Lincolnshire Church Records

Parish Registers
Images of Lincolnshire's parish registers are available online at findmypast (£).

Baptisms
 * 1) There are currently 3.6 million indexed christening/baptism entries for the whole county of Lincolnshire at FamilySearch.org. Be certain to search the main search engine to ensure you are searching the most comprehensive database for this rich online collection of christenings/baptisms for this county. Some of these church register online indexes go up as late as 1910.
 * 2) Findmypast.co.uk currently publishes 4.8 million entries--many of them are baptisms
 * 3) FreeReg.org.uk also provides online access to about 82 percent county coverage of Lincolnshire christenings/baptisms, at no cost.

Marriages


 * 1) There are currently 1.7 million indexed marriage entries published online for the whole county of Lincolnshire at FamilySearch.org. Be certain to search the main search engine to ensure you are searching the most comprehensive database for this rich online collection of marriages for this county. These church register online marriage indexes go up to as ate as 1920 for some parishes.
 * 2) Findmypast.co.uk currently publishes about 1 million marriage entries.
 * 3) FreeReg.org.uk also provides online access to about 82 percent county coverage of Lincolnshire marriages, at no cost
 * 4) 110 Lincolnshire parishes are indexed in Joiner's Marriage Index (£). Coverage.

Burials Bastardy Orders, Summonses and Bonds. All Lincolnshire. Transcription of Bastardy Orders, Summonses and Bonds, in alphabetical order, giving the name of child, sometimes the father's name, and mother, place and the date, one starting as early as 1765. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 86, pages 75-77, FamilySearch Library Ref. 942.52 D25n
 * 1) There are currently 1.6 million indexed burial entries published online for the whole county of Lincolnshire at FamilySearch.org. Be certain to search the main search engine to ensure you are searching the most comprehensive database for this rich online collection of burials for this county. Some of these church register online indexes go up as late as 1963 for burials.
 * 2) Findmypast.co.uk currently publishes about 1.6 million burial entries.
 * 3) FreeReg.org.uk also provides online access to about 82 percent county coverage of Lincolnshire burials, at no cost.
 * 4) Burials from hundreds of Lincolnshire places are included in the National Burial Index (£).

Marriage Licences

 * 1115-1906 Britain, Marriage Licences at Findmypast - index & images, ($)
 * 1574-1885  at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; images
 * 1598-1628 - Lincoln Marriage Licences, Bishop of Lincoln, 1598-1628 (1888). Digitised by Google Books - free.
 * Lincolnshire Marriage Licence Bonds and Allegations at Findmypast - index ($)

Non-Conformist Records

 * 1539-1910 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Archives
Lincolnshire Archives St Rumbold Street Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN2 5AB UK Telephone: 1522 782040 Email: [mailto:lincolnshire.archives@lincolnshire.gov.uk 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:

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

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 E-mail: ref.library@northlincs.gov.uk Family history research Parish register list