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== Regional Societies == | == Regional Societies == | ||
'''Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society'''<br> | '''Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society'''<br> | ||
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:The Society has an excellent Research Centre situated in Leicester. We have six groups of the Society which are all run by Sub-Committees who organise monthly meetings with talks on a wide range of family history subjects. They are located in Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Market Harborough, Rutland, and the Computer Group who meet bi-monthly. | :The Society has an excellent Research Centre situated in Leicester. We have six groups of the Society which are all run by Sub-Committees who organise monthly meetings with talks on a wide range of family history subjects. They are located in Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Market Harborough, Rutland, and the Computer Group who meet bi-monthly. | ||
== Leicestershire Societies == | == Leicestershire Societies == | ||
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'''Diseworth History Society'''<br>Diseworth History Centre<br>Lady Gate<br>Diseworth, Leicestershire DE74 2QF UK<br>Telephone: 01332 853647<br> | '''Diseworth History Society'''<br>Diseworth History Centre<br>Lady Gate<br>Diseworth, Leicestershire DE74 2QF UK<br>Telephone: 01332 853647<br> | ||
Email: [mailto:nikki.hening@gmail.com nikki.hening@gmail.com]<br>Website: [http://www.diseworthcentre.org/centre Diseworth Heritage Center] | Email: [mailto:nikki.hening@gmail.com nikki.hening@gmail.com]<br>Website: [http://www.diseworthcentre.org/centre Diseworth Heritage Center] | ||
'''Donisthorpe and District Local History Group'''<br>Donisthorpe Woodlands Centre (DM's)<br>Church St<br>Donisthorpe, Leicestershire DE12 7PY UK<br> | |||
Telephone: 01530 274172<br>Email: [mailto:bw.rj@virgin.net bw.rj@virgin.net]<br> | |||
Website: [http://www.landshapes.org/newsandevents/DDLHGprofile.php Donisthorpe and District Local History Group] | |||
:The group formed in 2001 to promote interest and awareness of the history of the Parish of Oakthorpe, Donisthorpe, and Acresford. | |||
'''Enderby Heritage Group'''<br>Enderby Civic Centre<br>King St<br>Enderby<br>Leicester, Leicestershire LE19 4NT UK<br> | '''Enderby Heritage Group'''<br>Enderby Civic Centre<br>King St<br>Enderby<br>Leicester, Leicestershire LE19 4NT UK<br> | ||
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:The Society's aims include encouraging the study and recording of the industrial past of Leicestershire. | :The Society's aims include encouraging the study and recording of the industrial past of Leicestershire. | ||
'''Lincoln Record Society'''<br>Robert Hardy Building<br>Bishop Grosseteste University College<br>Longdales Road<br>Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN1 3DY UK<br> | |||
Email: [mailto:communications@lincoln-record-society.org.uk communications@lincoln-record-society.org.uk]<br>Website: [http://www.lincoln-record-society.org.uk/ Lincoln Record Society] | |||
:The Society was founded in 1910 to print records and documents relating to the ancient county and diocese of Lincoln. The ancient diocese covered not only Lincolnshire, the second largest county of England, but also the wide area which lay within the medieval diocese: the counties of Lincoln, Leicester, Northampton, Rutland, Oxford, Bedford, Buckingham, Huntingdon and northern Hertford. Since 1910 the Society has published ninety nine volumes many of which are still in print. | |||
'''Long Whatton Local History Society'''<br>Email: [mailto:lwhs@greasley.gotadsl.co.uk lwhs@greasley.gotadsl.co.uk]<br> | '''Long Whatton Local History Society'''<br>Email: [mailto:lwhs@greasley.gotadsl.co.uk lwhs@greasley.gotadsl.co.uk]<br> | ||
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:The Society was formed in 1947 and membership is open to people interested in Archaeology and History, particularly of Leicestershire and Rutland. | :The Society was formed in 1947 and membership is open to people interested in Archaeology and History, particularly of Leicestershire and Rutland. | ||
'''Wesley Historical Society - East Midlands'''<br>Website: [http://www.wesleyhistoricalsociety.org.uk/societies.html Wesley Historical Society - East Midlands] | |||
:The aims of the Society laid down in 1893 were to promote the study of the history and literature of early Methodism, research into the Wesley's, and investigation into the beginnings and development of Methodism. Area: Leicestershire, Loughborough, Derby, Nottingham. | |||
'''Whitwick Historical Group'''<br>Old Station Building<br>North Street<br>Whitwick, Leicestershire LE67 5HA UK<br>Telephone (home): 01530 813138<br> | '''Whitwick Historical Group'''<br>Old Station Building<br>North Street<br>Whitwick, Leicestershire LE67 5HA UK<br>Telephone (home): 01530 813138<br> | ||