Thurlby (near Lincoln), Lincolnshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Thurlby St Germain (sometimes St German) is an Ancient parish in the village and civil parish of Thurlby near Lincoln.

The village is 9 miles south west of Lincon and the same distance from Newark.

This parish should not be confused with Thurlby (near Bourne), Lincolnshire or the Thurlby hamlet in Bilsby, Lincolnshire parish in the same county.

The church is medaeval and contains the memorials of the Bromhead family who lived at Thurlby Hall. Major Gonville Bromhead VC (29 August 1845 – 9 February 1892) was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Bromhead received the Victoria Cross for his role in the defence of Rorke's Drift in 1879. The church contains a stained glass window dedicated to his memory.

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Civil Registration
This parish was in the Bassingham sub-district of Newark registration district.

This parish was from 1837 within Newark registration district Following re-organisation of local government historical registration was transferred to Lincolnshire Certificates can be obtained from: Lincolnshire Certificate Applications PO Box 760 Lincoln LN2 5WG Phone: 01522 782244 Email: regist@lincolnshire.gov.uk

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
The digitisation of parish records for the county now offers images via the Lincs to the past website (July 2011). Use advanced search terms at Search Lincs to the past to search for available images for parish registers and other records for this parish with images. Advance search terms Thurlby by Lincoln Par 1 will identify available images.

Material deposited at Lincolnshire Archives,

St Rumbold Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5AB England

Enquiries: lincolnshire.archives@lincolnshire.gov.uk The website enables you to view a PDF file for all records held for each parish as part of continuing efforts to provide an online catalogue.

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Newark Poor Law Union, Nottinghamshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lincolnshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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