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 == Museums ==
+*[https://www.leicester.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/museums-and-galleries/ '''Leicester Museums and Galleries''']
+==Civil Registration Offices==
+The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''General Register Office'''] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''website'''] (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.
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+Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district.  For a list of the '''historic and current registration districts and their parishes''', see [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/LEI.html UKBMD: Registration Districts in Leicestershire].
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-=== Newarke Houses Museum ===
-'''Newarke Houses Museum'''<br>The Newarke<br>Leicester, Leicestershire LE2 7BY UK<br>Telephone: 116 225 4980<br>
-Website: [https://www.leicestermuseums.org/newarke-houses/ Newarke Houses Museum]
-:The Newarke Houses Museum is a public museum in Leicester, England. It incorporates the museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, and has a range of exhibits illustrating post-medieval and contemporary Leicester.
-:The museum is composed of two historic houses, Wygston's Chantry House and Skeffington House and tells the social history of Leicester. Discover the history of the Regiment, including a recreation of a First World War trench with sound and lighting.
-:The museum displays include a cinema experience, a collection of toys from Tudor to present day and a play area for children to try various games. Find out more about Leicester’s famous son Daniel Lambert and visit a 1950s street scene inspired by Wharf Street, Leicester.
-For a long list of Leicestershire museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Leicestershire List of museums in Leicestershire] in Wikipedia.
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