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Lincolnshire Archives
St Rumbold Street
Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN2 5AB UK

Telephone: 1522 782040
Email: lincolnshire.archives@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Website
Online catalogue

Lincolnshire Archives is the county record office of Lincolnshire, England. We hold records from the former Lindsey, Kesteven and Holland county councils. We also hold records from Lincoln Diocesan Record Office.

What you can find in the archives - Primary sources include:

ecclesiastical archives and parish records (Church of England), including:
registers of baptisms
marriages and burials
Banns Books
Overseer of the Poor records
Bishops' transcripts

tithe and enclosure
non-conformist records (for example, Methodist, Quaker etc)
Poor Law Union, or workhouse, records
electoral registers
wills and administrations
Lincolnshire Estate records

public records, including manorial and court records
local authority records, including parish councils and school records
drainage and court sewer records
asylum hospital records

North East Lincolnshire Archives
Town Hall
Town Hall Square
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, DN31 1HX UK

Telephone: 01472 323585
Email: archives@lincsinspire.com
Website
Family history research

North East Lincolnshire Archives holds microfilm copies of parish registers for the following Church of England deaneries in northern Lincolnshire:

Bolingbroke
Calcethwaite and Candleshoe
Corringham
Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Haverstoe
Horncastle
Lawres
Louthesk

Manlake
West Wold
Yarborough

The original parish registers and other parish records, such as banns books and settlement papers, are held at Lincolnshire Archives in Lincoln. Lincolnshire Archives is the Diocesan Record Office, and it has custody of the Bishop’s Registers, Bishop’s Transcripts of parish registers, marriages licences and wills proved by the Lincoln Consistory Court. Its website includes a list of those parishes for which it holds the parish registers and/or the Bishop’s Transcripts.

Obtaining copies of baptism, marriage and burial events

For copyright reasons, printouts of the parish register microfiches must be ordered from Lincolnshire Archives.

North Lincolnshire Local Studies Library
Scunthorpe Central
Carlton Street
Scunthorpe
North Lincolnshire
DN15 6TX, UK

Telephone:01724 860161
Email: ref.library@northlincs.gov.uk
Family history research
Parish register list

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Museums[edit | edit source]

For a long list of Lincolnshire museums, go to List of museums in Lincolnshire in Wikipedia.

Museum of Lincolnshire Life
Old Barracks
Burton Rd
Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN1 3LY UK
Telephone: 1522 782040
Email: [mailto: lincolnshirelife_museum@lincolnshire.gov.uk lincolnshirelife_museum@lincolnshire.gov.uk]
Website: Museum of Lincolnshire Life

The Museum of Lincolnshire Life is a museum in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in the UK. The museum collection is a varied social history that reflects and celebrates the culture of Lincolnshire and its people from 1750 to the present day.

The Collection Museum
Danes Terrace
Lincoln, LN2 1LP, UK

Telephone: 01522 782040
Contact Us
Website

Louth Museum
4 Broadbank
Louth, Lincolnshire LN11 0EQ UK
Telephone: 1507 601211
Email: info@louthmuseum.org.uk
Website: Louth Museum

The Louth Naturalists, Antiquarian and Literary Society collects, conserves and displays objects relating to the history, antiquities, natural history and literature of Louth and district for the benefit of the public, and as a resource for schools and researchers. The Society also promotes and publishes the results of local research and organises public lectures and excursions.

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 Lincolnshire.

For Lincolnshire County Council:

Registration Offices Directory Search

There are 12 registration offices in Lincolnshire and each office has its own unique facilities and features.

Lincolnshire: Order a certificate

For North Lincolnshire:

Scunthorpe Central
Carlton Street
Scunthorpe
North Lincolnshire
DN15 6TX, UK

Telephone: 01724 297000
Email: registrars@northlincs.gov.uk
North Lincolnshire: Apply and search for copy certificates

For North East Lincolnshire:

North East Lincolnshire Register Office
Cleethorpes Town Hall
Knoll Street, Cleethorpes
North East Lincolnshire, DN35 8LN, UK

Telephone: 01472 326295
Email: register.office@nelincs.gov.uk
North East Lincolnshire: Order a birth, marriage or death certificate