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The Records Office
Long Street
Wigston Magna
Leicester
LE18 2AH

Phone: 0116 257 1080
Fax: 0116 257 1120

Click here for details and opening times.


Leicestershire Villages
Find any Leicestershire Village Here


Books about Leicester
CD Books have lots of directories and old books relating to Leicestershire on CDs

Welford Road Cemetery
Includes a map of the cemetery and some of the more interesting stones Here

Leicestershire Roots

~ Updated January 2006 ~

Free Online infomation to help you trace your
Leicestershire ancestors

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Old Photos
Pictures of bygone Leicestershire
Here

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at
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Or browse the huge selection of world wide genealogy links

Leicestershire and Rutland Family History Society
The LRFHS web site gives full details of all their activities and publications.

The Leicestershire Roots
Message Board

Census
The dates of the U.K. census are as follows...
1841 Sunday June 6th
1851 Sunday March 30th
1861 Sunday April 7th
1871 Sunday April 2nd
1881 Sunday April 3rd
1891 Sunday April 5th
1901 Sunday March 31st

The entire 1881 cecsus for England and Wales is free online here
1881

The 1901 census has been indexed and is available free online here
1901

Barkby 1851
Barton in the Beans 1851
Bescaby 1851
Glenfield 1851
Hinckley 1851
Keythorpe 1851
Knaptoft 1851
Knipton 1851
Leicester St. Margarets 1851
Leicester St. Martins 1851
Uppingham 1851
Miscellaneous Institutions 1851

The LRFHS produce a range of publications and CDs including the 1851 census. These can be purchased safely online through Genfair

Church Records
The main sources on the net are
The IGI
RootsWeb

Here is an index to
Marriages
at St Margarets Church

East Midlands General Baptist History


About Leicestershire
These sites will tell you about our City and County
About the city of Leicester
Leicestershire Genealogy Info

History
Some are exclusively about Leicestershire, others are more general, but all are of relevance to Leicestershire.
Aylestone history
Leicestershire and the Domesday Book
Loughborough and the Plague 1539-1640
The Leicester Online History Society
Semper Eadem

England and Wales BMD Certificate Information
A very good explanation of what is on the certificates can be found on this site

Street names
Over the years, many of our Streets have been re-named
This LRFHS page lists them
Old Leicester Street Names

Terraced Houses
In the late 1800s many of our ancesters moved from the country to the City and they had to be housed somewhere
Terraced Houses in Leicester

Expats and Locals Community Website
Leicester and Leicestershire.com


Leicestershire Roots
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County Hall
BMD certificates can be obtained from...

County Hall
Leicester Road
Glenfield
LEICESTER
LE3 8RN

Phone: 0116 2656565
Details here

Transcriptions
A big thanks to all who have transcribed records and made them available on the web
Barwell
Eastwell marriages
1588-1749

Eastwell marriages
1754-1832

Hoton marriages
1654-1826

Long Clawson parish records
Muston parish records
Quorndon parish records
Wartnaby parish records
Bottesford parish records
The Quorndon Magazine has a great collection of transcripts
Here

Who's who in Leicestershire
Do you have any famous ancestors?
Find out here

The Leicestershire Look-up Exchange
Volunteers willing to do look-ups for you Here

GENUKI
Lots of information Here

Leicestershire Message Boards
See if anyone is already researching your surnames and add your own interests
Online English Names
Leicestershire


Genealogy Newsletter
Read past articles or sign up for the next issue of the Newsletter

Social History
These sites give us a glimpse of what life might have been like for our ancestors
Framework Knitters
History of Knitting
Workhouses
Poor law
Occupations

Historical Newspapers
The Leicestershire County Council website has a good index to what is available, and where Historical Newspapers

This site has details of all newspapers in the East Midlands including
Leicestershire


Directories
Old directories can be a great source of infomation. Some are free online here Historical Directories

Soldiers, Paupers and Convicts
The Leicestershire and Rutland Peoples Index offers some interesting material Here

Medieval Leicester If you are lucky enough, maybe you can trace your ancesters back to..
Medieval Leicester

Churches
Here's a great site for
Church photographs
including churches in Leicestershire.

Leicestershire, Past and Present
Modern and historical articles about Leicester, the County and the people.
Here

St Martins Cathedral
Details of the Cathedral with Index and pictures of the Monuments Here

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