhumberfamilyhistoryaids/index.htm Barton Upon Humber Family History]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.bartonuponhumber.org.uk/atoz.htm Barton Upon Humber]
  
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Deans/bolingbroke.html  Bolingbroke Deanery]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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* [[Boston]] '''Wiki Page'''
 
*Grimsby R/O ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
 
  
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Boston/BOSTON.txt Names associated with Boston]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/ Bourne in Words and Pictures]
  
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*[http://www.villagearchivegroup.com/index.asp Colsterworth Village Interest]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~watsonweb/ Fulbeck Village]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.gainsboroughlincs.co.uk/index.html Gainsborough, Past and Present]
  
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/ifor.grasby@btopenworld.com/ Grasby Project]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=11945&PageID=71472 Great Grimsby Family History Group]
  
*Cleethorpes (and surrounding areas) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~heckington/ Heckington Geneaolgy]
*Grimsby (and surrounding areas) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
 
*Louth (and surrounding areas) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
 
*Lincs [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=817 jennie]
 
  
==Links==
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*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~bthompso/holbeach/holbeach.htm Holbeach Parish Registers]
  
*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/index.asp?catId=6173 County Record Office]
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Hykeham/index.htm North and South Hykeham]
  
*[http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk Family History Society]
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*[http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=5641 Laceby]
  
*[http://www.axholme-fhs.org.uk/ Isle of Axeholme FHS]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~deaston/ De Aston School, Market Rasen]  
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/lincs.html Local History Gateway]
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*[http://www.macla.co.uk/index.php Metheringham] Includes Blankney, Scopwick and Dunston and Tanvats
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/ Lincolnshire Genweb page]
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/index.htm Parkinsons Page - Photographs and some Parish Records]
  
*[http://home.wi.rr.com/lincolnshire/ Lincolnshire Genealogical Research]
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*[http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/G-Sandtoft.html Sandtoft]
  
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*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hampson/index.htm Sedgebrook Inhabitants of Yesteryear]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.sleaford.gov.uk/council_services_cemetery.htm Sleaford Town Council Burial Register]
  
*[http://www.winteringham.info/index.html Winteringham Local History and Genealogy]
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*[http://www.springthorpe-village.org.uk/index.html Springthorpe Village]  
  
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*[http://www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/whitton.htm History of Whitton]
  
'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.winteringham.info/index.html Winteringham Local History and Genealogy]
  
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*[http://contueor.com/wisbech/ Wisbech & The Fenlands]
  
'''Archives'''
 
  
*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/ Lincolnshire archives]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLincoln_(A-J).htm#PageTitle IGI Lincolnshire A-J]
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=lincolnshire Lincolnshire Gravestone Photographs]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLincoln_(K-R).htm#PageTitle IGI Lincolnshire K-R]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engggfhg/ Gravestone Photographs from North and North East Lincolnshire]  
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLincoln_(S-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Lincolnshire S-Z]
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/index.htm Lincolnshire Churches, Photographs and History]
  
*[http://s10.freefronthost.com/mi/ Lincolnshire Marriage index]
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Churches/ Lincolnshire Church Photographs]
  
*[http://www.linc2u.com/genealogy/ Lincs2U Genealogy]
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*[http://www.hemsop.org.uk/XSLProcessor.asp?resourceCode=HEMSoP-LI A Collection of Maps, Photographs, Directories & Manuscripts]
  
*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~bthompso...ach/readme.htm Holbeach Parish Registers]
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*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/ Photographs of the East Midlands]
  
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==Register Office==
  
'''Family and social history'''
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The county is split between two offices. The main part of Lincolnshire is covered by the Lincoln office. North Lincolnshire (including the former South Humberside region) is covered by the North Lincolnshire office.
  
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'''Lincoln'''
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/lincs/lincolnshire.htm Lincolnshire Workhouses]
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Certificate Applications<br>
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Lincolnshire Registration Services<br>
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PO BOX 760<br>
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Lincoln<br>
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LN2 5WG<br>
  
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Tel 0845 330 1400 or 01522 782244<br>
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?catid=14980&docid=44541 Copy Certificate FAQ]
  
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area Lincolnshire gravestone photographs]
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* [http://apps1.lincolnshire.gov.uk/eCommerce/process/product/ProductCatalogue.aspx Online Order Facility]
  
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The Lincoln office supply '''scanned''' copies of the register.
  
'''Countywide interest'''
 
  
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/index.htm Lincolnshire Churches, Photographs and History]
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'''North Lincolnshire Office'''
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/ Lincolnshire Genweb Project]
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92 Oswald Road,<br>
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Scunthorpe,<br>
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North Lincolnshire<br>
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DN15 7PA
  
*[http://www.memorial-lincs.org.uk/index.html Lincolnshire Village Memorials]
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Tel: 01724 842425 (General Enquiries)<br>
  
*http://familyhistory.poulton.info/ More Linconshire War Memorials]
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Email: alison.prestwood@northlincs.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://www.wparkinson.com/index.htm Photograps and some Parish Records] (Excel required to view the Parish records)
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration/Certificates/BMDOnlineWithMap.htm District Coverage Map]
  
*[http://www.totaltravel.co.uk/travel/midlands/peterborough-lincolnshire/directory/heritage Heritage visits]
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration/FamilyHistory/SearchAndOrderBDMCertificatesOnline.htm Online Order Facilty]
  
*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/libraries/localandfamilyhistory/familyhistory/Surnames/  Star Newspaper Groups]
 
  
*[http://raf-lincolnshire.info/ RAF-Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire Airfields History Site]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.lincs.police.uk/index.asp?locID=55&docID=-1 Lincolnshire Police History Pages]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.shucksmith.org/  Shucksmith Site]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/lincs.html A Wealth of Links for Lincolnshire]
 
  
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
'''Specific Town Village interest'''
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~heckington/  Heckington Geneaolgy]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Deans/bolingbroke.html  Bolingbroke Deanery]
 
  
*[http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/ Bourne in Words and Pictures]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Boston/BOSTON.txt Names associated with Boston]
 
  
*[http://www.macla.co.uk/index.php Methingham Area Pages] Includes Blankney, Scopwick and Dunston and Tanvats- old photos, maps and 1881 census
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/whitton.htm History of Whitton]
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
  
*[http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/G-Sandtoft.html Sandtoft]
 
  
*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Hykeham/index.htm North and South Hykeham]
 
  
*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bartonuponhumber.btinternet.co.uk%2F Barton Upon Humber]
 
  
*[http://contueor.com/wisbech/ Wisbech and the Fenlands]
 
  
*[http://www.gainsboroughlincs.co.uk/index.html Gainsborough, past and present]
 
  
  
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A predominantly agricultural county on the east coast of England, historically stretching from the Wash in the south to the Humber Estuary in the north.

The scenery is diverse, ranging from flat fenlands in the south to the hilly Wolds and the Lincoln Edge in the north.

Lincoln Cathedral is one of the finest medieval buildings in the country.

Margaret Thatcher was born at Grantham.

John Wesley, founder of Methodism, was born at Epworth.

County town: Lincoln


Other major towns: Boston, Gainsborough, Grantham, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Cleethorpes


Lincolnshire Places of Worship


Regional projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest

  • Metheringham Includes Blankney, Scopwick and Dunston and Tanvats


Maps and Photographs

Register Office

The county is split between two offices. The main part of Lincolnshire is covered by the Lincoln office. North Lincolnshire (including the former South Humberside region) is covered by the North Lincolnshire office.

Lincoln

Certificate Applications
Lincolnshire Registration Services
PO BOX 760
Lincoln
LN2 5WG

Tel 0845 330 1400 or 01522 782244

The Lincoln office supply scanned copies of the register.


North Lincolnshire Office

92 Oswald Road,
Scunthorpe,
North Lincolnshire
DN15 7PA

Tel: 01724 842425 (General Enquiries)

Email: alison.prestwood@northlincs.gov.uk


Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts


Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.






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