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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]]'''
  
Lincolnshire certificate applications are dealt with by just two offices,<br>
 
the main part of the county is handled by Lincoln.<br><br>
 
North Lincolnshire, including the 1974-2004
 
county of South Humberside, is handled by the North Lincolnshire office.<br>
 
  
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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]
  
==Register Offices==
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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]
  
  
=====Lincoln=====
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
Certificate Applications<br>
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/ Lincolnshire Archives]
Lincolnshire Registration Services<br>
 
PO BOX 760<br>
 
Lincoln<br>
 
LN2 5WG
 
  
Tel 0845 330 1400 or 01522 782244<br>
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/occ_fen_farmers.txt Fenland Farmers List 1563]
Payment by c/card,cheque.<br>
 
  
*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?catId=2948 Certificates - Lincolnshire County Council]<br>
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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]
  
The Lincoln office supply '''scanned''' copies of the register, for further information and advice regarding scanned, handwritten and typed certificates see [[BMD Certificates]]<br>
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/lincs.html Lincolnshire Genealogical Research]
  
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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]
  
=====North Lincolnshire Office=====
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*[http://www.linclinks.co.uk/index.html Lincolnshire and Fenland Families]
  
92 Oswald Road,<br>
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*[http://s10.freefronthost.com/mi/  Lincolnshire Marriage index]
Scunthorpe,<br>
 
North Lincolnshire<br>
 
DN15 7PA
 
  
Tel 01724 842425 (General Enquiries)<br>
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*[http://www.memorial-lincs.org.uk/index.html Lincolnshire Village Memorials]
Email  alison.prestwood@northlincs.gov.uk<br>
 
  
*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration North Lincs Council]<br>
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*[http://familyhistory.poulton.info/ Lincolnshire War Memorials]
  
Certificates can be ordered by telephone or e-mail.
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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]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/lincolnshire.html Lincolnshire Closed Pubs]
  
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*[http://www.shucksmith.org/  Shucksmith Family History Website]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/libraries/familyhistory/Surnames/ The Star - Surname List]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Churches/ Index to Lincolnshire Churches]
  
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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 Contacts'''
 
 
*Grimsby R/O ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
 
  
==Cemetery 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 [[Cemetery 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]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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* [[Boston]] '''Wiki Page'''
  
*Cleethorpes (and surrounding areas) [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]
*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://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/ Bourne in Words and Pictures]
  
Lincoln Central Library (research service available for family history enquiries)<br>
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*[http://www.villagearchivegroup.com/index.asp Colsterworth Village Interest]
Free School Lane<br>
 
Lincoln<br>
 
Lincolnshire<br>
 
LN2 1EZ<br>
 
  
Phone: 01522 782010<br>
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~watsonweb/ Fulbeck Village]
Fax: 01522 535882<br>
 
Email: LINCLIB@lincolnshire.gov.uk<br>
 
*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/libraries/section.asp?catId=7241 Central Library Webpage]
 
  
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*[http://www.gainsboroughlincs.co.uk/index.html Gainsborough, Past and Present]
  
*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/index.asp?catId=6173 '''County Record Office''']
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/ifor.grasby@btopenworld.com/ Grasby Project]
  
*[http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk Family History Society]
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*[http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=11945&PageID=71472 Great Grimsby Family History Group]
  
*[http://www.axholme-fhs.org.uk/ Isle of Axeholme FHS]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~heckington/  Heckington Geneaolgy]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/lincs.html Local History Gateway]
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*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~bthompso/holbeach/holbeach.htm Holbeach Parish Registers]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/ Lincolnshire Genweb page]
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Hykeham/index.htm North and South Hykeham]
  
*[http://home.wi.rr.com/lincolnshire/ Lincolnshire Genealogical Research]
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*[http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=5641 Laceby]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~deaston/ De Aston School, Market Rasen]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.macla.co.uk/index.php Metheringham] Includes Blankney, Scopwick and Dunston and Tanvats
  
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/index.htm Parkinsons Page - Photographs and some Parish Records]
  
*[http://www.winteringham.info/index.html Winteringham Local History and Genealogy]
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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]
  
'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.sleaford.gov.uk/council_services_cemetery.htm Sleaford Town Council Burial Register]
  
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*[http://www.springthorpe-village.org.uk/index.html Springthorpe Village]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/whitton.htm History of Whitton]
  
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*[http://www.winteringham.info/index.html Winteringham Local History and Genealogy]
  
*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/ Lincolnshire archives]
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*[http://contueor.com/wisbech/ Wisbech & The Fenlands]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLincoln_(A-J).htm#PageTitle IGI Lincolnshire A-J]
 
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLincoln_(K-R).htm#PageTitle IGI Lincolnshire K-R]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLincoln_(S-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Lincolnshire S-Z]
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=lincolnshire Lincolnshire Gravestone Photographs]
  
*[http://s10.freefronthost.com/mi/ Lincolnshire Marriage index]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engggfhg/ Gravestone Photographs from North and North East Lincolnshire]  
  
*[http://www.linc2u.com/genealogy/ Lincs2U Genealogy]
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/index.htm Lincolnshire Churches, Photographs and History]
  
*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~bthompso...ach/readme.htm Holbeach Parish Registers]
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Churches/ Lincolnshire Church Photographs]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/occ_fen_farmers.txt Fenland Farmers List 1563]
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*[http://www.hemsop.org.uk/XSLProcessor.asp?resourceCode=HEMSoP-LI A Collection of Maps, Photographs, Directories & Manuscripts]
  
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*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/ Photographs of the East Midlands]
  
'''Family and Social History'''
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==Register Office==
  
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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.
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/lincs/lincolnshire.htm Lincolnshire Workhouses]
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'''Lincoln'''
  
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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>
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
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Tel 0845 330 1400 or 01522 782244<br>
  
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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 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'''
 
  
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'''North Lincolnshire Office'''
  
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/index.htm Lincolnshire Churches, Photographs and History]
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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.rootsweb.com/~englin/ Lincolnshire Genweb Project]
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Tel: 01724 842425 (General Enquiries)<br>
  
*[http://www.memorial-lincs.org.uk/index.html Lincolnshire Village Memorials]
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Email: alison.prestwood@northlincs.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://familyhistory.poulton.info/ More Lincolnshire War Memorials]
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration/Certificates/BMDOnlineWithMap.htm District Coverage Map]
  
*[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/FamilyHistory/SearchAndOrderBDMCertificatesOnline.htm Online Order Facilty]
  
*[http://www.totaltravel.co.uk/travel/midlands/peterborough-lincolnshire/directory/heritage Heritage visits]
 
  
*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/libraries/localandfamilyhistory/familyhistory/Surnames/  Star Newspaper Groups]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://raf-lincolnshire.info/ RAF-Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire Airfields History Site]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.lincs.police.uk/index.asp?locID=55&docID=-1 Lincolnshire Police History Pages]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.shucksmith.org/  Shucksmith Family History Website]
 
  
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/lincs.html A Wealth of Links for Lincolnshire]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
'''Specific Town Village interest'''
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bartonuponhumber.btinternet.co.uk%2F Barton Upon Humber]
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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://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Boston/BOSTON.txt Names associated with Boston]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/ Bourne in Words and Pictures]
 
  
*[http://www.villagearchivegroup.com/index.asp Colsterworth Village Interest]
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://www.gainsboroughlincs.co.uk/index.html Gainsborough, past and present]
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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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~heckington/  Heckington Geneaolgy]
 
  
*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Hykeham/index.htm North and South Hykeham]
 
  
*[http://www.macla.co.uk/index.php Metheriingham Area Pages] Includes Blankney, Scopwick and Dunston and Tanvats- old photos, maps and 1881 census
 
  
*[http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/G-Sandtoft.html Sandtoft]
 
  
*[http://www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/whitton.htm History of Whitton]
 
  
*[http://contueor.com/wisbech/ Wisbech and the Fenlands]
 
  
  
  
  
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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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