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'''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.
  
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County town: Lincoln
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Margaret Thatcher was born at Grantham.
  
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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
  
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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.
 
  
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Margaret Thatcher was born at Grantham.  
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'''Other major towns:''' Boston, Gainsborough, Grantham, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Cleethorpes
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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'''
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/ Lincolnshire Archives]
  
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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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Lincolnshire certificate applications are dealt with by just two offices,<br>
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/ Lincolnshire Genweb page]
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the main part of the county is handled by Lincoln.<br>
 
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North Lincolnshire including the 1974-2004<br>
 
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county of South Humberside is handled by the North Lincolnshire office.<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]
  
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*[http://www.linclinks.co.uk/index.html Lincolnshire and Fenland Families]
  
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==Register Offices==
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*[http://s10.freefronthost.com/mi/  Lincolnshire Marriage index]
  
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*[http://www.memorial-lincs.org.uk/index.html Lincolnshire Village Memorials]
  
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*[http://familyhistory.poulton.info/ Lincolnshire War Memorials]
  
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*[http://www.lincs.police.uk/index.asp?locID=435&docID=-1 Lincolnshire Police History]
  
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Certificate Applications<br>
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*[http://raf-lincolnshire.info/ RAF-Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire Airfields History Site]
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Lincolnshire Registration Servives<br>
 
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PO BOX 760<br>
 
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Lincoln<br>
 
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LN2 5WG
 
  
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Tel 0845 330 1400 or 01522 782244<br>
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*[http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/lincolnshire.html Lincolnshire Closed Pubs]
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Payment by c/card,cheque.<br>
 
  
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?catId=2948 Certificates - Lincolnshire County Council]
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*[http://www.shucksmith.org/ Shucksmith Family History Website]
  
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/libraries/familyhistory/Surnames/ The Star - Surname List]
  
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=====North Lincolnshire Office=====
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Churches/ Index to Lincolnshire Churches]
  
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92 Oswald Road,<br>
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?catid=22905&docid=75498 Download the Lincolnshire wills index 1700-1800]
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Scunthorpe,<br>
 
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North Lincolnshire<br>
 
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DN15 7PA
 
  
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Tel 01724 842425 (General Enquiries)<br>
 
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Email  alison.prestwood@northlincs.gov.uk<br>
 
  
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration North Lincs Council]<br>
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
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Certificates can be ordered by telephone or e-mail.
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*[http://www.axholme-fhs.org.uk/ Isle of Axeholme Family History Society]
  
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*[http://www.freewebs.com/bartonuponhumberfamilyhistoryaids/index.htm Barton Upon Humber Family History]
  
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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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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]
  
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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* [[Boston]] '''Wiki Page'''
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Boston/BOSTON.txt Names associated with Boston]
  
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*[http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/ Bourne in Words and Pictures]
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.villagearchivegroup.com/index.asp Colsterworth Village Interest]
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*Grimsby R/O ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
 
  
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~watsonweb/ Fulbeck Village]
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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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]
  
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=11945&PageID=71472 Great Grimsby Family History Group]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~heckington/  Heckington Geneaolgy]
  
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*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~bthompso/holbeach/holbeach.htm Holbeach Parish Registers]
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Hykeham/index.htm North and South Hykeham]
  
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*Cleethorpes (and surrounding areas) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
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*[http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=5641 Laceby]
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*Grimsby (and surrounding areas) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
 
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*Louth (and surrounding areas) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
 
  
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==Links==
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~deaston/ De Aston School, Market Rasen]
  
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*[http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk FAMILY 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.axholme-fhs.org.uk/ Isle of Axeholme FHS]
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/index.htm Parkinsons Page - Photographs and some Parish Records]
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/lincs.html LOCAL HISTORY GATEWAY]
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*[http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/G-Sandtoft.html Sandtoft]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/ COUNTY GENWEB PAGE]
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*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hampson/index.htm Sedgebrook Inhabitants of Yesteryear]
  
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*[http://home.wi.rr.com/lincolnshire/ LINCOLNSHIRE GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH]
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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]
  
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'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/whitton.htm History of Whitton]
  
 
*[http://www.winteringham.info/index.html Winteringham Local History and Genealogy]
 
*[http://www.winteringham.info/index.html Winteringham Local History and Genealogy]
  
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*[http://contueor.com/wisbech/ Wisbech & The Fenlands]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=lincolnshire Lincolnshire Gravestone Photographs]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engggfhg/ Gravestone Photographs from North and North East Lincolnshire]
  
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'''Archives'''
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/index.htm Lincolnshire Churches, Photographs and History]
  
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/ Lincolnshire archives]
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Churches/ Lincolnshire Church Photographs]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLincoln_(A-J).htm#PageTitle IGI Lincolnshire surnames A-J]
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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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLincoln_(K-R).htm#PageTitle IGI Lincolnshire surnames K-R]
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*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/ Photographs of the East Midlands]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLincoln_(S-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Lincolnshire surnames S-Z]
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==Register Office==
  
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*[http://s10.freefronthost.com/mi/  Lincolnshire Marriage index]
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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'''
  
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*[http://www.linc2u.com/genealogy/ Lincs2U Genealogy]
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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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*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~bthompso...ach/readme.htm Holbeach Parish Registers]
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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]
  
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'''Family and social history'''
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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.
  
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/lincs/lincolnshire.htm Lincolnshire Workhouses]
 
  
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'''North Lincolnshire Office'''
  
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'''Maps & Photographs'''
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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
  
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=lincolnshire GRAVESTONE PHOTOGRAPHS]
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Tel: 01724 842425 (General Enquiries)<br>
  
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Email:  alison.prestwood@northlincs.gov.uk<br>
  
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'''Countywide interest'''
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration/Certificates/BMDOnlineWithMap.htm District Coverage Map]
  
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/index.htm Lincolnshire Churches, Photographs and History]
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration/FamilyHistory/SearchAndOrderBDMCertificatesOnline.htm Online Order Facilty]
  
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*[http://www.memorial-lincs.org.uk/index.html Lincolnshire Village Memorials]
 
  
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*[http://www.totaltravel.co.uk/travel/midlands/peterborough-lincolnshire/directory/heritage HERITAGE VISITS]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/libraries/localandfamilyhistory/familyhistory/Surnames/  Star Newspaper Groups]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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*[http://raf-lincolnshire.info/ RAF-Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire Airfields History Site]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
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*[http://www.lincs.police.uk/index.asp?locID=55&docID=-1 Lincolnshire Police History Pages]
 
  
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*[http://www.shucksmith.org/  Shucksmith Site]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/lincs.html A Wealth of Links for Lincolnshire]
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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.
  
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'''Specific Town Village interest'''
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~heckington/  Heckington Geneaolgy]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Deans/bolingbroke.html  Bolingbroke Deanery]
 
  
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*[http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/ Bourne in Words and Pictures]
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==Photo Offers==
  
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Boston/BOSTON.txt Names associated with Boston]
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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.
  
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*[http://www.macla.co.uk/index.php Methingham Area Pages]
 
  
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*[http://www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/whitton.htm History of Whitton]
 
  
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*[http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/G-Sandtoft.html Sandtoft]
 
  
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Hykeham/index.htm North and South Hykeham]
 
  
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*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bartonuponhumber.btinternet.co.uk%2F BARTON UPON HUMBER]
 
  
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*[http://contueor.com/wisbech/ Wisbech and the Fenlands]
 
  
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*[http://www.gainsboroughlincs.co.uk/index.html Gainsborough, past and present]
 
  
  
  
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Latest revision as of 10:05, 16 May 2023

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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