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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.
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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.
  
County town: Lincoln  
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Lincoln Cathedral is one of the finest medieval buildings in the country.
  
Other major towns: Boston, Grantham, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Cleethorpes
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Margaret Thatcher was born at Grantham.  
 
 
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.
 
John Wesley, founder of Methodism, was born at Epworth.
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'''County town:''' Lincoln
  
  
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'''Other major towns:''' Boston, Gainsborough, Grantham, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Cleethorpes
  
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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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Lincolnshire| Lincolnshire Places of Worship]]'''
  
  
==Register Offices==
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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'''
  
The county is split between two offices, the main part of Lincolnshire is covered by the Lincoln office,<br>
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/index.asp?catId=6173 '''County Record Office''']
North Lincolnshire (including the former South Humberside region) is covered by the North Lincolnshire office.<br>
 
  
'''Lincoln'''
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/libraries/section.asp?catId=7241 Central Library Webpage]
  
Certificate Applications<br>
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*[http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk Lincolnshire Family History Society]
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.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
Payment by c/card,cheque.<br>
 
  
*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?catid=14980&docid=44541 Copy Certificate FAQ]<br>
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/lin.lookup.html Lincolnshire Look-up Exchange]
  
'''Certificate orders can now be placed online''', see [http://apps1.lincolnshire.gov.uk/eCommerce/process/product/ProductCatalogue.aspx Online Order Facility]<br>
 
  
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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'''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]
  
'''North Lincolnshire Office'''
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*[http://www.sylvan-manuscripts.co.uk/Deeds-and-Indentures/England/Lincolnshire/c-1-1-7-31/ Lincolnshire Deeds]
  
92 Oswald Road,<br>
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/ Lincolnshire Genweb page]
Scunthorpe,<br>
 
North Lincolnshire<br>
 
DN15 7PA
 
  
Tel 01724 842425 (General Enquiries)<br>
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/lincs.html Lincolnshire Genealogical Research]
Email  alison.prestwood@northlincs.gov.uk<br>
 
  
*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration North Lincs Council]<br><br>
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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]
  
Online certificate orders and a map showing district coverage can be found on the registrars pages of the council site at:<br><br>
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*[http://www.linclinks.co.uk/index.html Lincolnshire and Fenland Families]  
*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration/Certificates/BMDOnlineWithMap.htm District Coverage Map]<br><br>
 
  
*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration/FamilyHistory/SearchAndOrderBDMCertificatesOnline.htm Online Order Facilty]<br>
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*[http://s10.freefronthost.com/mi/ Lincolnshire Marriage index]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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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]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.lincs.police.uk/index.asp?locID=435&docID=-1 Lincolnshire Police History]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[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]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.shucksmith.org/ Shucksmith Family History Website]
 
*Grimsby R/O ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
 
  
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/libraries/familyhistory/Surnames/ The Star - Surname List]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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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]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
 
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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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]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.freewebs.com/bartonuponhumberfamilyhistoryaids/index.htm Barton Upon Humber Family History]
  
*Boston [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=817 jennie]
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*[http://www.bartonuponhumber.org.uk/atoz.htm Barton Upon Humber]
*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]
 
  
==Photo Offers==
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Deans/bolingbroke.html  Bolingbroke Deanery]
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
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* [[Boston]] '''Wiki Page'''
  
*Boston [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=817 jennie]
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Boston/BOSTON.txt Names associated with Boston]
*Tydd St Mary [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=248 FenTiger]
 
*Long Sutton [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=248 FenTiger]
 
*Sutton Bridge [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=248 FenTiger]
 
* North and Northeast Lincolnshire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
 
  
==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.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/ GENUKI: Lincolnshire]
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*[http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=11945&PageID=71472 Great Grimsby Family History Group]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/lincs.html Local History Gateway]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~heckington/ Heckington Geneaolgy]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/ Lincolnshire Genweb page]
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*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~bthompso/holbeach/holbeach.htm Holbeach Parish Registers]
  
*[http://home.wi.rr.com/lincolnshire/ Lincolnshire Genealogical Research]
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Hykeham/index.htm North and South Hykeham]
  
*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration/FamilyHistory/SearchAndOrderBDMCertificatesOnline.htm NE Lincolnshire searchable BMD]
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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
  
*[http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk Lincolnshire Family History Society]
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/index.htm Parkinsons Page - Photographs and some Parish Records]
  
*[http://www.axholme-fhs.org.uk/ Isle of Axeholme Family History Society]
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*[http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/G-Sandtoft.html Sandtoft]
  
*[http://www.winteringham.info/index.html Winteringham Local History and Genealogy]
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*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hampson/index.htm Sedgebrook Inhabitants of Yesteryear]
  
*[http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=11945&PageID=71472 Great Grimsby Family History Group]
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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]
  
'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/whitton.htm History of Whitton]
  
*[http://home.wi.rr.com/lincolnshire/lincs.html Lincolnshire Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.winteringham.info/index.html Winteringham Local History and Genealogy]
  
*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://contueor.com/wisbech/ Wisbech & The Fenlands]
  
  
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=lincolnshire Lincolnshire Gravestone Photographs]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engggfhg/ Gravestone Photographs from North and North East Lincolnshire]
  
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/index.htm Lincolnshire Churches, Photographs and History]
  
*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/ Lincolnshire archives]
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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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLincoln_(A-J).htm#PageTitle IGI Lincolnshire A-J]
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*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/ Photographs of the East Midlands]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLincoln_(K-R).htm#PageTitle IGI Lincolnshire K-R]
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==Register Office==
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLincoln_(S-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Lincolnshire S-Z]
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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://s10.freefronthost.com/mi/  Lincolnshire Marriage index]
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'''Lincoln'''
  
*[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>
  
*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~bthompso/holbeach/holbeach.htm Holbeach Parish Registers]
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Tel 0845 330 1400 or 01522 782244<br>
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/occ_fen_farmers.txt Fenland Farmers List 1563]
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?catid=14980&docid=44541 Copy Certificate FAQ]
  
*[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/familydeeds/lincsdocs.html Lincolnshire Deeds]
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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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'''North Lincolnshire Office'''
  
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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
  
'''Family and Social History'''
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Tel: 01724 842425 (General Enquiries)<br>
  
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Email:  alison.prestwood@northlincs.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Boston/Boston.shtml Boston Workhouse]
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration/Certificates/BMDOnlineWithMap.htm District Coverage Map]
  
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration/FamilyHistory/SearchAndOrderBDMCertificatesOnline.htm Online Order Facilty]
  
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=lincolnshire Lincolnshire Gravestone Photographs]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
  
'''Countywide Interest'''  
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/index.htm Lincolnshire Churches, Photographs and History]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/ Lincolnshire Genweb Project]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.memorial-lincs.org.uk/index.html Lincolnshire Village Memorials]
 
  
*[http://familyhistory.poulton.info/ More Lincolnshire War Memorials]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.wparkinson.com/index.htm Photograps and some Parish Records] (Excel required to view the Parish records)
 
 
*[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]
 
 
*[http://raf-lincolnshire.info/ RAF-Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire Airfields History Site]
 
 
*[http://www.lincs.police.uk/index.asp?locID=55&docID=-1 Lincolnshire Police History Pages]
 
 
*[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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==Photo Offers==
  
'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
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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://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bartonuponhumber.btinternet.co.uk%2F Barton Upon Humber]
 
  
*[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]
 
  
*[http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/ Bourne in Words and Pictures]
 
  
*[http://www.villagearchivegroup.com/index.asp Colsterworth Village Interest]
 
  
*[http://www.gainsboroughlincs.co.uk/index.html Gainsborough, Past and Present]
 
 
*[http://www.iforbarton.supanet.com/ Grasby Project 2000]
 
 
*[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 Metheringham 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://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hampson/index.htm Sedgebrook Inhabitants of Yesteryear]
 
 
*[http://www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/whitton.htm History of Whitton]
 
 
*[http://www.winteringham.info/index.html Winteringham History and Genealogy]
 
 
*[http://contueor.com/wisbech/ Wisbech & 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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