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'''Other major towns:''' Boston, Grantham, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Cleethorpes
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'''Other major towns:''' Boston, Gainsborough, Grantham, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Cleethorpes
  
  
'''[[Places_of_Worship: Lincolnshire| Lincolnshire Places of Worship]]'''
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Lincolnshire| Lincolnshire Places of Worship]]'''
  
  
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*[http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk Lincolnshire Family History Society]
 
*[http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk Lincolnshire Family History Society]
  
*[http://home.wi.rr.com/lincolnshire/lincs.html Lincolnshire Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
  
*[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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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/ Lincolnshire Archives]
 
*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/ Lincolnshire Archives]
  
*[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/familydeeds/lincsdocs.html Lincolnshire Deeds]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/occ_fen_farmers.txt Fenland Farmers List 1563]
  
*[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]
  
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/ Lincolnshire Genweb page]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/ Lincolnshire Genweb page]
  
*[http://home.wi.rr.com/lincolnshire/ Lincolnshire Genealogical Research]
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/lincs.html Lincolnshire Genealogical Research]
  
 
*[http://www.totaltravel.co.uk/travel/midlands/peterborough-lincolnshire/directory/heritage Heritage Visits]
 
*[http://www.totaltravel.co.uk/travel/midlands/peterborough-lincolnshire/directory/heritage Heritage Visits]
  
 
*[http://www.linc2u.com/genealogy/ Lincs2U Genealogy]
 
*[http://www.linc2u.com/genealogy/ Lincs2U Genealogy]
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*[http://www.linclinks.co.uk/index.html Lincolnshire and Fenland Families]
  
 
*[http://s10.freefronthost.com/mi/  Lincolnshire Marriage index]
 
*[http://s10.freefronthost.com/mi/  Lincolnshire Marriage index]
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*[http://familyhistory.poulton.info/ Lincolnshire War Memorials]
 
*[http://familyhistory.poulton.info/ Lincolnshire War Memorials]
  
*[http://www.wparkinson.com/index.htm Parkinsons Page - Photographs and some Parish Records]  
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*[http://www.lincs.police.uk/index.asp?locID=435&docID=-1 Lincolnshire Police History]
  
 
*[http://raf-lincolnshire.info/ RAF-Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire Airfields History Site]
 
*[http://raf-lincolnshire.info/ RAF-Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire Airfields History Site]
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*[http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/lincolnshire.html Lincolnshire Closed Pubs]
  
 
*[http://www.shucksmith.org/  Shucksmith Family History Website]
 
*[http://www.shucksmith.org/  Shucksmith Family History Website]
  
 
*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/libraries/familyhistory/Surnames/ The Star - Surname List]
 
*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/libraries/familyhistory/Surnames/ The Star - Surname List]
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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]
  
  
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*[http://www.axholme-fhs.org.uk/ Isle of Axeholme Family History Society]
 
*[http://www.axholme-fhs.org.uk/ Isle of Axeholme Family History Society]
  
*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bartonuponhumber.btinternet.co.uk%2F Barton Upon Humber]
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*[http://www.freewebs.com/bartonuponhumberfamilyhistoryaids/index.htm Barton Upon Humber Family History]
  
*[http://www.freewebs.com/bartonuponhumberfamilyhistoryaids/index.htm Barton Upon Humber Family History]
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*[http://www.bartonuponhumber.org.uk/atoz.htm Barton Upon Humber]
  
 
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Deans/bolingbroke.html  Bolingbroke Deanery]
 
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Deans/bolingbroke.html  Bolingbroke Deanery]
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* [[Boston]] '''Wiki Page'''
  
 
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Boston/BOSTON.txt Names associated with Boston]
 
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Boston/BOSTON.txt Names associated with Boston]
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*[http://www.villagearchivegroup.com/index.asp Colsterworth Village Interest]
 
*[http://www.villagearchivegroup.com/index.asp Colsterworth Village Interest]
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~watsonweb/ Fulbeck Village]
  
 
*[http://www.gainsboroughlincs.co.uk/index.html Gainsborough, Past and Present]
 
*[http://www.gainsboroughlincs.co.uk/index.html Gainsborough, Past and Present]
  
*[http://www.iforbarton.supanet.com/ Grasby Project 2000]
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/ifor.grasby@btopenworld.com/ Grasby Project]
  
 
*[http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=11945&PageID=71472 Great Grimsby Family History Group]
 
*[http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=11945&PageID=71472 Great Grimsby Family History Group]
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Hykeham/index.htm North and South Hykeham]
 
*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Hykeham/index.htm North and South Hykeham]
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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]
  
 
*[http://www.macla.co.uk/index.php Metheringham] Includes Blankney, Scopwick and Dunston and Tanvats
 
*[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://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/G-Sandtoft.html Sandtoft]
 
*[http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/G-Sandtoft.html Sandtoft]
  
 
*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hampson/index.htm Sedgebrook Inhabitants of Yesteryear]
 
*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hampson/index.htm Sedgebrook Inhabitants of Yesteryear]
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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]
  
 
*[http://www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/whitton.htm History of Whitton]
 
*[http://www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/whitton.htm History of Whitton]
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=lincolnshire Lincolnshire Gravestone Photographs]
 
*[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]
  
 
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/index.htm Lincolnshire Churches, Photographs and History]
 
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/index.htm Lincolnshire Churches, Photographs and History]
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Churches/ Lincolnshire Church Photographs]
  
 
*[http://www.hemsop.org.uk/XSLProcessor.asp?resourceCode=HEMSoP-LI A Collection of Maps, Photographs, Directories & Manuscripts]
 
*[http://www.hemsop.org.uk/XSLProcessor.asp?resourceCode=HEMSoP-LI A Collection of Maps, Photographs, Directories & Manuscripts]
  
 
*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/ Photographs of the East Midlands]
 
*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/ Photographs of the East Midlands]
 
 
'''Books of local interest'''
 
 
 
  
 
==Register Office==
 
==Register Office==
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*Grimsby R/O ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
 
 
 
  
 
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
 
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
 
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
 
*Boston [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=817 jennie]
 
*Cleethorpes (and surrounding areas) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
 
*Grimsby (and surrounding areas) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
 
  
  
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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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*Boston [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=817 jennie]
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*Tydd St Mary [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=248 FenTiger]
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*Long Sutton [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=248 FenTiger]
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*Sutton Bridge [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=248 FenTiger]
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* North and Northeast Lincolnshire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
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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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