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Record Offices[edit | edit source]

Record Office of Leicestershire Leicester & Rutland
Long Street
Wigston Magna
Leicester, Leicestershire LE18 2AH UK
Telephone: 0116 257 1080
Email: record.office@leics.gov.uk
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Libraries[edit | edit source]

Leicestershire Find a Library

David Wilson Library
University of Leicester Library
PO Box 248
University Road
Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 9QD UK

Telephone: 0116 252 2043
Email: library@leicester.ac.uk
Website: Website
Special Collections Online

Includes Historical Directories of England and Wales, East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA), etc.

Museums[edit | edit source]

Leicester Museums and Galleries

Civil Registration Offices[edit | edit source]

The General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their 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.

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 UKBMD: Registration Districts in Leicestershire.

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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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