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| − | |Situated in the centre of England, Leicestershire at one time included England's smallest county of Rutland.
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| − | Market Harborough's claim to fame is the invention of the liberty bodice and later other ladies undergarments.
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| − | Lady Jane Grey, the nine-days queen executed by Mary Tudor, lived part of her short life at Bradgate House in Charnwood forest near Leicester.
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| − | '''County town:''' Leicester
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| − | '''Other major towns:''' Hinkley, Loughborough, Coalville
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| − | '''[[Places_of_Worship:Leicestershire | Leicestershire Places of Worship]]'''
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| − | '''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/regional-projects/ Regional projects Forum]'''
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| − | | [[Image: EnglandLeicestershire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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| − | ==Resources==
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| − | '''Primary Reference'''
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| − | *[http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/community/museums/record_office.htm '''The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland''']
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| − | *[http://www.leics.gov.uk/libraries/ Leicestershire Libraries & Information Service]
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| − | *[http://lrfhs.org.uk/ Leicestershire Family History Society]
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| − | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engleiopc/ Leicestershire Online Parish Clerks]
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| − | *[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
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| − | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20071005123840/http://uk.geocities.com/leicslookup/ Leicestershire Look-up Exchange]
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| − | '''Countywide Interest'''
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~blanchec/EMidBaps.htm East Midlands General Baptist History]
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| − | *[http://www.leicesterchronicler.com/home.htm Leicester Chronicler]
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| − | *[http://www.knittingtogether.org.uk Knitting Together]
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| − | *[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Parish.htm Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire Parish Records]
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| − | *[http://www.wartimeleicestershire.com/index.html Leicestershire during World War Two]
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| − | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228042011/http://www.leicestershireroots.co.uk/ Leicestershire Roots ]
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| − | *[http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/ Leicestershire Villages]
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| − | *[http://www.le.ac.uk/ee/pot/wills/leicswillsfram.html Leicester Wills 1552-1546]
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| − | '''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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| − | *[http://www.applebymagna.org.uk/appleby_history/ Appleby Magna and Appleby Parva]
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| − | *[http://www.ashbydelazouchmuseum.org.uk/ Ashby de la Zouch museum]
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| − | *[http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/barlestone/familyhistory.html Barlestone]
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| − | *[http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/barrowuponsoar/familyhistory.html Barrow upon Soar]
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| − | *[http://www.logicmarque.co.uk/barwell.htm Barwell]
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| − | *[http://www.bishopstreetchurch.org.uk/html/baptism_registers.html Bishop Street Methodist Church Baptism Registers]
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| − | *[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/index.htm The Guys of Bottesford]
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| − | *[http://st.mary.users.btopenworld.com/ St Mary's Church, Broughton Astley]
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| − | *[http://www.theyorks.org.uk/enderbyvillage%201.htm Enderby Parish Records]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/Ag/maps/maps.htm Framland Hundred Pages]
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| − | *[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Hoton.htm Hoton Marriages 1654-1826]
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| − | *[http://www.leicesterunitarians.co.uk/ The Great Meeting Unitarian Chapel, Leicester]
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| − | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/epitaphsingravey00pageiala Epitaphs in the Graveyard and Chapel of the Great Meeting, Leicester]
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| − | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/accountsofchurch00leic Accounts of Churchwardens of St Martin's Church, Leicester 1489-1844]
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| − | *[http://www.le.ac.uk/ee/pot/lough/loughhome.html Materials for Loughborough 1540-1640]
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| − | *[http://www.lubenham.org.uk/ Lubenham]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/measham/measham_dir.html Measham links and records]
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| − | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/leicestershirepa02phil Phillimore Marriages 1562-1837 (Melton Mowbray area)]
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| − | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/leicestershirepa11phil Phillimore Marriages 1555-1837 (Melton Mowbray area)]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/seal/seal.htm Netherseal and Overseal Parish Pages]
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| − | *[http://www.quorndon.com/genealogy/ Quorn Village Site]
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| − | *[http://www.mdlp.co.uk/resources/ratcliffe/index.htm Ratcliffe Culey - Includes some Parish Records]
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| − | *[http://www.redmilearchive.freeuk.com/index.html Redmile Archive]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/rothleybirth.htm Rothley Baptist Births Part one]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/rothleybirth2.htm Rothley Baptist Births Part two]
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| − | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20040306235816/www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pond/1598/stmargs.html St.Margaret's parish, Leicester - Marriage Index]
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| − | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20070808180727/http://uk.geocities.com/st_martins_leicester/monnames.htm St Martin's Cathedral Monuments]
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| − | *[http://www.mdlp.co.uk/resources/Sheepy/ Records for Sheepy Magna]
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| − | *[http://www.geneapedia.co.uk Somerby Baptisms - 1813 to 1830]
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| − | *[http://www.swannington-heritage.co.uk/ Swannington Heritage]
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| − | *[http://www.tiltononthehill.org.uk/index.asp Tilton on the Hill]
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| − | *[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Wart.htm Wartnaby Marriages 1635-1838]
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| − | *[http://www.leicester.gov.uk/index.asp?pgid=1163 Welford Road Cemetery]
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| − | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20070922143530/http://uk.geocities.com/welford_road_cemetery/welcem1.htm Welford Road Cemetery - plan]
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| − | *[http://www.hoap.co.uk/who/localhis.htm Wymeswold Local History]
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| − | *[http://www.bishopstreetchurch.org.uk/html/memorial_plaques.html War memorials at Bishop Street Methodist Church]
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| − | '''Photographs and Maps'''
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| − | *[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/ Photographs of the East Midlands]
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| − | ==Register Office==
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| − | '''For events within Leicestershire but not within the city of Leicester:'''
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| − | '''Leicestershire Registration Service'''<BR>
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| − | County Register Office <br>
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| − | County Hall<br>
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| − | Leicester Road<br>
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| − | Glenfield<br>
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| − | Leicester<br>
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| − | LE3 8RN<br>
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| − | Tel 0116 265 6509 (for further information and general enquiries only) <br>
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| − | *[http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/community/registration_services/copycertificates Copy certificates for family history-Genealogy]
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| − | E-mail registration@leics.gov.uk
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| − | Orders cannot be taken by phone or e-mail, postal applications only. Copy certificates usually supplied within 3-5 days of order.
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| − | ==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
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| − | Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
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| − | A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum] or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Probate]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
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| − | If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
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