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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.
  
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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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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
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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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Other major towns: Boston, Grantham, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Cleethorpes
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/index.asp?catId=6173 '''County Record Office''']
  
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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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*[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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Margaret Thatcher was born at Grantham.
 
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John Wesley, founder of Methodism, was born at Epworth.
 
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/ Lincolnshire Archives]
  
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Lincolnshire certificate applications are dealt with by just two offices,<br>
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/occ_fen_farmers.txt Fenland Farmers List 1563]
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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.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]
  
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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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==Register Offices==
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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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*[http://s10.freefronthost.com/mi/  Lincolnshire Marriage index]
  
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=====Lincoln=====
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*[http://www.memorial-lincs.org.uk/index.html Lincolnshire Village Memorials]
  
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Certificate Applications<br>
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*[http://familyhistory.poulton.info/ Lincolnshire War Memorials]
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Lincolnshire Registration Servives<br>
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PO BOX 760<br>
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*[http://www.lincs.police.uk/index.asp?locID=435&docID=-1 Lincolnshire Police History]
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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://raf-lincolnshire.info/ RAF-Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire Airfields History Site]
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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.closedpubs.co.uk/lincolnshire.html Lincolnshire Closed Pubs]  
  
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*[http://www.shucksmith.org/  Shucksmith Family History Website]
  
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=====North Lincolnshire Office=====
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/libraries/familyhistory/Surnames/ The Star - Surname List]
  
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92 Oswald Road,<br>
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Churches/ Index to Lincolnshire Churches]
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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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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?catid=22905&docid=75498 Download the Lincolnshire wills index 1700-1800]
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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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Certificates can be ordered by telephone or e-mail.
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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]
  
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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[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]
  
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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://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Deans/bolingbroke.html  Bolingbroke Deanery]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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* [[Boston]] '''Wiki Page'''
  
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Boston/BOSTON.txt Names associated with Boston]
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/ Bourne in Words and Pictures]
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*Grimsby R/O ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
 
  
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*[http://www.villagearchivegroup.com/index.asp Colsterworth Village Interest]
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~watsonweb/ Fulbeck Village]
  
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*[http://www.gainsboroughlincs.co.uk/index.html Gainsborough, Past and Present]
  
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/ifor.grasby@btopenworld.com/ Grasby Project]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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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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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~heckington/  Heckington Geneaolgy]
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~bthompso/holbeach/holbeach.htm Holbeach Parish Registers]
  
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*Cleethorpes (and surrounding areas) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=21 Katarzyna]
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/Hykeham/index.htm North and South Hykeham]
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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://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=5641 Laceby]
  
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*[http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~deaston/ De Aston School, Market Rasen]  
  
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*[http://www.axholme-fhs.org.uk/ Isle of Axeholme FHS]
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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.local-history.co.uk/Groups/lincs.html LOCAL HISTORY GATEWAY]
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*[http://www.wparkinson.com/index.htm Parkinsons Page - Photographs and some Parish Records]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~englin/ COUNTY GENWEB PAGE]
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*[http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/G-Sandtoft.html Sandtoft]
  
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*[http://home.wi.rr.com/lincolnshire/ LINCOLNSHIRE GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH]
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*[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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'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.springthorpe-village.org.uk/index.html Springthorpe Village]
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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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'''OPC'''
 
  
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=lincolnshire Lincolnshire Gravestone Photographs]
  
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/ Lincolnshire archives]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engggfhg/ Gravestone Photographs from North and North East Lincolnshire]  
  
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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://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]
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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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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://www.linc2u.com/genealogy/ Lincs2U Genealogy]
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Tel 0845 330 1400 or 01522 782244<br>
  
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*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~bthompso...ach/readme.htm Holbeach Parish Registers]
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*[http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?catid=14980&docid=44541 Copy Certificate FAQ]
  
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* [http://apps1.lincolnshire.gov.uk/eCommerce/process/product/ProductCatalogue.aspx Online Order Facility]
  
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'''Family and social history'''  
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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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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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'''Maps & Photographs'''
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Tel: 01724 842425 (General Enquiries)<br>
  
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=lincolnshire GRAVESTONE PHOTOGRAPHS]
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Email: alison.prestwood@northlincs.gov.uk<br>
  
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration/Certificates/BMDOnlineWithMap.htm District Coverage Map]
  
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'''Countywide interest'''
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*[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Communitypeopleandliving/birthsdeathsmarriageregistration/FamilyHistory/SearchAndOrderBDMCertificatesOnline.htm Online Order Facilty]
  
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/index.htm Lincolnshire Churches, Photographs and History]
 
  
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*[http://www.memorial-lincs.org.uk/index.html Lincolnshire Village Memorials]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
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*[http://www.totaltravel.co.uk/travel/midlands/peterborough-lincolnshire/directory/heritage HERITAGE VISITS]
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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://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/libraries/localandfamilyhistory/familyhistory/Surnames/  Star Newspaper Groups]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
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*[http://raf-lincolnshire.info/ RAF-Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire Airfields History Site]
 
  
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*[http://www.lincs.police.uk/index.asp?locID=55&docID=-1 Lincolnshire Police History Pages]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*[http://www.shucksmith.org/  Shucksmith Site]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/lincs.html A Wealth of Links for Lincolnshire]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
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'''Specific Town Village interest'''
 
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~heckington/  Heckington Geneaolgy]
 
  
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Deans/bolingbroke.html  Bolingbroke Deanery]
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==Photo Offers==
  
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*[http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/ Bourne in Words and Pictures]
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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.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Boston/BOSTON.txt Names associated with Boston]
 
  
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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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